{"id":2053418,"date":"2025-09-27T03:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2053418"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:33:11","slug":"royals-sluggers-quietly-accomplished-feat-for-first-time-in-kc-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-sluggers-quietly-accomplished-feat-for-first-time-in-kc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Sluggers Quietly Accomplished Feat For First Time In KC History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_uhlm2\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gci0a01yt\">While it certainly wasn&#8217;t the 2025 season the Kansas City Royals envisioned, there have been some impressive individual performances along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_h310nsnm1\">For most of the first half of the season, the Royals were at the very bottom of the team power-hitting rankings. But catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino evidently decided they&#8217;d seen enough of that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_kzf7jhy2f\">In fact, with Perez&#8217;s three-run double on Thursday night, the two accomplished a bit of joint history.  <\/p>\n<div data-mm-id=\"_uwdcepkqr\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\">\n<figure data-id=\"_uwdcepkqr\" class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><canvas class=\"style_1e28o3x-o_O-initial_9vayoh\"\/><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\"><source\/><source\/><source\/><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Salvador Perez\" title=\"Salvador Perez\"\/><\/picture><noscript><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8154,h_4586,x_0,y_809\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k639jamnt0676csa83.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><figcaption class=\"tagStyle_1ulimm5-o_O-text_1j8vahs\">Sep 17, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) runs the bases after hitting a three run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images \/ Denny Medley-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_621pni269\">Perez reached the 100-RBI mark on Thursday, and he&#8217;d already hit his 30th home run over the weekend. Pasquantino, meanwhile, leads the team in both categories with 32 dingers and 111 ribeyes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xnhrp6kev\">According to MLB.com&#8217;s Anne Rogers, Perez and Pasquantino are now <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/royals\/news\/vinnie-pasquantino-michael-lorenzen-salvador-perez-shine-vs-angels\" target=\"_blank\">the first set of teammates<\/a> in Royals franchise history with at least 30 long balls and 100 runs driven in in the same season.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fa593ga9m\">However, Pasquantino, who is always honest about his and his team&#8217;s progress, isn&#8217;t satisfied with the marks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_719aqf056\">\u201cI think we both wish we would have done more,\u201d Pasquantino said. \u201cWhen you look at the numbers on paper, you\u2019re happy about them, but I felt like there was more out there that we could have gotten, and we didn\u2019t this year, which sucks. Numbers-wise, it\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tzfbxppjp\">&#8220;But I think both of us will be pretty honest about how we feel like we could have done some more things.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_s8s9atwye\">It&#8217;s always encouraging for a star player to want more, and certainly, the fact that Perez and Pasquantino put up respective OPS&#8217;s of .740 and .806 proves there&#8217;s more they can do to make this team a winner next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_l6gymum14\">And one has to imagine that after his 32-homer, 109-RBI season a year ago, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is itching to get in on the act next year and make it a trio of Royals to cross those two thresholds for the first time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7jogelsl4\">If the Royals want to return to the postseason after an 80-83 win campaign this year, it&#8217;s going to begin with consistency in the middle of the order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_efh1vtgtc\"><em><strong>More MLB: <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/royals\/news\/royals-likely-offseason-trade-strategy-revealed-by-team-insider-jackson3\"><em><strong>Royals&#8217; Likely Offseason Trade Strategy Revealed By Team Insider<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it certainly wasn&#8217;t the 2025 season the Kansas City Royals envisioned, there have been some impressive individual performances along the way. For most of the first half of the season, the Royals were at the very bottom of the team power-hitting rankings. But catcher Salvador Perez and first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino evidently decided they&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2053419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Royals-Sluggers-Quietly-Accomplished-Feat-For-First-Time-In-KC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2053418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2053418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2053418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2053418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}