Andrew Banks
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Royals' demotion of Lucas Erceg is last-ditch effort to repair damage from disastrous season (opens the original)
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When Lucas Erceg was traded to Kansas City in 2024, it looked like a great trade. The deal sent Jared Dickey, Will Klein, and Mason Barnett to the Athletics, and in return the Royals got a fire-breathing dragon at the back end of their bullpen. Through the end of 2025, Lucas Erceg was 11th among all relievers with a 2.2 fWAR. His fastball sat at 98 mph, and his slider graded as an above-average offering. Erceg has been declining since he arrived in Kansas City, though, and yesterday the Royals d
Royals made their intentions clear at trade deadline despite being frustratingly quiet (opens the original)
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The economics of baseball are complicated and painfully boring for the casual fan. They're especially complicated for small market teams like the Kansas City Royals. The Royals are a team in free fall. At 20 games under .500, they're one of the bottom-feeder teams in the league. Only three teams have a worse record than them. In this sport, when you're a bad team, the teams competing for the postseason smell blood in the water and attack. It's a process of unloading veteran players with expiring
Royals teenaged prospect's unexpected jump into Top 100 only legitimizes rising farm system (opens the original)
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If you let Royals social media tell it, you would think Kansas City had the worst farm system in the major leagues. While it's missing a top 20 prospect or any highly rated prospect above A-ball, the top of the Royals’ farm features plenty of young high-upside talent, and MLB Pipeline agreed. Pipeline just updated its rankings, and four Royals have now made the cut amongst their Top 100 prospects. High-A Quad Cities starting pitcher Kendry Chourio, Low-A Columbia infielder Josh Hammond, High-A s
Royals should have plenty of trade regret as Phillies reliever continues to shine (opens the original)
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The Royals' bullpen has declined significantly since last season for a number of reasons. You could blame injuries, bad luck, roster construction, and player decisions as part of the equation for the regression of the pen. This was a unit that ranked 7th in bullpen ERA and 3rd in left-on-base % in 2025, but 29th in K/9. One of the ways the Royals thought they could improve the pen was bringing in more veteran arms. The idea made sense for a team that narrowly missed the postseason in 2025, and f
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