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Crown Jewels: The Greinke Conundrum, Making the Right Choices and What's Left

My Favorite 2022 Royals Games

Crown Jewels: Dugout Changes Importance, HOF Voting Open and Attracting Players

Let's Liven Up This Royals Offseason

One Gift for Five Key Royals Position Players

Crown Jewels: A Free Agent Signing, a Town Hall and Some Early Draft Talk

Let's Place Some Veterans Elsewhere

Crown Jewels: Outside the Box Trade Ideas and a Player to Watch in 2023

Sitting Out

Winter Meetings Loud Even For Quiet Teams

Crown Jewels: A New Pitching Coach, The Blame on Pitching and An Inflated Market

Crown Jewels: A Banny Kinda Sorta Update, Previously Unnamed Trade Options and More

Some of My Favorite Royals Rule 5 Targets

Crown Jewels: Starter Innings, Non-Tender Deadline and More

The Royals Moves Were Head Scratchers

Roster Moves Are On the Way

Crown Jewels: Projection SZN, Filling out the Front Office and More

2022/2023 Kansas City Royals Top 15 Prospects

2022/2023 MLB Free Agent Predictions

Crown Jewels: Q's First Impression, World Series Thoughts and More

Finding Some Relief for the 2023 Royals

The Right Moves Continue with Quatraro

The Manager Search Continues

Which Pitchers the Royals Should Target in Free Agency

The Complicated Debut Season of Bobby Witt Jr.

Royals Pitchers Whiffed on Getting Whiffs

Who is Vinnie Pasquantino and What's He Worth?

Perusing the Arbitration Estimates for Potential Royals Acquisitions

Offseason To-Do List Can Make or Break This Front Office

Cal Eldred's Replacement is Insanely Important

Mike Matheny is Done...Who's Next?

It's Over

Zack and Drew

Weekend in Review: Rookies Finishing Strong, A Losing Weekend and the Last Three to Come

Hello Again, Last Place

Road Blocked

Weekend in Review: Saying the Right Things, A Wild Series Win and What's Upcoming

Sweep Dreams Are Made of This

The Royals Made a Big Change

The Comeback Kids Strike Ag...For the First Time

Weekend in Review: Dayton Speaks Again, Royals Lose Again and the Week Ahead

Whiffs and Rockets: The Daniel Lynch Story

First Things Worst

Weekend in Review: New Rules, Almost a Huge Embarrassment, Chiefs Thoughts and the Week Ahead

The Roster That Doesn't Work

Walking Off on the Best

Bottoms Up

Weekend in Review: Motown Winning, Some Scouting Thoughts and What's Up Next

Pratto and Perez Power, Predictable Pitches and Pouncing on the Pale Hose

Weekend in Review: Payroll Talk, Trading Blowouts and The Week Ahead

Extension Talk: Brady Singer

Brady Sang and Bobby Played the Hits

Ugly

Weekend in Review: No Plan, the Bats Stay Quiet and What's Ahead

Well, They Scored

Weekend in Review: The 2023 Rotation, A Non-Sweep in a Tough Series and a Look Ahead

Escape Acts and Insurance

Strong Start, Strong Finish and Some Swagger

Another Singer Start Hits All the Right Notes

Thinking Ahead: How Could the Royals Contend in 2023?

Weekend In Review: A Crowded Roster, a Very Rookie Weekend and a Seven Home Game Week

Bubic and the Boys Bash Bombs to Beat Boston

Royals Beat the Buzzer

Kansas City Power & Lynch

Weekend in Review: The Deadline Approaches, a Weekend Barely Salvaged and What's Up Next

Pitch Perfect Singer Got No Help

And Gone...Benintendi

Seeing How the Other Half Lives

Weekend in Review: Gettin' 'em On Without Gettin' 'em In, Another Series Win and What's Next

ItC Mailbag: Front Office Follies, Draft Questions and the Upcoming Deadline

Seven Numbers to Help Define the First Half

Weekend in Review: A Few Days Off Will Be Good

Royals Rookies Rock as Team Topples Toronto

Singer Played the Baseball Version of Frogger

How Sweep It Is!

