AUGUST 24 • MLB.COM
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 86-76 · 2ND IN AL CENTRAL
86-76 · 2ND IN AL CENTRAL
Salvador Perez crashes wiffle ball game | 08/24/2024 Salvador Perez crashes a backyard wiffle ball game in Kansas City
Philadelphia Phillies Look to Bounce Back From Series Loss with Win Over Kansas City Royals The Philadelphia Phillies lost their first series of this week and now look to bounce back with a win over the Kansas City Royals.
AUGUST 23 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
'Hey, can I play with you guys?' Royals' Salvador Perez joins kids for a Wiffle ball game
Royals catcher Salvador Perez spent part of his day off playing an impromptu game of Wiffle ball with a bunch of kids in Kansas City, KansasAUGUST 23 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Freddy Fermin - Taking seat Friday Fermin is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Philadelphia.
Impact After making seven consecutive starts, Fermin has been absent from the starting nine in back-to-back games. The 29-year-old will yield to Adam Frazier at DH on Friday. Fermin is slashing .301/.351/.421 across 283 plate appearances this season.
AUGUST 23 • ROTOWIRE
Freddy Fermin - Taking seat Friday Fermin is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Philadelphia.
Impact After making seven consecutive starts, Fermin has been absent from the starting nine in back-to-back games. The 29-year-old will yield to Adam Frazier at DH while Hunter Renfroe fills right field. Fermin is slashing .301/.351/.421 across 283 plate appearances this season.
AUGUST 23 • ROTOWIRE
Salvy Perez joins Kansas City kids' backyard baseball game For more than a decade, kids all across Kansas City have likely envisioned themselves as Royals star Salvador Perez while playing baseball i...
AUGUST 23 • MLB.COM
Cleveland Guardians' slump continues as Royals creep closer to the AL Central lead The Royals have made big gains since the All-Star break and are in the thick of the race in the American League Central.
AUGUST 23 • KANSASCITY.COM
Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge MVP locks? American League's best bet? Joey Votto, HOFer?
The FOX Sports MLB staff offers its takes on the MVP races, the NL West and AL Central races, the AL's most reliable contender and Joey Vott...AUGUST 23
Making the case for Kansas City Royals skipper Matt Quatraro as manager of year “I don’t think he wants any credit,” general manager J.J. Picollo said, “but it’s hard not to notice what he’s doing.”
AUGUST 23 • KANSASCITY.COM
Royals host the Phillies to open 3-game series
The Kansas City Royals start a three-game series at home against the Philadelphia Phillies on FridayAUGUST 23 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
How to Watch Royals vs. Phillies: TV Channel & Live Stream - August 23
Preview the August 23 matchup between the Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, an...AUGUST 23 • DATA SKRIVE
Phillies vs. Royals Prediction, Odds, Picks - August 23
Preview the August 23 matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and...AUGUST 23 • DATA SKRIVE
The makings of a superstar: Inside Bobby Witt Jr.'s meteoric rise
Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together one of the best seasons from a shortstop in MLB history. Rowan Kavner explores how mastering the mental g...AUGUST 22
A 106-loss laughingstock a year ago, the Royals find themselves in a push to make the playoffs
The Kansas City Royals were a 106-loss laughingstock a year agoAUGUST 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Angels Notes: Loss to Royals, Infielders on the Move, Mark Gubicza's Honor The Angels got an encouraging debut performance from Johnny Cueto but lost 3-0 to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, their second loss in...
AUGUST 22 • SI.COM
Dairon Blanco - Notches steal in win Blanco logged a stolen base as a pinch runner in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Angels.
Impact Blanco took advantage of a road series in Cincinnati last weekend, going 5-for-8 with three homers and eight RBI across three contests. While it was an impressive showing, he remains in a short-side platoon role, primarily sharing left field with MJ Melendez. Blanco is up to 23 steals on 28 attempts this season while adding four homers, 13 RBI, 31 runs scored and a .257/.293/.394 slash line through 117 plate appearances. While he has excellent speed, his lack of a path to at-bats versus right-handed pitchers continues to limit his fantasy value.
