Kansas City Royals general manager J.J. Picollo and manager Matt Quatraro wrap up some key points and takeaways from the 2025 season after wrapping up another winning season.
One of the press conference’s
biggest takeaways was that one coach will stay in his current position, and Kansas City Star’s Sam McDowell has some reasons why.
Alec Zumwalt will return as Kansas City’s hitting coach in 2026.
You could get lost in that headline, fooled into thinking the Royals are content with where this offense stands. But context never hurt anyone, right? The Royals are not running back a lineup and offensive staff that finished 26th in runs and are simply praying for better results.
They want change.
Just not with the man in charge.
Vinnie Pasquantino has some words for Royals fans to close out the season.
Kings of Kauffman’s Caleb Moody listed five Royals players he doesn’t think will return in 2026, and his last one is probably the most surprising in Dairon Blanco.
Then, there’s the fact that after he was demoted to Triple-A back in early in June, Kansas City didn’t feel the need to bring him back, even as a speed threat. It didn’t help the fact that he only managed a 94 wRC+ in Omaha this season.
With Tyler Tolbert providing that speed threat off the bench this season while being more positionally versatile than Blanco, the bench seems to be evolving beyond the aging 32-year-old.
Whether he spends the year in the minors again, is traded or non-tendered now that he’s in his arbitration years, it seems less likely that Blanco will don Royal blue in 2026.
David Lesky talks about trying to predict the postseason action.
Is it truly a crapshoot? Well no. But the difference between good baseball teams is generally not that large. Any team can win any game in baseball, as we all know. And the more rounds it goes, the more likely it is that a team that “shouldn’t” win does win. And yet, here I am, dumb as a rock, deciding to predict some playoff baseball. I’d much rather be previewing a Royals playoff series and I’d much much rather be writing about the merits of rest vs. rust and all the other cliches we hear about every year as the top two seeds now have four days off before starting their playoff journey. But, alas, we are not discussing the Royals. Hopefully next year.
So begins the offseason mutterings of Craig Brown.
Take a look at the season in review for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
I think the Royals did Mike Yastrzemski a favor in the season’s final month.
The Royals announced a “multi-year partnership” with Underdog earlier this week.
The Yankees had bases loaded with nobody out in the ninth, but fell to the Boston Red Sox in their playoff opener.
Chicago Cubs take Game 1 over the San Diego Padres in their Wild Card series.
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal shines with 14 punchouts in playoff start.
Could Chase DeLauter make his MLB debut in the playoffs for the Cleveland Guardians?
Pebble Hunting unearths some new slang.
Ron Washington will not return as the Los Angeles Angels manager in 2026.
It is final: the Tampa Bay Rays are under new ownership.
Chaim Bloom takes over as president of baseball operations for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Who pays the ticket when a self-driving car makes an illegal U-turn?
How fans are embracing Missouri native Chappell Roan in Kansas City after a pair of sold-out concerts.
It was Taco Tuesday yesterday, so today’s song of the day Lewberger with White People Taco Night.
