https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/page/16/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/why-vinnie-pasquantino-will-have-a-career-year-in-2026-r6391/After a career-best season in 2025, Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is showing signs that he could elevate his play a step further this upcoming summer. In this video, we break down Pasquantino's rise throughout last season, his increased slug, and how the talent around him this year cou...6391Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:55:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/why-vinnie-pasquantino-will-have-a-career-year-in-2026-r6375/After a career-best season in 2025, Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is showing signs that he could elevate his play a step further this upcoming summer. In this video, we break down Pasquantino's rise throughout last season, his increased slug, and how the talent around him this year cou...6375Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:55:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/is-the-curveball-key-to-a-seth-lugo-turnaround-r6358/  Much has been made about Seth Lugo and his outlook for the 2026 season. For the Royals to have a chance at an AL Division title and return to the postseason, Kansas City will need a Lugo closer to his 2024 form than to his 2025 version.  In 2024, he went 16-9 with a 3.00 ERA, 3.25 FI...6358Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:53:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/spring-temperature-check-whos-hot-and-whos-cold-in-royals-camp-feb-20-22-r6344/The Royals played their first spring training game on Friday. Which players have started off hot, and which players have looked a bit rusty? Don't read too much into spring training performances. Sample sizes are small, competition levels vary, and players may be working on specific adjustm...6344Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:21:10 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/can-dairon-blanco-rebound-in-2026-r6336/One player who should be coming into Royals Spring Training with a lot of motivation is outfielder Dairon Blanco. After playing in 157 games in 2023 and 2024 combined, he only played in nine games with the Royals last season. Part of that was due to an Achilles injury, which seemed to sap...6336Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:58:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/commemorating-a-royals-run-for-the-ages-r6318/It’s a shame that physical tickets don’t exist anymore. Their branded designs and omnipresence made them easy mementos. When I was a kid, my dad had a 20-game Royals season ticket package, and all of our tickets and parking passes came in a bound book. Dad would tear off each game’s necessities,...6318Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:10:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/what-can-stephen-kolek-do-to-make-the-royals-opening-day-roster-r6315/The Royals are 1-1 so far in the Cactus League in 2026. After winning their Spring Training opener against the Texas Rangers, Kansas City had a much rougher day on Saturday, losing 10-3 to the Padres.  One pitcher that stood out in the Royals' first couple of games was Stephen Kolek, w...6315Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:00:03 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/royals-sign-elias-diaz-to-minor-league-deal-r6303/  On Friday, the Royals acquired free-agent catcher Elias Diaz, signing the 35-year-old to a Minor League deal. He is not expected until next week, according to the announcement on the Royals' social media account. Diaz made the All-Star team with the Rockies in 2023. That season,...6303Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:59:40 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/exploring-royals-catching-metrics-throwing-r6271/Royals Spring Training Opening Day is Friday, which means that we will be experiencing a continuous stretch of baseball from now until the All-Star Break. With games finally starting, I wanted to finish my three-part series on Royals catcher metrics before we started getting data from actual gam...6271Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:53:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/three-royals-pitchers-on-the-roster-bubble-to-watch-in-spring-training-r6255/Kansas City will begin its 2026 Spring Training campaign on Friday and Saturday against the Texas Rangers, who share the Surprise complex with the Royals. Safe to say, excitement and expectations are up in Arizona, especially with team workouts beginning this week. The Royals have trie...6255Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:04:03 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/the-next-ichiro-how-nori-aoki-became-a-royals-fan-favorite-r6246/With the World Baseball Classic coming up, it’s nice to look back on how far the tournament has come since its inception in 2006. If you look at the rosters from that year’s tournament, there are several players who were or would end up playing for the Royals. Guys like Matt Stairs, Bruce Chen,...6246Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:52:11 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/three-royals-spring-training-games-to-be-available-for-free-at-royalstv-r6264/The Royals announced last week their broadcast schedule for Spring Training games in the Cactus League, outlining how fans can enjoy the Royals as they prepare for the 2026 MLB season. The Royals begin playing games this Friday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m. CT against the Texas Rangers at th...6264Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:31:00 +0000