AUGUST 22 • ROTOWIRE
MJ Melendez - Homers in Wednesday's win Melendez went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Angels.
Impact Melendez has hit safely in 11 of 15 games in August, and two of those hitless efforts came as a pinch hitter. He's batting .310 with three homers, eight RBI, seven runs scored, three doubles and a stolen base this month. A move to a strong-side platoon role has helped Melendez be more effective, though he still has a .206/.267/.412 slash line for the year. He's added 15 homers, 39 RBI, 35 runs scored and three stolen bases over 352 plate appearances. While the surface numbers are poor, Melendez's .233 BABIP for the year also indicates some bad luck is in play.
AUGUST 22 • ROTOWIRE
Lucas Erceg - Fans two for sixth save Erceg picked up the save over the Angels on Wednesday, striking out two over a perfect ninth inning.
Impact Erceg again looked the part after assuming close duties with a three-run lead in the ninth Wednesday, striking out the first two batters he faced before getting Joe Adell to line out to end the game. The right-hander has converted each of his three save opportunities with Kansas City and is also yet to allow any runs since being acquired by his new club at the end of July. Over his nine outings (10.1 innings) with the Royals Erceg has posted a 14:0 K:BB, recording double-digit strikeouts in five separate appearances in that span.
AUGUST 22 • ROTOWIRE
Michael Lorenzen - Hurls seven shutout innings in win Lorenzen (7-6) picked up the win over the Angels on Wednesday, allowing four hits and two walks over seven scoreless innings while striking out five.
Impact Lorenzen allowed baserunners in each of the first three frames but was able to work his way out of each jam unscathed as the Royals put two runs on the board early. The right-hander would then go on to allow just one hit over his last four innings as he cruised to his second straight win. Lorenzen had failed to make it through six innings in each of his previous 10 starts coming in but he's now gone at least five frames in three of his last four since being acquired by Kansas City at the start of this month. Over that stretch he carries a 1.99 ERA to go along with a 16:9 K:BB.
AUGUST 22 • ROTOWIRE
How a pair of Royals coaches helped add teeth to KC's major-league pitching staff Here’s how Royals pitching coaches Brian Sweeney and Zach Bove have helped KC’s pitching rotation become its best self this year.
AUGUST 22 • KANSASCITY.COM
Michael Lorenzen stifles Angels in Royals' 3-0 win Michael Lorenzen tossed seven shutout innings and MJ Melendez homered as the Kansas City Royals blanked the visiting Los Angeles Angels 3-0...
AUGUST 22 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Lorenzen tosses 7 scoreless innings as Royals top Angels KANSAS CITY – Spinning his best start since becoming a Royal last month, Michael Lorenzen threw seven shutout innings against the Angels on...
AUGUST 22 • MLB.COM
Michael Lorenzen's strong start leads Royals over Angels 3-0
Michael Lorenzen pitched seven shutout innings, MJ Melendez homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Wednesday for their sixth win in seven gamesAUGUST 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adam Frazier - Getting regular run versus righties Frazier will start in right field and bat seventh in Wednesday's game against the Angels.
Impact Dating back to Aug. 10, Frazier is hitting .421 over a stretch of eight games, and he's now picked up six consecutive starts against right-handed pitchers. Four of those six starts have come in right field, where he could be displacing Hunter Renfroe as the Royals' preferred option. The Royals will make room in the lineup Wednesday for both Frazier and Renfroe, however, with the latter player filling in at designated hitter for a resting Freddy Fermin.
AUGUST 21 • ROTOWIRE
Paul DeJong - On bench, but picking up playing time DeJong is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.
Impact DeJong will hit the bench after he had started in five of the past six games while going 7-for-20 with two home runs and two doubles. Though he'll give way to Maikel Garcia in the series finale, DeJong may be the Royals' preferred option of the two at third base while he's swinging a hotter bat at the moment. Garcia has turned in a weak .575 OPS since the beginning of August and was on the bench in each of the Royals' previous three matchups with right-handers.
AUGUST 21 • ROTOWIRE
