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1:10Highlights: Royals at Tigers (4/17)
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8:55Sean Manaea to Start the Season on the Injured List!
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5:53Jonathan India Traded to the Royals & Yusei Kikuchi to the Angels!
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5:55Top 12 Starting Pitchers from 2024! Can Seth Lugo Repeat His Success?
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6:322024 Fantasy Baseball Awards! Most Valuable, Best Comebacks & More!
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6:05Waiver Wire Battles! Pete Crow-Armstrong vs. Parker Meadows!
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0:35Highlights: Athletics at Royals
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Top Royals News
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Royals' MJ Melendez: Sitting Friday
Melendez is not in the Royals' starting lineup against the Tigers on Friday.
Melendez will sit for a second straight game while Drew Waters starts in left field and bats eighth against Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe. Melendez has gone 1-for-20 with a solo home run and eight strikeouts over his last five games.
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Royals' Bobby Witt: Extends hit streak to 10 games
Witt went 1-for-4 with one walk and one double in Thursday's 6-1 loss to the Tigers.
Witt drew a walk in his first plate appearance, and his double to right field in the fifth inning extended his hitting streak to 10 games. The superstar shortstop ranks 10th in the American League in both batting average (.307) and on-base percentage (.384), and he's tied for ninth in stolen bases (five) across 86 plate appearances to start the season.
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Royals' Michael Lorenzen: Yields four runs in loss
Lorenzen (1-3) took the loss against the Tigers on Thursday, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three across 4.2 innings.
Lorenzen wasn't able to make it out of the fifth inning despite tossing 102 pitches (63 of which were strikes). He has allowed at least five hits in each of his first four starts of the 2025 season and has a 4.57 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 17:7 across 21.2 innings to begin the year. Lorenzen will look to get back into the win column in his next outing, which is tentatively slated for next week at home against the Rockies.
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Royals' Kyle Wright: Slated for three inning in ACL
Wright (shoulder/hamstring) is scheduled for three innings in the Arizona Complex League on Monday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
Wright entered the season on the injured list as he continues rehab on his right shoulder along with a hamstring strain he suffered in camp. The right-hander doesn't have a clear timeline for his return, but his return to game action indicates his 2025 MLB debut may not be too far off.
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Royals' Hunter Harvey: Set for re-evaluation
Harvey (shoulder) will be re-evaluated Tuesday with the hope of getting cleared to begin throwing, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
Harvey was diagnosed with a Grade 1 right teres major strain April 11 after he felt it the day prior while warming up. The injury isn't believed to be a serious concern, but the right-hander will likely need a bit of time to build his arm back up even if he restarts his throwing program next week.
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Royals' Alec Marsh: Scheduled for re-evaluation
Marsh (shoulder) will be re-evaluated Tuesday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
Marsh's evaluation is following a 10-day shutdown period which was the result of a minor setback he suffered while rehabbing his right shoulder at the beginning of April. A return timeline could come into focus once he's able to restart a throwing program.
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Royals' Hunter Renfroe: Sitting again versus righty
Renfroe is not in the lineup for Thursday's tilt in Detroit.
Renfroe has now started only three of the last nine games against right-handed pitching and hasn't started consecutive contests over that span. Cavan Biggio will patrol right field and hit seventh for Kansas City.
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Royals' MJ Melendez: Absent from lineup
Melendez is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Detroit.
Right-hander Reese Olson is on the bump for the Tigers, but the lefty-hitting Melendez will grab a seat. Drew Waters will start in left field and bat eighth for the Royals.
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Royals' Sam Long: Should resume throwing this weekend
Long (elbow) is expected to resume playing catch this weekend, MLB.com reports.
After Long was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to left elbow inflammation, doctors advised him not to throw for five days while he waited for the swelling to subside. Assuming Long is cleared to start throwing again after the five-day shutdown, he likely won't require a lengthy ramp-up period, given that the Royals plan to deploy him as a 1-to-2-inning reliever once he's activated.
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Royals' Kris Bubic: Limits damage in no-decision
Bubic didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against the Yankees after allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks in 5.1 innings. He struck out six.
The left-hander escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, but an Anthony Volpe double in the third inning brought in a pair of runs to get the Yankees on the board. Although he gave up another run in the fourth, Bubic limited the damage by getting Jazz Chisholm to fly out with the bases juiced once again. Bubic is on the rise to begin 2025, boasting a 1.88 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 27:9 K:BB through four starts (24 innings), and he'll have a prime opportunity to enhance his numbers in his next scheduled start next week at home against Colorado.
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Royals' Michael Massey: Heading to bench Wednesday
Massey is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
After going 1-for-20 at the dish while starting in each of the last five games, Massey will get a day off to clear his head. Tyler Tolbert will pick up his first career MLB start in place of Massey, covering second base while batting eighth.
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Royals' Hunter Renfroe: On bench again Wednesday
Renfroe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
Renfroe is out of the lineup against a right-hander for the third time in four games after an 0-for-3 performance in Tuesday's 4-2 loss brought his season-long batting line down to .119/.213/.143 over 47 plate appearances. Since Renfroe has yet to turn the corner offensively, the Royals will likely continue to give opportunities to Cavan Biggio and Drew Waters in right field as they look to see whether either player can offer more of a boost to the offense.
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Royals' Michael Wacha: Fades in loss
Wacha (0-3) took the loss against the Yankees on Tuesday. He allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four across 5.2 innings.
Wacha was in control for most of his outing and entered the sixth inning without having allowed a run. He was lifted after giving up a single and two walks and was tagged with three of the Yankees' four runs after Angel Zerpa followed up a bases-loaded walk by yielding a three-run double to Jasson Dominguez. Wacha has taken the loss in three of his first four starts of the season while registering a 4.35 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 15:10 K:BB across 20.2 innings. The 33-year-old right-hander is slated to face the Tigers on the road this weekend, when he'll look to earn his first win of 2025.
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Royals' MJ Melendez: Hits first homer of 2025
Melendez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Yankees.
Melendez entered Tuesday's game with a .285 OPS, 36.4 strikeout rate and zero RBI across 44 plate appearances, but he managed to get the Royals on the board with a solo homer off Max Fried in the third inning. Melendez's early-season play has put him in jeopardy of losing out on his starting role, but Tuesday's homer may be a sign of things to come for the Royals and the 26-year-old outfielder.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| Avg | R | HR | ERA | |
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.207 (28th) |
59 (28th) |
10 (30th) |
3.49 (7th) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| H. Harvey RP Hunter Harvey RP | Shoulder |
| D. Blanco LF Dairon Blanco LF | Achilles |
| K. Wright SP Kyle Wright SP | Shoulder |
| A. Marsh RP Alec Marsh RP | Shoulder |
| S. Long RP Sam Long RP | Elbow |
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