The Kansas City Royals officially acquired pitcher Natanael Garabitos on Friday from the Seattle Mariners. This completes the trade from earlier this offseason in which the M's acquired utility player Samad Taylor from Kansas City.
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The Seattle Mariners acquired infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor from the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday for cash considerations. Taylor, 25, made his major league debut with the Royals in 2023 and batted .200 with four RBIs and eight stolen bases (in eight attempts) in 31 games.
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As one of the major leagues' weakest clubs comes to St. Petersburg, Fla., for a four-game series starting Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays seem to have righted their suddenly leaky ship somewhat. YB's Griffin Carroll knows how to take advantage, and has the winning pick.
Saturday represented a rare positive moment for the Kansas City Royals. They Royals, the team with the second-worst winning percentage in baseball, came back from six runs down to stun the Los Angeles Angels at Kaufman Stadium.
The Los Angeles Angels have two sluggers who have gone in opposite directions heading into the series finale against the host Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon. Yardbarker's Jack Dougherty has a HR prop for this one.
After the Kansas City Royals walked it off via a rookie's extra-base hit on Saturday, Bobby Witt Jr. rescued the ball from the outfield.
Samad Taylor's first major league hit lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 10-9 walk-off, come-from-behind win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon.
The second and third base positions look fluid, and while there are perhaps a pair of early favorites for playing time, both will likely need to perform well early on to hold the job.
The Royals announced several roster moves, reinstating infielder Adalberto Mondesi, as well as lefties Jake Brentz and Angel Zerpa from the 60-day injured list.
With the 2022 MLB offseason beginning to pick up steam, the Kansas City Royals are busy figuring out who to surround new manager Matt Quatraro with on their coaching staff.
The Kansas City Royals' 2022 season may be over, but the organization isn't stopping in regard to its efforts to improve the team in both the short and long term.
When the Kansas City Royals traded Whit Merrifield to the Toronto Blue Jays and got both Samad Taylor and Max Castillo in return, thoughts on the return heading back across the border to the states were mixed.
On Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays made a trade. Blue Jays: "OFFICIAL: We’ve acquired 2x All-Star Whit Merrifield from the Royals in exchange for RHP Max Castillo and INF Samad Taylor." Royals: "We have acquired IF Samad Taylor and RHP Max Castillo from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for IF Whit Merrifield.
The Toronto Blue Jays have snuck a blockbuster trade in under the wire acquiring two-time all-star Whit Merrifield from the Kansas City Royals. In exchange, the Jays are parting with prospects Samad Taylor and Max Castillo.
The Blue Jays got another deal in under the wire. Toronto acquired Royals infielder Whit Merrifield minutes before the 2022 trade deadline, as first reported by Jon Heyman. The Jays sent back prospects Max Castillo and Samad Taylor back to Kansas City, per Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith.
Merrifield indicated he was open to receiving the vaccine to contribute to a playoff contender.
If there’s one player in the Jays organization that I think could immediately help the Blue Jays this season, it’d be Samad Taylor. The 23-year-old position player is quite an intriguing prospect.
If there’s one player in the Jays organization that I think could immediately help the Blue Jays this season, it’d be Samad Taylor. The 23-year-old position player is quite an intriguing prospect.
Samad Taylor got a taste of the big leagues this offseason. Playing eight games for the Dominican Winter League’s Tigres del Licey, Taylor took infield drills with Erik Aybar, stood on the dugout rail between Hanley Ramirez and Emilio Bonafacio, and hit batting practice alongside top Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio.
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Did you know that Samad Taylor was pulled over for speeding once? That’s not unusual, except for the fact that the 23-year-old wasn’t in a car. The versatile player is that fast.
Jays From the Couch Will Review Seasons Of Many, Hopefully, Most, Of The Toronto Blue Jays Prospects. Not Just The Top Prospects. Samad Taylor Drafted in the 2016 Draft by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round, Samad Taylor spent his 1st professional season as a member of the Arizona League Indians.
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