The Competitive Balance Rounds are a pair of bonus rounds within the MLB draft, designed to give an extra pick to the game’s smaller-market teams. Teams that fall within either the bottom 10 in revenues and market size are eligible, and since 2017, the league determined the eligible teams based on a formula involving market score, revenues, and winning percentage. The first … [Read more...] about What Other Competitive Balance Round Draft Picks Could Be Traded This Winter?
Royals
10 players vying for record books in 2025
Weekend Rumblings – News for February 1, 2025
Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Royals finally land their free agent. Craig Brown evaluates the Carlos Estévez signing. The question that must be asked is, was the 2024 season an outlier for Estévez? Can he, at 32 years old, replicate the successes of last year? Some of it looks sustainable to me. In the last two seasons, Estévez has been … [Read more...] about Weekend Rumblings – News for February 1, 2025
Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions
Bobby Witt Jr. #7 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate | Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Who will start the year on the 26-man roster? By the time you’re reading this, there is less than a fortnight before pitchers and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona to begin the Royals’ Spring Training. The Royals made a couple of really splashy moves at the … [Read more...] about Pre-preseason Royals roster predictions
Royals reportedly made three-year offer to free agent Anthony Santander
Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images They also pursued free agent Jurickson Profar. Despite having the third-worst offense from an outfield last year, the Royals have yet to acquire an outfielder this off-season. But they haven’t been completely sitting on their hands, according to a recent report from Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. He writes that as free agent slugger … [Read more...] about Royals reportedly made three-year offer to free agent Anthony Santander