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Ian Seymour, wearing a Durham Bulls uniform, looks into the sun past the third base line while throwing a pitch
Graphic showing how much better Lane Thomas was against lefties from 2021-July 2024
Screenshot of a social media feed showing the Royals posting about the Elias Díaz home run and then two posts later, designating him for assignment
Jeremy Greco: Nick Loftin. The guy has shown elite plate discipline at every level and a propensity for getting the most of what little power he has by regularly getting the sweet spot of the bat on the ball and making sure he pulls it in the air. It’s easy to forget that he also has a bit of clutch in him that led him to earn two walk-off hits in the span of a week at one point last year. No, he shouldn’t be getting regular playing time, but if you watched the playoffs last year, the names Leo Rivas, Nathan Lukes, Miguel Rojas, and Kiké Hernandez mean something to you. Winning teams need the 26th man to show up sometimes and Loftin could be that guy for the Royals this year - if they don’t have to overexpose him and he can keep leaning into his strengths.
A graphic showing that of the 10 pitches thrown, 9 were out of the zone. And only one was even in the shadow of the zone.
Colin Holserman's K% is down to 14.4% in 2025 from 25.1% in 2024
Stephen Kolek's pitching summary
Exit velocities for the bottom of the second, all 101.9 or harder.
Handshake meme with Tanner Bibee breaking pitches + Bobby Witt Jr. = home runs
Target record for May: 15-13 May's target record is actually worse than a 90-win pace, because of projected series losses on the road and a 4-games split. There are places to make up ground, but there's a tough homestand toward the end of the month. Road Trip: 1-2 Mariners 1-2 Homestand: 4-3 Guardians 2-2 Tigers 2-1 Road Trip: 4-2 White Sox: 2-1 Cardinals 2-1 Homestand: 5-4 Red Sox: 2-1 Mariners: 2-1 Yankees 1-2 Road Trip: 1-2 Rangers: 1-2
Starling Marte is in the 13th percentile of sprint speed
Graphic showing the exit velocities and plate appearance out ones since the top of the fourth inning
Info graphic detailing Ragans' start
A pitch plot showing two pitches painted on the edge called balls and unchallenged.
Cam Schlittler's TJStats daily pitching summary shows he only threw 35.5% of his pitches in the zone but got a 29.1% whiff rate.
A baseball savant summary for Salvador Perez with a LOT of blue.
Nick Mears changeup graded as a 73 on the 20-80 grade scale with a 50% whiff rate
Image showing the landing difference of Kris Bubic's pitches with his fastball at the top of the zone and the other pitches all outside the strike zone in different areas
Graphic showing that Michael Wacha did not get many whiffs or chases, but still had good results
Graphic showing Alex Lange's results from today's game
Graphic indicating Lynch was getting plenty of chase and swing-and-miss in his relief appearance today
Luinder Avila struggled to throw strikes, get chase, get whiffs, or limit damage on contact despite having highly rated stuff
Image showing Chad Patrick is getting almost no chase but the Royals are missing on more than 40% of the swings they make
Graphic showing that Noah Cameron has gotten a 38.5% whiff rate through two innings
A pitching summary of Kris Bubic's game, showing he did a pretty good job getting chases and whiffs.
Daily pitching summary for Michael Wacha through the first two innings of tonight's game. It shows his changeup is grading out very well, still.
Be 500
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Thank God I'm Frazier
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Jonathan India
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Adam Frazier
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Royals themed text that says, "Be 500"
Graphic with Royals theming that says, "Be 500"
Anne Rogers: Kris Bubic will miss the rest of the 2025 season as he recovers from the left rotator cuff strain. #Royals
Adam Frazier in a Royals uniform that says TGIF Thank God I'm Frazier
Twitter post from Joe Doyle which lists the Royals first as one of the winners of the draft
Graphic from MLB app showing pitch 4 was called a ball despite appearing to be a strike
At-bat summary for Jac Caglianone's home run, 114.1 MPH, 421 ft, 19 degree launch angle
A social media post from MLB Pipeline that says, "The Royals have returned Blake Mitchell to High-A Quad Cities after a broken hamate delayed the start of his season. MLB's No. 4 catching prospect notched a .951 OPS with 3 XBHs and 7 RBIs in 11 rehab games"