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Next Royals manager will enter a very different situation than Mike Matheny in 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The next Kansas City Royals manager will inherit Mike Matheny’s job title, his office and even a large chunk of his coaching staff. Yet the situation the next skipper steps into will be vastly different, almost as if the same job appeared in an alternate reality.

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Aaron Judge hits 61st home run of season, ties Roger Maris’ AL record as Yankees beat Blue Jays

TORONTO — After seven games and eight days without a home run, the frustration started to show. In a 3-2 count, in the seventh inning of a tie game, Aaron Judge stepped back and took a little stroll behind the batter’s box. He took a deep breath as he settled…

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Rays come up short against Blue Jays, fall a game back

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays and Blue Jays engaged in another tense battle Saturday, this time swapping zeroes into the seventh inning.

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Toronto’s Whit Merrifield hit one of the weirdest/coolest home runs against the Yankees

We've never seen this happen before. A double doink!

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Rougned Odor’s homer in 8th lifts Orioles over Blue Jays, 6-5, bringing Baltimore within half-game of wild-card spot

BALTIMORE — Rougned Odor delivered in the clutch yet again, blasting a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night to lead the Orioles to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Twins Manager Rips ‘Pathetic’ Umpiring After Ejection

A controversial call in the 10th inning gave visiting Toronto a 3–2 victory over Minnesota in Sunday’s series finale.

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Twins’ Rocco Baldelli goes off on seething tirade after umps overturn pivotal review at the plate

Rocco Baldelli was absolutely LIVID after this key review in the Twins' loss.

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Controversial calls prove costly to Twins in 3-2, 10-inning loss to Blue Jays

MINNEAPOLIS — Rocco Baldelli threw his cap, kicked dirt on home plate and pointed to the TV booth. But his anger was directed at someone 1,200 miles away.

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Making Sense of Some Puzzling Trade Deadline Decisions

There were four different strategies that contending teams used at the trade deadline: 1) Make the necessary moves to improve for the rest of the regular season, with the hope being to secure one of the six playoff spots in each league and/or to ensure home-field advantage. 2) Build the…

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Twins' holdover relievers get shelled in 9-3 loss to Blue Jays

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins took dramatic action on Tuesday, trading for three upgrades to their pitching staff. They flaunted their new look on Wednesday, riding scoreless innings from Michael Fulmer and Jorge Lopez to a tight but encouraging victory.

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Whit Merrifield Says He’s Now Vaccinated After Trade to Blue Jays

The two-time All-Star previously missed a trip to Toronto while on the Royals because he was unvaccinated for COVID-19.

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Kansas City Royals reach a tipping point in reshaping their roster and organization

That wave of young Kansas City Royals prospects who’ve been forecast and anticipated for several years may have finally crested.

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Royals trade Whit Merrifield to Blue Jays for pair of players

CHICAGO — By all accounts, Whit Merrifield wanted badly to be part of the Kansas City Royals’ next contending team. Instead, he’s the latest veteran traded away to make way for the new core of young players the Royals hope to build their next contender around.

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Royals fans have mixed reaction to news of Whit Merrifield being traded

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whit Merrifield will play in Toronto after all.

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Toronto Acquires Merrifield Despite Vaccination Status

Toronto lands the two-time All-Star from the Royals in exchange for a minor league infielder and a right-handed pitcher.

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Whit Merrifield, who is unvaccinated, got traded to the Blue Jays and MLB fans had plenty of jokes

A real shot in the arm for Toronto!

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White Sox must play better, keep it together in clubhouse

“If this locker room can stick together through wins and losses, we’ll be good,” AJ Pollock said.

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Sam McDowell: Why it’s time for the Kansas City Royals to trade Whit Merrifield

On Friday night at Kauffman Stadium, nine days removed from the most recent time he put on a baseball uniform, Whit Merrifield will walk into the same clubhouse he’s known for the past seven years. He will settle in front of the same corner locker and sit on the same…

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Vahe Gregorian: In wake of Toronto debacle, Royals would be well-served to fast-forward their future

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Dayton Moore took over as general manager of the Kansas City Royals in 2006, one of the pillars of his approach was to change a failing culture (210 losses the previous two seasons, for starters) by seeking to establish a selfless mindset and spirit throughout…

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Commentary: Baseball, vaccines and the triumph of selfishness

In April 1909, New York Highlanders first baseman Hal Chase was hospitalized with smallpox near the team’s spring training site in Georgia. The rest of the squad — which would be renamed the Yankees in 1913 — took an overnight train to Richmond, Virginia, where the Highlanders were scheduled to…

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Baseball World Reacts to Royals Winning While Down 10 Players

Some fans referred to Thursday night’s team as the “JV” version of the team.

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Unvaccinated Royals Lay Bare Their Lack of Commitment

Ten Royals will miss a series in Toronto due to their unwillingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Their ignorance is hurting themselves and their team.

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Royals will be without 10 players for road games in Toronto: The details

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Signs in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse Wednesday reminded players to have their passports and vaccination cards with them for the trip to Toronto.

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Greinke reaches another milestone in KC Royals’ series-clinching home win vs. Guardians

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke tossed five scoreless innings to earn his third win in his last four starts. The club closed out a seesaw series and took two of three from their division rivals, the Cleveland Guardians.

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