{"id":2278420,"date":"2026-02-12T04:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2278420"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:07:37","slug":"predict-the-royals-opening-day-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/predict-the-royals-opening-day-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Predict the Royals Opening Day roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spring training always brings a mix of optimism, overreactions, and genuine roster dilemmas, especially when young players are pushing for jobs, and the front office has real decisions to make at the margins. So let\u2019s turn it over to you. If you were setting the roster for Opening Day, who makes your 26 and why?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lock in your lineup, rotation, bullpen, and bench, and defend your choices before reality inevitably ruins all of our carefully constructed plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s who\u2019s in camp:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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*-denotes non-roster invitee<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Catchers (10):<\/strong> Jorge Alfaro*, Canyon Brown*, Omar Hernandez*, Carter Jensen, Luke Maile*, Elih Marrero*, Blake Mitchell*, Salvador P\u00e9rez, Ramon Ramirez*, Luca Tresh*<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Infielders (13):<\/strong> Brandon Drury*, Maikel Garcia, Jonathan India, Connor Kaiser*, Michael Massey, Kevin Newman*, Vinnie Pasquantino, Josh Rojas*, Tyler Tolbert, Abraham Toro*, Daniel Vazquez*, Peyton Wilson*, Bobby Witt Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Outfielders (11):<\/strong> Dairon Blanco, Jac Caglianone, Gavin Cross*, Isaac Collins, Kyle Isbel, Nick Loftin, Kameron Misner, John Rave, Carson Roccaforte*, Lane Thomas, Drew Waters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pitchers (33):<\/strong> Luinder Avila, Ryan Bergert, Mason Black, Kris Bubic, Noah Cameron, A.J. Causey*, Eric Cerantola, Dennis Colleran*, Steven Cruz, Jose Cuas*, Lucas Erceg, Carlos Est\u00e9vez, Bailey Falter, Stephen Kolek, Ben Kudrna, Alex Lange, Seth Lugo, Daniel Lynch IV, Alec Marsh, Chazz Martinez*, James McArthur, Nick Mears, Frank Mozzicato*, H\u00e9ctor Neris*, Helcris Oliv\u00e1rez*, Shane Panzini*, Hunter Patteson*, Cole Ragans, Aaron Sanchez*, John Schreiber, Matt Strahm, Michael Wacha, Steven Zobac<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Marsh is likely to miss most of the year with a shoulder injury. Among the players out of options are Bailey Falter, Nick Mears, and Drew Waters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Give me your 26 players that begin the season in Atlanta on March 27!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.royalsreview.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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