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Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The wait for Arizona action continues. MLB’s Anne Rogers details the catching hierarchy for the Kansas City Royals heading into spring training. But as we’ll see below, catching is a real strength of the organization. It’s also fair to wonder how many games Perez will catch. He logged 765 innings behind the … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for January 15, 2025

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Baseball is international. Today marks the beginning of a new international signing period, as teams will welcome fresh-faced young players - mostly from Latin America - into their organizations. The international market can be a crapshoot - teams are gambling on teenagers who are barely old enough to drive in the … [Read more...] about The best international signings in Royals history

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s International Signing Day and the Royals have brought another class for 2025 The start of the international signing period for 2025 has begun. Many players have agreed to sign with teams, but today is officially the day they can make those contracts official. 2025 is a bit different as pitcher Roki Sasaki is available to sign. Having him … [Read more...] about Royals expected to sign one of the top shortstops in international signing market

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s prospect list season! MLB Pipeline writes about the top international prospect in each farm system. Royals: Yandel Ricardo, SS (No. 8) There’s something to be said for catcher Ramon Ramirez, who has gone from a $57,500 signing to a powerful catcher at 19. For now, we’ll lean on last year’s big international signing in … [Read more...] about Royals Rumblings – News for January 14, 2025