{"id":3715,"date":"2025-05-06T00:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/3715\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T00:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:36:13","slug":"kansas-city-royals-now-accepting-home-run-derby-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/3715\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Royals: Now Accepting Home Run Derby Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"Nr0xgT\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> are on a power surge, and Jacob Milham and Jeremy \u201cHokius\u201d Greco are here for every homer, heater, and hot take on this week\u2019s Royals Rundown! The duo recaps a thrilling series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camdenchat.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, where the Royals blasted their way to a team home run record and climbed higher above .500.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6eycna\">They spotlight standout performances like Maikel Garcia\u2019s first multi-homer game, discuss the impact of injuries to Salvador Perez and Alec Marsh, and look ahead to a juicy series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southsidesox.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago White Sox<\/a>\u2014yes, the sweep is on the table.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FPjk5U\">Plus, they break down how strike zone changes are affecting the game, predict which Royals might keep the momentum rolling, and celebrate the rising excitement around prospects like Jack Caglianone. Whether you\u2019re loving the long ball or cautiously optimistic, this episode has you covered with stats, laughs, and plenty of fan energy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5XkWPu\">Email Jacob directly at \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060jm17971047@gmail.com\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UftjB4\">Need your Royals fix? Head to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060 royalsreview.com\u2060<\/a> for news, analysis, and engaging with Royals fans all over the world!<\/p>\n<p id=\"2GC8cl\">You can follow the team on BlueSky, Jeremy Greco at<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/hokius.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060@hokius.bsky.social\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a> to Jacob Milham at<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jacobmilhkc.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060 @jacobmilhkc.bsky.social\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a>. Follow the podcast itself on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalRundownPod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060@RoyalRundownPod\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Royals are on a power surge, and Jacob Milham and Jeremy \u201cHokius\u201d Greco are here&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[3214,3217,5,937,3216,181,220,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,3213,254,252,3218,3215],"class_list":{"0":"post-3715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-accepting","9":"tag-applications","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-derby","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-kansas","16":"tag-kansas-city","17":"tag-kansas-city-royals","18":"tag-kansascity","19":"tag-kansascityroyals","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-now","22":"tag-review","23":"tag-royals","24":"tag-royals-review-radio","25":"tag-run"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114458092162749561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}