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We were promised a ton of movement the moment the lockout ended, and thus far those promises have come true. As we've been writing, this wouldn’t just be the spring training we all know, it would be The Wildest Spring Training Ever. So far it's been pretty lively. We saw it again yesterday with two major surprises, as Kris Bryant landed in the NL West -- but on a surprise team -- and so did Freddie Freeman. It's all covered below.Ken Rosenthal, Jayson Stark, Britt Ghiroli, Jim B...

A top-flight closer who didn’t stick around for long but left some indelible marks.

A microcosm of ineptitude in one avian moment

The Royals were bad for a very long time. If you still watched regularly you probably had to make some...interesting calls about who your favorite players were.

Boston ? Jon Lester produced another masterpiece against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park.And it was his worst perf

Seth Beers home run in his first major league at-bat helped inspire one of the three All-Time teams in this months Quirkjians.

share-square-1883254 As we inch toward the start of summer, trade chatter around Major League Baseball will inevitably heat up in anticipation of the July 30 Trade Deadline. But some teams in years past haven’t waited until the last minute to do their midseason shopping. Many have pulled off deals that involved MVPs, Cy Young Award winners, postseason legends and future Hall of Famers. This month has seen trades that either catapulted teams and players to immediate success or set the foundati...

The history of Royals top prospect performances in spring training Share this story Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The talk of camp so far has been Bobby Witt, Jr., who has shown why he was the second overall pick of the 2019 draft, with three home runs in camp, including an awe-inspiring 484-foot blast. Just two years ago, Witt was still in high school, now he is hitting the reigning Cy Young winner, Shane Bieber. As teammate Brady Singer has attested, the kid seemingly has 15 tools. It is n...

The Best of Royals Review 2020 Share this story Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images 2020 is probably a year you’d like to forget, but it wasn’t all bad. There were certainly some reasons to look back, especially on the baseball field as the Royals slowly improved and appear to be headed on the right track. Hey, at least we had each other. Let’s look back on the best of what Royals Review had to offer in this crazy year. Best opinion articles