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This year brought another winning season, giving the Royals back-to-back-winning seasons for the first time since 2014-15. But the team fell short of a playoff spot, a disappointing result that reflects the raised expectations.<\/p>\n
From another excellent season from Bobby Witt Jr., to outstanding starting pitching, to a terrible offensive outfield, to Maikel Garcia breaking out, to trade talks, and more ballpark rumors, here\u2019s the best of what Royals Review produced in 2024.<\/p>\n
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Brian Henry wants Salvador Perez to get more days off.<\/a><\/p>\n Max Rieper pointed out how silly baseball scorers have gotten<\/a> after a Bobby Witt Jr.\u2019 flirtation with the cycle was taken away.<\/p>\n He also wrote that Alec Zumwalt needed to be accountable for the lack of offense<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greg Walker covered this year\u2019s Royals draft class<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matthew Lamar praised the team\u2019s \u201cMoneyball\u201d trade deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bradford Lee was frustrated the Royals aren\u2019t sitting at the \u201cbig boy\u201d table for free agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jeremy Greco argued that if any team wants to trade for Cole Ragans, it should come at a very steep price<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matthew is not a fan of the idea of the Royals moving to Overland Park<\/a>, but gave an endorsement to the team moving to North Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Kevin Ruprecht wrote that the Royals were taking too many first-pitch strikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jeremy Greco agreed and said they could learn from Alcides Escobar and ambush pitchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also wrote about the good and bad from Michael Lorenzen<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trenton Kraxner wrote about the play that broke the Royals\u2019 offense<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cullen Jekel argued the idea of the Jonathan India trade made sense<\/a>, even if the deal hadn\u2019t worked out.<\/p>\n Connor Moylan was impressed with Carter Jensen\u2019s hot start.<\/a><\/p>\n He also liked that the Royals were acquiring guys who don\u2019t chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brian Henry wrote about what a Maikel Garcia extension would look like<\/a> (before he actually signed one!)<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Max Rieper wrote about how much Royals ownership has spent on players<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also examined the Hall of Fame case for Salvador Perez<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy for an infielder to learn the outfield \u2013 tell \u2018em Wash! Matthew Lamar talked to Rusty Kuntz<\/a> and learned it is actually quite difficult!<\/p>\n Matthew LaMar looked at the worst outfields in Royals history<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brian Henry compared Jac Caglianone to other left-handed power hitters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Max Rieper reflected on a poor 2020 draft class for the Royals<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also wondered what the Royals missed by letting Brent Rooker get away<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cullen Jekel looks at the mixed legacy of Whit Merrifield<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Bradford Lee looked at how Noah Cameron stood up to the best rookie pitching performances in club history<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also looked at the best Royals players from the last quarter-century<\/a>.<\/p>\n And he wrote about the best moments from Bo Jackson\u2019s career<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also wrote about some of his favorite baseball announcers through history.<\/a><\/p>\n Max Rieper wrote about how MLB Network\u2019s rankings HATE the Royals<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matthew LaMar ranked the possible outcomes of a Royals season<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also wrote about his favorite vintage Royals gear<\/a>.<\/p>\n Connor Moylan introduced a panic level scale for Royals hitters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Max wrote about how Michael Massey got charged with an error despite throwing a runner out<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n He also wrote up a Spotify-style Royals Wrapped<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jeremy Greco listed winners and losers after a 2-0 Royals win<\/a> over the Astros to win their sixth in a row in April.<\/p>\n The Royals hung some dong in a slugfest win over the Orioles.<\/a><\/p>\n The White Sox had an epic meltdown<\/a> in a game in May to hand the Royals a walk-off win.<\/p>\n Trenton Kraxner wrote about Matt Quatraro\u2019s head-scratching decisions in a loss to the A\u2019s in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n A 4-3 win over the Rangers in August<\/a> gave hope the Royals could climb back into the race.<\/p>\n The Royals were out of the race, but it was still fun to put up 20 runs on the Blue Jays in September.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n ItsJustBusiness compared this year\u2019s club to the 1994 team<\/a>.<\/p>\n ThunderStreetWorkshop compared this pitching staff to the 1985 pitching staff.<\/a><\/p>\n BHWick compared how much or little Royals hitters improved in the second half<\/a>.<\/p>\n Suff76 listed some interesting stats on the pitching staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n DJourn asked when we all became Royals fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kilgore7777 is putting together top decades teams and has his best Royals of the 1970s<\/a>.<\/p>\n royalcannabis offered his interesting predictions.<\/a><\/p>\n Only Severance superfans will get this reference.<\/p>\n Truce?<\/p>\n Rex Hudler does his best horse impression.<\/p>\n The Royals signed 45-year-old Rich Hill, but he didn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n Vinnie Pasquantino is bilingual.<\/p>\n Former Royals All-Star Frank White lost his recall election.<\/p>\n Dadunca had a Shakespearean answer<\/a> for what the Royals could do at second base.<\/p>\nBest analytical articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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