https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/page/21/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-prospect-carter-jensen-r5593/Here are five fast facts about Royals' top prospect Carter Jensen. The Kansas City native impressed in his brief big league stint last year. With Salvador Perez hitting age-35 and his contract expiring in 2027, Jensen has made sizable progress towards becoming the Royals' backstop of the future....5593Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:45:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/the-story-of-paulo-%E2%80%9Ctriplo%E2%80%9D-orlando-r5588/Baseball truly is a global game, with 265 players from outside the United States at the start of last season. However, the country of Brazil has only produced eight big league players, with lackluster degrees of success. The most successful of the bunch is former All-Star catcher Yan Gomes, who...5588Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:51:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/the-2025-royals-rotation-was-a-strength-lets-examine-its-depth-in-2026-r5626/Last season, the Kansas City Royals’ pitching staff was one of the better groups of arms in all of Major League Baseball, finishing sixth in earned run average while allowing the 12th fewest hits and eighth fewest home runs in the league. The Royals return a large portion of the arms in 2026. He...5626Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:58:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/the-2025-royals-rotation-was-a-strength-lets-examine-its-depth-in-2026-r5573/Last season, the Kansas City Royals’ pitching staff was one of the better groups of arms in all of Major League Baseball, finishing sixth in earned run average while allowing the 12th fewest hits and eighth fewest home runs in the league. The Royals return a large portion of the arms in 2026. He...5573Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:58:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/kansas-city-royals-unlikely-to-land-jarren-duran-brendan-donovan-r5542/  The Kansas City Royals have been involved in a fair number of rumors this offseason. Specifically, they were looking to flip some pitching for an outfield bat. On Friday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic provided an update on two of the names that have been tied to the most. According t...5542Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:53:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/can-michael-massey-return-to-form-in-2026-r5535/The Kansas City Royals know that a better lineup will be key to an improvement in 2026. After all, they ranked 26th in runs scored and home runs, 22nd in OBP, and 20th in OPS last season, which helps explain why they went 82-80 last year and missed the postseason. Those rankings have to be bette...5535Sat, 17 Jan 2026 10:45:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/royals-struggles-against-lefties-could-continue-into-2026-r5517/The Royals had well-documented struggles on offense last season, particularly against left-handed pitching. The Royals posted a wRC+ of 80 against lefties in 2025, which ranked 25th in MLB and the worst in the American League. The Royals finished the season with only four players above average i...5517Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:55:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/royals-sign-19-international-players-including-three-top-50-prospects-r5510/On Thursday, January 15th, the MLB International Signing period opened, and the Royals announced 19 signings for their 2026 class on social media.  All of the Royals' signings this year came from Latin America, with the country breakdown as follows: Nine from the Dominican Repu...5510Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:52:50 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/could-the-cubs-matt-shaw-be-a-royals-trade-target-r5487/The Cubs have made some big splashes this offseason that have gotten the attention of baseball fans everywhere, including Royals ones.     First, they acquired pitcher Edward Cabrera from the Marlins in exchange for their No. 1 prospect (Owen Caissie), No. 11 prospect (Cristian He...5487Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:47:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/why-jac-caglianone-will-break-out-in-2026-r5465/The Kansas City Royals and their fanbase walked into 2025 expecting Jac Caglianone to announce himself loudly. After all, it was hard not to dream when he slashed .322/.389/.593 with a 160 wRC+ across Double-A and Triple-A, launching 15 home runs in just 50 games before his June call-up. That ki...5465Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:21:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/what-do-the-new-park-dimensions-for-kauffman-stadium-mean-for-the-royals-r5457/On Tuesday morning, reports circulated that the Royals would be moving the fences in at Kauffman Stadium to generate more home runs and, thus, more offense. Jeff Passan was the first to break news on the report.    Later in the morning, the Kansas City Royals confirmed the report ...5457Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:36:24 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/royals-keep/why-the-royals-and-padres-could-be-trade-partners-again-r5439/The Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres have a strong history of exchanging players, especially over the past few years.  In 2020, the Royals received outfielder Edward Olivares and pitcher Ronald Bolanos from the Padres for reliever Trevor Rosenthal, and also acquired outfielder Franch...5439Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:51:02 +0000