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Royals agree with RHP Carlos Estévez on 2-year, $22M deal, person familiar with deal tells AP

The Royals and reliever Carlos Estévez have agreed to a two-year, $22 million contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday night

13 HOURS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Signing with Kansas City Estevez agreed to a contract with the Royals on Wednesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.

Impact The financial details of the deal have yet to be disclosed. Estevez is coming off the best season of his career, finishing 2024 with a 2.45 ERA and 0.91 WHIP through 55 innings while converting 26 saves between the Angels and Phillies. Now in Kansas City, the 32-year-old righty is likely to take over as the Royals' primary closer, which would push Lucas Erceg into a setup role.

15 HOURS AGO • ROTOWIRE

Pirates reunite with Adam Frazier, adding former All-Star 2B on a 1-year deal

Adam Frazier is heading back to the Pittsburgh Pirates

1 DAY AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Who's out there? Breaking down KC's 2025 outfield options This story was excerpted from Anne Rogers' Royals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularl...

5 DAYS AGO • MLB.COM

Carlos Beltrán is on the verge of Hall of Fame induction, and next year's ballot is wide open

It now appears it’s a question of when, not if, Carlos Beltrán will be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

JANUARY 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ichiro Suzuki becomes first player from Japan to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Ichiro Suzuki has made even more history. The all-time great hitter is heading to Cooperstown, with C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner joining h...

JANUARY 21

Royals Should Target Ex-Padres $48 Million All-Star To Boost Lineup The Kansas City Royals have made some solid moves this offseason to bolster their chances of reaching the postseason again. They traded for...

JANUARY 20 • SI.COM

Royals Predicted To Acquire $11 Million Former All-Star To Address Biggest Weakness As the Kansas City Royals prepare to enter the 2025 season, something is still amiss with their roster construction. Despite the presence of...

JANUARY 20 • SI.COM

Latches on with KC Castro signed a minor-league contract with the Royals on Saturday and received an invitation to spring training.

Impact Castro spent the 2024 season in the Mexican Baseball League, where he slashed .320/.366/.447 across 363 plate appearances. He'll now attempt an MLB comeback after putting up solid numbers in Mexico, though there's a good chance his return to affiliated ball begins at Triple-A Omaha.

JANUARY 18 • ROTOWIRE

Jonathan India's wife Daniella Garcia steals the spotlight with equestrian skills, impresses in first show jumping class with 'Oakley boy' While Jonathan India impresses on the baseball field, when it's offseason, it's his wife Daniella Garcia's turn to take the spotlight with h...

JANUARY 18 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM

Venezuelan C Marchán headlines Royals' 2025 int'l signing class When the Royals signed Salvador Perez for $65,000 in October 2006, it was hard to grasp just how impactful an addition they had just made. T...

JANUARY 17 • MLB.COM

Former Brave Conrad named new Naturals manager | Arkansas Democrat Gazette SPRINGDALE -- Former major league infielder Brooks Conrad is the new manager of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Kansas City Royals anno...

JANUARY 17 • ARKANSASONLINE.COM

2025 MLB free-agent rumors: Padres reportedly out on Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes

Follow the latest MLB free agency rumors during the offseason here!

JANUARY 17

Royals Loosely Linked To Ex-Cardinals Gold Glove Winner The Kansas City Royals have made some solid moves this offseason. Their biggest move was likely the trade to acquire Jonathan India and Joey...

JANUARY 16 • SI.COM

Who should sign Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso? Best fits for 10 notable free agents

Spring training is just weeks away and several teams have serious roster needs. We identify the best landing spots for 10 of the most intrig...

JANUARY 16

Cole Ragans gets honest about Royals' $58,000,000 acquisitions Michael Wacha and Michael Lorenzen Kansas City Royals All-Star pitcher Cole Ragans voiced his opinions about the club's recent acquisitions, Michael Wacha and Michael Lorenzen...

JANUARY 16 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM

2025 MLB spring training: Schedule, report dates, locations for every team

Looking forward to watching your MLB team return to action? Here are the 2024 spring training report dates and locations for every single sq...

JANUARY 15

MLB’s 25 biggest bargains in 2025: Where does Shohei Ohtani rank?

From Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Álvarez and José Ramírez to all those Atlanta Braves, these are baseball's best values and team-friendly signings...

JANUARY 14

Royals' Drew Beam Shows Upside, Leadership At Instructional League The Royals already knew Drew Beam had impressive stuff. The 21-year-old showed he can have a positive clubhouse presence during instructiona...

JANUARY 14 • BASEBALLAMERICA.COM

Alec Marsh's wife Makenna shows off her first try at homemade sourdough Kansas City Royals pitcher Alec Marsh is married to former college softball player Makenna Harper. The couple exchanged vows in Dec. 2023. R...

JANUARY 13 • SPORTSKEEDA.COM

Top prospects highlight Royals' list of 23 NRIs KANSAS CITY -- The Royals announced Friday that they invited 23 non-roster players to Major League Spring Training, and the list is peppered...

JANUARY 10 • MLB.COM

Earns spring training invite The Royals have extended Caglianone an invitation to big-league camp during spring training, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

Impact Caglianone has just 29 games of pro experience at High-A Quad Cities since being taken with the No. 6 overall pick of the First-Year Player Draft, but it's fairly customary for prospects of his stature to be invited to big-league camp, even if he has no chance of making the Opening Day roster. Also of note is that Caglianone -- who was a two-way player in college at Florida -- will not do any pitching in 2025, instead focusing only on hitting and playing first base.

JANUARY 10 • ROTOWIRE

KC rewards No. 1 prospect Caglianone with Spring Training invite This story was excerpted from Anne Rogers’ Royals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularl...

JANUARY 10 • MLB.COM

Avoids arbitration The Royals and Schreiber avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2.3 million contract Thursday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

Impact Schreiber had been arbitration-eligible for a second time. The right-handed reliever saw his strikeout rate dip to 20.5 percent in 2024 in his first year in Kansas City but remained useful with a 3.66 ERA and 1.32 WHIP. He'll be used in middle relief in 2025.

JANUARY 9 • ROTOWIRE

Avoids arbitration with Kansas City The Royals and Melendez avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2.65 million contract Thursday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

Impact Melendez regressed in 2024 with just a .674 OPS over 135 games. The Royals will start off 2025 playing him regularly at least versus right-handers, but with the playoffs in mind they might not have as much patience with Melendez if he can't take some strides.

JANUARY 9 • ROTOWIRE