{"id":2506847,"date":"2026-07-18T01:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506847"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:20:26","slug":"royals-second-half-setup-goals-2026-draft-fallout-all-star-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-second-half-setup-goals-2026-draft-fallout-all-star-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Second-Half Setup: Goals, 2026 Draft Fallout, All-Star Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">The All-Star break is in the rearview, and the Kansas City Royals must move on to the second half. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco use this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast to reflect on the festivities, revisit the draft with fresh eyes, and map out what the remaining months of the 2026 season should look like for an organization at a critical juncture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The episode opens with a full recap of All-Star week, including standout performances from the game itself, the Home Run Derby surprises, and how the Royals\u2019 representatives fared on the national stage. The hosts break down notable derby distances and the moments that stood out from slugger Jac Caglianone despite his first-round exit.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Zion Rose draft analysis gets a second pass now that the initial reactions have settled. Jacob and Jeremy revisit the pick alongside the rest of the Royals\u2019 draft haul, incorporating Keith Law\u2019s evaluations of where these selections fit within the organization\u2019s longer-term development timeline. The prospect pipeline and farm system health are evaluated with an eye toward which names could factor into the promotion picture sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jacob and Jeremy cover MLB\u2019s new regulation on artificial intelligence use in dugouts, a policy development with real implications for how teams process information during games. The hosts offer their thoughts on where the line should be drawn between technological advantage and preserving the authenticity of in-game decision-making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The trade market conversation continues to build, with Michael Wacha\u2019s value and potential destinations drawing the most attention among the pitchers who could be moved before the deadline. The 2027 schedule reveal also gets a brief look, offering the earliest glimpse at what the next chapter could look like structurally. Overall, it boils down to this: what must the Royals do in their remaining 65 games? Jacob and Jeremy each have different priorities!<\/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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;View Link&quot;}\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;royalsreview.com&quot;}\" 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\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@RoyalRundownPod&quot;}\" 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>The All-Star break is in the rearview, and the Kansas City Royals must move on to the second half. Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco use this episode of the Royals Rundown Podcast to reflect on the festivities, revisit the draft with fresh eyes, and map out what the remaining months of the 2026 season should [&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":[279830,349375,349378,311237,402966,22091],"class_list":["post-2506847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-jacob-milham","tag-jeremy-greco","tag-michael-wacha","tag-the-kansas-city-royals","tag-the-royals"],"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\/2506847","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=2506847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506848,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506847\/revisions\/2506848"}],"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=2506847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}