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Reading into spring training statistics: Expect big things from Belt, Moustakas
After hitting eight home runs in spring training, Brandon Belt seems poised for a breakout season in San Francisco. (AP) By Cliff Corcoran Spring training statistics don’t tell us much, but starting...
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Is it time to take the Royals seriously as contenders? Yes -- and no
With closer Greg Holland (left) anchoring a solid bullpen, the Royals are off to their best start in a decade. (AP) The Royals enter a Thursday matinee with the Rays one day removed from a stirring...
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Slumping Royals bring in George Brett as hitting coach, but their woes run...
It is now up to George Brett to try and get Eric Hosmer and Kansas City’s other talented young hitters turned around. (Brad Mangin/SI) A day after hitting co-coach Jack Maloof’s comments about the...
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Watch: Yasiel Puig’s jaw-dropping throw to third base
Yasiel Puig didn’t hit a home run Saturday night. All he did was pick up a pair of singles and throw out Andrelton Simmons at third base with one of the best throws I have ever seen. I don’t hesitate...
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Wait 'Til Next Year: Kansas City Royals
Justin Maxwell’s game-winning grand slam last Sunday was one of this season’s many highlights in Kansas City. (Charlie Riedel/AP) While so much of our day-to-day attention in this space is devoted to...
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Winter Report Card: Kansas City Royals
Jason Vargas isn’t as big a name as the rotation upgrade Kansas City made last offseason, but he nevertheless fills an important hole. (Alex Gallardo/AP) With less than a month before pitchers and...
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2014 Season Preview: Kansas City Royals
Yordano Ventura won the Royals’ fifth starter job with a sensational spring. (Orlin Wagner/AP) This week, SI.com is previewing all 30 MLB teams, counting down to the No. 1 team in the league. At No....
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Alex Gordon, Royals snap longest season-opening homerless streak in 24 years
Alex Gordon, connecting on the Royals’ only home run of the season to date. (Orlin Wagner/AP) Alex Gordon’s three-run home run in the fifth inning of the Royals’ 7-3 win over the Rays on Wednesday was...
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Once again, punchless Royals change hitting coaches, but will anything change?
Alex Gordon and the Royals have one of the worst offenses in the American League this season. (Charlie Riedel/AP) Last year, the Royals surprised the baseball world with an 86-win season, their first...
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Watch: Salvador Perez’s three-run homer powers Royals to seventh-straight win
Your browser does not support iframes. This spring the Royals were picked to be baseball’s “Surprise Team” by – ahem – certain experts. As of just more than a week ago, that prediction looked as if it...
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