Weekend in Review: More Trade Talk, Winning a Guardians Series and the Last Week Before the Break

Third Time's The Charm

First an Explosion, Then an Implosion

Weekend in Review: Buying Prospects, A Motown Series Win and What's Next

Looking Ahead: 40-Man Roster Decisions

Something Old, Something New

Royals Lose a Game, Win a Day

Weekend in Review: Trade Possibilities, Another Bad Weekend and the Week Ahead

Extending MJ

The Royals Love LA

Great Audition for Bubic in a Familiar Feeling Win

Weekend in Review - Clumsy Exits, A Rare Series Win and What's Up Next

Comparing Performance by Hitting Coach

Royals Out-Giant the Giants

Kris Bubic Was Great...Until He Wasn't

Weekend in Review: Roster Moves Ahead, Another Losing Weekend and What's Next This Week

All Smiles for the Royals Offense Again

A Different Tune for the Offense While Singer Wasn't Pitch Perfect

Changing Now vs. Changing Later

Weekend in Review: The Youth Movement Must Start, Another Series Loss and What's Ahead

Trading Places, Royals Style

3-2-1 Too Much Contact

Enough

Weekend in Review: Hitting Success/Pitching Failure, Bobby's Big Weekend and What's Next

Script Flipped

Good Problems are Still Problems

Hard Hits But Yet Another Loss

Weekend in Review: 40 Games, Season Crushing Series Sweep and the Week Ahead

The Future is Way More Exciting Than the Past

Doing the Splits

New Hitting Coaches Are a Start, But There's More Work To Do

Weekend in Review: Coors Helps the Offense, Taylor Hits Second, Salvy Hits and What's Ahead

Snap Back to Reality, Ope There Goes Gravity

Whit Finally Hits, Royals Finally Win

The Heart of the Issue

Another Loss Feels Even More Grim

Weekend in Review: Young Players Usage, Foul Balls and Two Games in One Day

Youth Was Served with Brad Keller Finally Getting Support

What Year Is This? Greinke Great Again But Offense Let Him Down Again

Weekend in Review: A Bronx Buzzsaw, Infielders Swapping Struggles, MJ Time and Singer Confusion

Keller and Benintendi and Isbel Makes Three

11 Walks? The Royals?

Fact or Fiction: Struggling Hitters

Weekend in Review: Santana, the Roster Situation, the Games and What's Ahead

Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now

They Threw It, They Caught It...And They Hit It Just Enough

Royals Power Display Saves the Day

The Main Offenders of an Offensive Offense

Weekend in Review: A Win, A Loss and Some Rain

Wasted Opportunities Galore

Mistakes Were Made, But Lynch Had His Moments

Those Free Runners Will Kill You

Weekend in Review: A Winning Formula, A Day to Forget and What's Next

BOBBY, BOBBY, BOBBY!

Last Minute Thoughts, Concerns and Predictions

ItC Mailbag: Young pitching, Young Bats, Nicknames and More

MLB Prediction Time

Final Royals Roster Projection

Unpopular Opinions Royals Style

Bubic's Slider Could Be the Difference

Spring Training Stock Watch: Five Players With Arrows Pointing Up

Building the Opening Day Royals Lineup

Crown Jewels: Arbitration and Payroll, Roster Management and the Greinke Effect

Comparing the 2021 and 2022 Royals

ItC Subscriber Giveaway!

Examining the Non-Roster Invites

Zack Greinke and Amir Garrett, Come On Down!

There's Hope For Jackson Kowar Yet

Royals Roster Projection 2: Pitchers

Royals Roster Projection 2: Position Players

4 Storylines for Royals Spring Training

Shift Doesn’t Happen

Baseball Is In Big Trouble and The Owners Are to Blame

The Case For (And Against) Extending Andrew Benintendi

Go Deep! The 10 Longest Royals Home Runs in 2021

Crown Jewels: Lockout and Post-Lockout Moves

Presenting the 2022 Trade Candidates

ItC Lockout Mailbag: Merrifield's Future as a Union Rep, Witt's Role, Maikel Garcia and More

Brad Keller and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Fastball

2022 Opening Day Roster Projection 1: The Arms

2022 Opening Day Roster Projection 1: The Bats

Crown Jewels: Two Baseball Thoughts and One Football Thought

The Shifting of a System

Supporting Michael A. Taylor's Bat

Breaking Down the Infield Logjam

Some Economic Lockout Thoughts Six Weeks In

Checking In On 2021 Projections + New ZiPS!

Taking Something from Kyle Isbel's Small Sample

The Next Royals Extension