Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Did you get any Royals presents? Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline writes about a prospect for each team that rebounded this year. Will Klein, RHP, Royals (No. 26) Klein went from the fifth round...
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Did you get any Royals presents?
Jim Callis at MLB Pipeline writes about a prospect for each team that rebounded this year.
Will Klein, RHP, Royals (No. 26) Klein went from the fifth round of the 2020 Draft out of Eastern Illinois to a strong pro debut in 2021 to a disastrous 2022, when he recorded a 10.51 ERA with 55 hits and 51 walks in 43 2/3 innings. He did a better job of harnessing his upper-90s fastball last season when he had a 4.62 ERA with 93 strikeouts in 64 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A.
Jacob Milham at Kings of Kauffman writes about underrated pitching prospect Cooper McKeehan.
His 1.08 ERA was the lowest in the Carolina League from a pitcher with at least 50 innings since Corbin Burnes in 2017.
McKeehan works as an offspeed pitcher, utilizing a three-pitch mix of sinker, changeup, and curveball. His sinker in 2023 was fairly new, replacing his previous underwhelming four-seam offering. He still mixed in a four-seam fastball as a safe pitch, primarily in 3-1 counts. It is far from overpowering, but it froze Low-A batters who likely expected a breaking ball their way.
Governor Laura Kelly ruled out Kansas helping to pay for a new Royals stadium in Missouri.
Kelly, who made the remarks during a year-end interview, referenced the possible extension of a Jackson County sales tax to help fund stadiums. Jackson County legislators are weighing whether to approve a ballot measure that would ask voters if they want to keep paying the 3/8th-cent tax for another 40 years.
“So I think of it as strictly a Kansas City, Missouri-Jackson County issue,” Kelly said.
Clay County Commissioner Jason Withington gives an update on stadium negotiations.
UPDATE: #ClayCounty continues to have great conversations with the @Royals. The county has communicated to the team that we have to have a public commitment by 1/8, or they won't be on our ballot in April.
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San Diego signs reliever Yuki Matsui to a five-year, $28 million deal.
CBS Sports lists Festivus Grievances for each team.
C.J. Nitkowski joins the Braves broadcast team after doing Rangers games.
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The Yankees reportedly did not want to pay Yoshinobu Yamamoto more than Gerrit Cole.
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Shohei Ohtani got Joe Kelly’s wife a Porsche as thank you for her campaign to bring him to the Dodgers.
Former Oklahoma basketball star and MLB third baseman Ryan Minor dies at age 49.
Patrick Mahomes insists the Chiefs can beat anyone if they “clean it up.”
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