{"id":559734,"date":"2026-02-07T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559734\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:47:14","slug":"kansas-city-royals-news-mlb-network-snubs-maikel-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/559734\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Royals news: MLB Network snubs Maikel Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vahe Gregorian talks to players at Royals Rally about moving in the fences at the K.<\/a><\/p>\n

While Pasquantino perceives a vast number of ways to try to process what this means, he is exhilarated by the concept in terms of individual production \u2014 \u201cyou kidding me?!\u201d \u2014 and appreciates the move in the context of the Royals\u2019 history \u2026 and future.<\/p>\n

The bottom-line rationale, as he sees it:<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people that follow baseball would agree the Royals have always built their teams in specific ways, which was to fit the ballpark,\u201d he said at Royals Rally. \u201cThe Royals have not traditionally won a ton of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anne Rogers has a primer on spring training<\/a> as the team heads to Arizona.<\/p>\n

David Lesky considers if the Royals will still add some bullpen help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are still some good arms out there on the free agent market. Some are lottery tickets, but I would still have no problem adding someone like Justin Wilson or even taking a chance on Michael Kopech or someone like them. I just think it\u2019s so interesting how much they\u2019ve talked about adding in the bullpen when the bullpen looks pretty full at this moment. Even if you say that Lynch and Falter aren\u2019t guarantees and Schreiber is getting moved, there are options to replace them who have already fared well in the big leagues. I\u2019m intrigued by this idea that they might be looking at more bullpen help.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t heard about Bubic in the bullpen for a long time, but I feel like that\u2019s still a possibility if it needs to be one.<\/p>\n

Kevin O\u2019Brien at Royals Keep writes about five Royals position player sleeper prospects<\/a>, like outfielder Spencer Nivens.<\/p>\n

There were some high hopes last season for Nivens, a fifth-round pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Missouri State in Springfield. In 99 games and 412 plate appearances in High-A Quad Cities in 2024, he hit 20 home runs, posted a .369 wOBA, and 130 wRC+. He had a slightly high strikeout rate at 26.9%, and his 0.44 BB\/K ratio was good, not great.\u00a0 Furthermore, he only hit .243, though his .290 BABIP did him no favors in the Midwest League.<\/p>\n

That said, the power was enticing, and there was some hope that Nivens could be a 20+ HR and 15-20 SB threat at the MLB level in 2027 or 2028.<\/p>\n

Pete Grathoff writes that being omitted from third baseman rankings by MLB Network\u2019s Shredder will fuel Maikel Garcia.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former Royals reliever Scott Barlow signs a one-year, $2 million contract with the Athletics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

David Schoenfield at ESPN suggests some trades that could shake things up before spring training<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Marlins trade outfielder Victor Mesa Jr. to the Rays.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dodgers designate pitcher Anthony Banda for assignment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Angels sign lefty reliever Brent Suter to a one-year deal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yankees outfielder Jasson Dom\u00ednguez may begin the year in the minors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox are still looking for infield help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Team USA finally has a superteam<\/a> for the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays broadcaster and former Royals catcher Buck Martinez is retiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase allegedly rigged pitches in 48 games.<\/a><\/p>\n

Warriors owner Joe Lacob may be interested in buying the Padres<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former All-Star Yasiel Puig is found guilty in an illegal gambling case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No one watched the Pro Bowl on TV.<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Olympic skiers are being accused of injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eddie Bauer will close stores in North America<\/a> and could file for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Doctors share how to get the most out of your bidet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carrots are actually good for your eyes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Your song of the day is Gerry Rafferty with Baker Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vahe Gregorian talks to players at Royals Rally about moving in the fences at the K. While Pasquantino…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[2198,18716,8934,146,5,377,1549,267,2178,406,3289,936,2123,55,2596,2595,56,2162,1816,1149,4,43,297,89,252,11148,73625,1949,2122,16204,142,38182],"class_list":["post-559734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-royals","tag-anaheim","tag-angel-stadium-of-anaheim","tag-anthony-banda","tag-arizona","tag-baseball","tag-blue-jays","tag-brent-suter","tag-bubic","tag-california","tag-emmanuel-clase","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascityroyals","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-maikel-garcia","tag-marlins","tag-michael-kopech","tag-mlb","tag-padres","tag-rays","tag-red-sox","tag-royals","tag-scott-barlow","tag-spencer-nivens","tag-the-athletics","tag-the-royals","tag-victor-mesa-jr","tag-yankees","tag-yasiel-puig"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116030134274440115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559734","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=559734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}