{"id":581062,"date":"2026-02-19T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/581062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:31:18","slug":"kansas-city-royals-news-baseball-will-be-played-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/581062\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Royals news: Baseball will be played tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaylon Thompson wrote about the first full-squad workout on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Royals expect most of the spring competition to be reserve roles. The starting lineup is pretty much set with Bobby Witt Jr., Maikel Garcia, Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez leading the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, without naming names, it\u2019s very obvious who some of the everyday guys are,\u201d Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. \u201cThe competition is going to be how we fill out the last, you know, I\u2019ll say 10 through 13. You know, we have some guys that have more experience than others, but it\u2019ll play out in spring training. And I think our guys are hungry. I think they understand what the competition is like. They want to go out and win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anne Rogers writes about the team testing out the new ABS challenge system.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to talk about that a little bit to see who\u2019s going to challenge,\u201d catcher Salvador Perez said Saturday. \u201cEarly in the game, if we lose a challenge, we may need it later in the game. It\u2019s like, \u2018Should we wait?\u2019 Even if the umpire makes a little mistake, you have to be 100% right to challenge in the first three innings. That\u2019s kind of what I think. But I have to wait for Skip [manager Matt Quatraro] and see what Bobby [Witt Jr.], Vinnie and Maikel [Garcia] think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Kolek will start the Cactus League opener on Friday against the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Union reps came to Royals camp<\/a> following the resignation of head Tony Clark.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good meeting,\u201d said John Schreiber, who is the Royals\u2019 player representative. \u201cA lot of questions from guys and a lot of positive feedback. So feeling good about where we are right now. Obviously, it\u2019s a little bit of a disappointment. A little bit of a challenge with what came out yesterday and all that stuff. But, you know, the unity and strength we have from this union from the players is what it\u2019s about.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Schoenfield at ESPN gives the Royals a \u201cC\u201d for their offseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kansas City outfielders hit a miserable .225\/.285\/.348 last season, which isn\u2019t going to work if the Royals want to return to the postseason. They acquired Collins from the Brewers after he hit .263\/.368\/.411 and finished fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting, but he was a 27-year-old rookie, so there isn\u2019t any growth potential there \u2014 more likely some regression. Still, if he can get on base at a reasonable clip, he\u2019ll give the Royals the leadoff hitter they lacked a season ago. Thomas hasn\u2019t been good since 2023, so it\u2019s unclear why the Royals would give him $5.25 million coming off a season in which he hit .160. Call it a ho-hum offseason that gets a boost with the underrated Maikel Garcia signing an extension that runs through 2031.<\/p>\n

Philip Ruo at Royals Keep wonders who will lead off for the Royals in 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dan Szymborski has Carter Jensen at #15 and Blake Mitchell at #96 in his ZIPS top prospects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Astros sign former Royals infielder CJ Alexander<\/a> to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n

The Braves will be without pitchers<\/a> Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep for the first two months.<\/p>\n

The Mariners sign catcher Mitch Garver<\/a> to a minor league deal.<\/p>\n

Ten positional battles in MLB camps<\/a> to be decided in spring training.<\/p>\n

The Astros have interest in free agent outfielder Michael Conforto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The key player for each World Baseball Classic team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bruce Meyer is named Executive Director of the MLBPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge wants to improve his baserunning.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Why the Orioles may not want to trade<\/a> Coby Mayo or Ryan Mountcastle.<\/p>\n

The Mets will never have a team captain<\/a> under owner Steve Cohen.<\/p>\n

How ten teams can overcome their playoff odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs restructure Patrick Mahomes\u2019 contract<\/a> to free up more cap space.<\/p>\n

The winners and losers<\/a> from the first week of the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Antarctica has a gravity hole.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cocaine is having a comeback.<\/a><\/p>\n

The first worldwide Tic Tac Toe championship<\/a> will be at SXSW.<\/p>\n

Your song of the day is Built to Spill with The Plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaylon Thompson wrote about the first full-squad workout on Monday. The Royals expect most of the spring competition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2387],"tags":[106,26504,42,5,1351,136,21682,583,38015,7096,936,2123,55,2596,2595,2162,111,12344,4,252,154,1359,373,659,151,5176,69,812,2122,2126],"class_list":{"0":"post-581062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-anne-rogers","10":"tag-astros","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-bobby-witt-jr","13":"tag-brewers","14":"tag-carter-jensen","15":"tag-coby-mayo","16":"tag-hurston-waldrep","17":"tag-john-schreiber","18":"tag-kansas","19":"tag-kansas-city","20":"tag-kansas-city-royals","21":"tag-kansascity","22":"tag-kansascityroyals","23":"tag-maikel-garcia","24":"tag-michael-conforto","25":"tag-mitch-garver","26":"tag-mlb","27":"tag-royals","28":"tag-ryan-bergert","29":"tag-ryan-mountcastle","30":"tag-salvador-perez","31":"tag-spencer-schwellenbach","32":"tag-spring-training","33":"tag-stephen-kolek","34":"tag-texas-rangers","35":"tag-the-mets","36":"tag-the-royals","37":"tag-vinnie-pasquantino"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116097548837189854","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581062","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=581062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}