The Kansas City Royals are playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. After shocking the baseball world with 86 wins and a playoff appearance in 2024, they’ve barely made a ripple this offseason.

The Royals’ class of 2025 international signees also includes twins Luis Steven King and Luis Ramon King from the Dominican Republic. Luis Steven signed a reported $400,000 bonus deal and Luis Ramon signed a $170,000 bonus deal, per baseball insider Francys Romero.

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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. The Venezuelan catcher has gone on to become a staple of Kans

Others, meanwhile, are selling it in the personage of prospects who could make the difference over the coming years. CBS Sports will spend the next month examining the top three prospects in each organization.

Biggio is joined by pitchers Austin Cox, Taylor Clarke, Junior Fernandez and Brian O’Keefe as Royals non-roster invitees with MLB service time. Clarke returns to the Royals after spending 2024 in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He posted a 5.08 ERA in his first stint with the Royals from 2022-23.

The Kansas City Royals avoided arbitration with six remaining arbitration-eligible players ahead of the 2025 season. The Royals announced Thursday that they have agreed to one-year contracts with Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Kris Bubic, Hunter Harvey, Carlos Hernandez and John Schreiber.

The Royals' biggest need these days is for someone to pick up the slack behind superstar Bobby Witt Jr. Is first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino destined to become

The Kansas City Royals have reportedly re-signed veteran pitcher Michael Lorenzen to a one-year contract worth $7 million for the 2025 campaign. The deal also includes a mutual option in 2026.

On Friday, the Mets added another trusted high-leverage relief pitcher when they agreed to terms with former Atlanta Brave rival A.J. Minter. However, this was not the original plan the Mets had to improve their bullpen. It worked out pretty well in the end, but another deal was in the works before falling through in the Winter Meetings.

According to Sports Illustrated's Pat Ragazzo, the New York Mets explored a trade with the Kansas City Royals during the Winter Meetings that would have sent St