{"id":1974598,"date":"2025-08-22T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974598"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:27:58","slug":"royals-breakout-all-star-named-most-indispensable-under-the-radar-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-breakout-all-star-named-most-indispensable-under-the-radar-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Breakout All-Star Named Most Indispensable Under-The-Radar Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kansas City Royals continue to surge. With Thursday’s 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers, they moved to just two games back of the final American League Wild Card spot. They are now 66-62 on the season after having been buyers at the trade deadline. They’ve been an interesting team this year, and they have found their way back into contention after it looked as though they would be sellers at the deadline. The veteran additions they made have helped the team fight its way back into the race.<\/p>\n

The team has watched several key players step up this year. They’ve had Noah Cameron emerge as their best starting pitcher, but he isn’t the only one to have stepped into a larger role. Kris Bubic is out for the season, but on the offensive side, third baseman Maikel Garcia has stepped up. He was an All-Star for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

Jim Bowden of The Athletic<\/a> recently made a list of every contending team’s most indispensable “under-the-radar” player, and for the Royals, it was Garcia who was named as a player who is overlooked at times.<\/p>\n

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