Kansas City Royals

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Royals' Amir Garrett vomits on field during appearance vs White Sox

Kansas City Royals pitcher Amir Garrett left Monday night's game against the Chicago White Sox after vomiting on the mound during his appearance.

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Royals' Ryan Yarbrough takes 106 mph comebacker to the face, exits game vs A's

Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough was taken out of Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics after taking a 106 mph comebacker to the face.

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Vida Blue, three-time World Series champ with A's, dead at 73

Vida Blue, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who won three championships, an MVP and Cy Young Award with the Oakland A's, has died.

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A’s announcer apologizes after use of racial slur during broadcast, Oakland 'working to address the situation'

Oakland A's broadcaster Glen Kuiper issued an on-air apology during Friday night's game between the A's and the Kansas City Royals for uttering a racial slur.

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Braves' Brian Snitker ejected following animated argument with umpires

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker was ejected from Friday night's game against the Kansas City Royals for arguing a judgment call from the umpires.

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Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr hits foul ball, caught by father

A lucky fan went home on Wednesday night with a foul ball hit by his favorite player, Bobby Witt Jr. The fan? Witt's dad, Bobby Witt Sr.

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Aroldis Chapman agrees to one-year, $3.75M deal with Royals after disappointing end to Yankees tenure: report

The left-handed reliever agreed to terms on a one-year, $3.75 million contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to a report from MLB.com.

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World Series champ Tom Browning dead at 62

Tom Browning, a former star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds who won a World Series in 1990 with the team, died Monday after officers found him unresponsive in his Kentucky home.

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White Sox, All-Star outfielder agree to five-year, $75 million deal: reports

The Chicago White Sox and former Royals outfielder Andrew Benintendi are in agreement on a five-year deal worth $75 million, according to multiple reports.

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Royals fire Mike Matheny after 3 seasons

The Kansas City Royals made a decision on their manager on Wednesday night following a 9-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Mike Matheny had managed for three seasons.

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Guardians postpone division title celebration at Progressive Field

The Cleveland Guardians were forced to postpone their flag-raising ceremony after winning the AL Central due to inclement weather Tuesday at Progressive Field.

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Royals fire executive that aided in building 2015 World Series team

The Kansas City Royals have fired president of baseball operations Dayton Moore on Wednesday, an executive that has been with the team since 2006.

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Red Sox's Jarren Duran jaws at Royals fans during tough 7th inning, says items were thrown at him

Jarren Duran had a tough time in the outfield in the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals and it culminated with an argument between him and the fans.

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Whit Merrifield gets COVID-19 vaccine, now able to play in home Blue Jays games

A month ago, Kansas City's Whit Merrifield was unable to play against the Blue Jays in Toronto because he was unvaccinated. After being traded to the Jays, he's changed his tune.

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Salvador Perez powers Royals to comeback victory over Yankees

The Royals comeback to beat the Yankees behind Salvador Perez's big three-run blast off of All-Star closer Clay Holmes to avoid the series sweep.

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Aaron Judge’s ninth multi-home run game puts him into 40-homer club before August

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit his 40th and 41st home runs of the season against the Kansas City Royals, including an eighth-inning grand slam.

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Andrew Benintendi 'open minded' about COVID-19 vaccine after joining Yankees

Andrew Benintendi, who the New York Yankees acquired from the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, said he's "not against" getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Shohei Ohtani homers as Angels shut out Royals

The Angels beat the Royals behind strong starting pitching from Jose Suarez and timely hitting from Luis Rengifo, while Shohei Ohtani hit a home run.

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Royals’ Whit Merrifield apologizes for COVID-19 vaccine comments

The Royals' Whit Merrifield told reporters he was "truly sorry" for comments he made about COVID-19 vaccines as Kansas City kicked off the second half of its season.

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Royals president says Whit Merrifield ‘sorry’ for comments made when explaining vaccine decision

Kansas City Royals president of baseball operations Dayton Moore addressed Whit Merrifield's vaccine comments, saying he was "disgusted" when he first heard them.

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Kansas City Royals win in Toronto despite missing 10 unvaccinated players

The Kansas City Royals won game one of a four-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays Thursday night despite missing 10 players due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

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Royals without 10 players in series against Blue Jays due to vaccination status

When the Royals go up to Toronto to face the Blue Jays they will be without nearly 40% of their roster due to their vaccination status.

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Royals' Whit Merrifield iron man streak ends due to toe injury

Kansas City Royals infielder Whit Merrifield loses his iron man streak of 553 straight games played to a toe injury, ending the longest active streak in MLB.

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Astros come back to walk-off Royals on Yordan Alvarez's home run

The Houston Astros come back to beat the Kansas City Royals to win their 15th game in their last 18 games behind Yordan Alvarez's walk-off home run

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Details about Jeremy Giambi’s suicide emerge

Former MLB player Jeremy Giambi, who was found dead in his apartment back in February, committed suicide, the New York Post reported, citing an autopsy report.

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Mariners acquire Carlos Santana in trade from Royals

The Mariners acquire Carlos Santana and nearly $4.3 million and traded back two right-handed pitchers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming

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Shohei Ohtani sets career-high in strikeouts; dazzles in victory over the Royals

Angels defeat the Royals 5-0 as Shohei Ohtani dominated on the mound against a hot Royals team lowering his ERA to 2.90 and improving to 6-4 on the year

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Angels lose wild game in extra innings to the Royals

The Angels lost to the Royals 12-11 in extra innings despite Shohei Ohtani driving in the most runs by a Japanese-born player in major league history.

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Corey Seager homers twice for Rangers in victory over Royals

Corey Seager was hitting home runs in Globe Life Field before he called the park home. The shortstop now has his first multi-homer game with the Texas Rangers.

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Bobby Witt Jr hits 1st MLB homer; leads Brad Keller, Royals over Cardinals

Bobby Witt Jr. hit his first major league home run, Brad Keller pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak.

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Paul Goldschmidt homers, Steven Matz sharp as Cardinals edge Royals

Taking a day off isn't high on a list of favorite things for Paul Goldschmidt, but the St. Louis first baseman knows it can help.