{"id":2284261,"date":"2026-02-16T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2284261"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:10:12","slug":"royals-pitching-coach-brian-sweeney-joins-the-show-final-rp-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-pitching-coach-brian-sweeney-joins-the-show-final-rp-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Pitching Coach Brian Sweeney Joins the Show + FINAL RP Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">In this special Spring 2026 preview episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco sit down with Kansas City Royals pitching coach Brian Sweeney for an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how the organization is building its staff for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sweeney walks us through his daily routine during spring training \u2014 from 6 a.m. physicals and data review to individualized bullpen sessions and game-day preparation. Sweeney\u2019s candid stories about player personalities, in-game adjustments, and clubhouse culture provide rare access to the human side of pitching development. For fans who want more than surface-level analysis, this episode delivers insider insight into how the Royals are preparing to compete in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jacob and Jeremy also dive into bullpen construction, including why Lucas Erceg is viewed as a high-ceiling, swing-and-miss weapon, how Carlos Estevez factors into late-inning strategy, and which emerging arms \u2014 including Steven Cruz, Alex Lange, Nick Mears, Luinder Avila, and others \u2014 are pushing for meaningful roles in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Whether you\u2019re a longtime Royals supporter or a baseball enthusiast interested in pitching strategy and player development, this conversation offers a valuable perspective on what it truly takes to build a modern MLB pitching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/royals-rundown-a-kansas-city-royals-podcast\/id972757794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Email Jacob directly at: <strong><span>jm17971047@gmail.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Need your Royals fix? Head to <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:royalsreview.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">royalsreview.com<\/a><\/strong> for news, analysis, and to engage with Royals fans around the world! Follow us online:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>BlueSky<\/strong><br \/>\u2013 Jeremy Greco: <span>@hokius.fromthehawkseye.com<\/span><br \/>\u2013 Jacob Milham: <span>@jacobmilhkc.bsky.social<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Twitter \/ X<\/strong><br \/>\u2013 Podcast: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalRundownPod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@RoyalRundownPod;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@RoyalRundownPod<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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 sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this special Spring 2026 preview episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast, Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco sit down with Kansas City Royals pitching coach Brian Sweeney for an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how the organization is building its staff for the upcoming season. Sweeney walks us through his daily routine during spring training \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2229328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[416711,442539,308583,349375,349378,311283,342882,424370,27155,340583],"class_list":["post-2284261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-alex-lange","tag-brian-sweeney","tag-carlos-estevez","tag-jacob-milham","tag-jeremy-greco","tag-lucas-erceg","tag-luinder-avila","tag-nick-mears","tag-royals","tag-steven-cruz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Contracts-Royals-Catchers-and-the-Kansas-City-Stadium-Question.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284261","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=2284261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284262,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284261\/revisions\/2284262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}