APRIL 13, 2022 • KANSASCITY.COM
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 86-76 · 2ND IN AL CENTRAL
86-76 · 2ND IN AL CENTRAL
Kansas City Royals' Sal Perez blasted 2 homers, but he would rather have gotten the win Salvador Perez registered his 13th multi-home-run game of his career.
Albert Pujols homers as Cardinals beat Royals 6-5 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols homered for the first time since returning to St. Louis and Andrew Knizner hit a three-run shot, helping the...
APRIL 13, 2022 • THESTAR.COM
Royals take 3-game losing streak into matchup against the Cardinals
The Kansas City Royals are looking to end a three-game losing streak with a victory over the St. Louis CardinalsAPRIL 13, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lynch stung by 2 pitches in 'kind of a weird one' ST. LOUIS -- Daniel Lynch was clear Tuesday night: Six runs allowed in an outing is not ideal, especially when it leads to a 6-5 Royals loss...
APRIL 13, 2022 • MLB.COM
Lewis: On the Royals' young starters, and what the club is trying to balance The Royals need their pitchers to take a step forward in 2022, but early results suggest more patience will be required.
APRIL 13, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM
Pujols homers, gets 3 hits to propel Cards past Royals 6-5
Albert Pujols homered for the first time since returning to St. Louis and Andrew Knizner hit a three-run shot as the Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-5APRIL 13, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cam Gallagher - Picks up first start Gallagher will start at catcher and bat ninth Tuesday against the Cardinals.
Impact The Royals will give top backstop Salvador Perez a day out of the field and deploy him at designated hitter, opening up catching duties for Gallagher for the first time all season. Perez is expected to handle one of the bigger workloads among all No. 1 catchers this season, so Gallagher may struggle to get more than one start even in seven-game weeks when Perez is healthy.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Hunter Dozier - Not starting Tuesday Dozier is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cardinals, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.
Impact Dozier started the first four games of the year, grabbing four hits. Salvador Perez will rest his legs as the designated hitter Tuesday, with Cam Gallagher starting behind the plate.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Collin Snider Is Taking Advantage of the Next Step in His Baseball Journey The Kansas City Royals have given relief pitcher Collin Snider an opportunity at the major league level, and he is taking advantage of it.
APRIL 12, 2022 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
The Good, Meh & Bad From the Royals' Season-Opening Series The Kansas City Royals’ first series of the 2022 season is in the books, and there’s plenty to take away from their set against the Clevelan...
APRIL 12, 2022 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Why, even in mid-April, this feels like an important stretch for Kansas City Royals It’s quite early in the baseball season, but don’t let that hide the importance of what the Royals are confronting now.
APRIL 12, 2022 • KANSASCITY.COM
The Royals Have Too Many Pitchers — It's Time to Trade The Kansas City Royals have spent the last four years stocking up on pitching prospects and now find themselves with too many. A simple fix...
APRIL 12, 2022 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM
Adalberto Mondesi - Records steal Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Monday's 10-7 loss to the Guardians.
Impact It was a rough opening series of the season for Mondesi, who went 2-for-14 with six strikeouts, a steal, one RBI and one run scored. The shortstop has also regularly hit seventh in the order, providing him fewer opportunities at the plate, and thus less chances to make an impact with his legs on the basepaths. He's recorded no less than 15 stolen bases in each of the last four years despite not playing in more than 102 games in any of those seasons.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Andrew Benintendi - Kansas City Royals - LF - Stats, News, Career Info Andrew Benintendi - #16 - LF - Kansas City Royals - Get the latest news, highlights, and career stats for Andrew Benintendi from CBSSports.c...
APRIL 12, 2022 • SCOUT.COM
Bobby Witt Jr. - Swipes bag in loss Witt went 0-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, two runs scored and three strikeouts in Monday's 10-7 loss to the Guardians.
Impact Witt had struck out just once in his first three major-league games, so there's little reason to be concerned about his poor day at the plate. He also picked up his first walk and stolen base in the loss. The 21-year-old has already dazzled on defense at third base, and he's shown a little power and speed -- both of his hits this season are doubles. Hitting second in a strong top half of the Royals' order should continue to give Witt chances to contribute in all five standard fantasy categories.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Jake Brentz - Takes loss versus Guardians Brentz (0-1) allowed two runs on a hit and a walk with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning, taking the loss Monday versus the Guardians.
Impact Brentz was responsible for both runs the Guardians scored in the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie, though Josh Staumont allowed an inherited runner to score. Brentz has issued three walks in 1.2 innings to open the season after a dominant spring, so it's a bit discouraging to see him having some trouble with command. The southpaw logged 15 holds and a pair of saves in 72 outings last season, so he should continue to see high-leverage work unless he gets stuck in a significant slump.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Royals visit the Cardinals to start 2-game series
The St. Louis Cardinals open a two-game series at home against the Kansas City Royals on TuesdayAPRIL 12, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carlos Hernández - Yields four runs Hernandez allowed four runs on six hits and two walks over 4.1 innings in Monday's loss to Cleveland. He struck out one and did not factor in the decision.
Impact The Guardians jumped on Hernandez early, plating two runs in the first inning. After two scoreless innings, the 25-year-old then coughed up a two-run shot to Oscar Mercado in the fourth. Hernandez posted an ugly 14.73 ERA through 7.1 frames during spring training, so this is a concerning start to the year for the young righty. He's projected to face the Tigers at home this weekend.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Whit Merrifield - Steals bag Monday Merrifield went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in Monday's 10-7 loss to the Guardians.
Impact Merrifield singled and swiped second in the first inning before collecting an RBI on a fourth-inning groundout. The speedy veteran was in a 1-for-12 slump to begin the season before Monday's multi-hit effort. He hasn't recorded a strikeout since punching out twice on Opening Day.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Andrew Benintendi - Goes deep, reaches five times Benintendi went 3-for-3 with a home run, two walks, three RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 loss to Cleveland.
Impact Benintendi tied the game in the fourth inning with an RBI single and later scored a run in the seventh. He capped off his big day with a two-run blast off Emmanuel Clase in the ninth. The 27-year-old outfielder finished the four-game set against the Guardians with a .538/.625/.769 slash line.
APRIL 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Andrew Benintendi off to a hot start at the plate for the Kansas City Royals Andrew Benintendi reached base five times and homered on Monday even though the Royals dropped the final two games of the series.
APRIL 12, 2022 • KANSASCITY.COM
LEADING OFF: Kwan delivers again, Rogers twins together
Guardians newcomer Steven Kwan has quickly become the biggest story in baseball after a sensational start in a season-opening series at Kansas CityAPRIL 12, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rainout delays Hicks' first start for Cardinals until this weekend in Milwaukee Hudson pushed back to face Royals on Tuesday, with Wainwright to oppose Kansas City on Wednesday, rather than pitch against Brewers.
APRIL 12, 2022 • STLTODAY.COM
Steven Kwan continues hot start, Guardians earn series split with Royals Consecutive on-base streak ends at nine for rookie outfielder Steven Kwan, who delivers three-run triple in eighth inning of Guardians' win
APRIL 11, 2022 • BEACONJOURNAL.COM
Dream on: Steven Kwan delivers again as Cleveland Guardians beat Royals, 10-7 The Guardians earned a split in this four-game series with Kansas City by scoring 27 runs in the last two games after scoring one in the fir...
APRIL 11, 2022 • CLEVELAND.COM
