SURPRISE, Ariz. – Blake Mitchell, the Royals' top catching prospect, their No. 2 overall prospect and MLB Pipeline’s No. 48 overall prospect, will miss 4-6 weeks after breaking his right hamate bone, manager Matt Quatraro said Saturday. Mitchell is scheduled for surgery on the bone this coming week. The 4-to-6-week

SURPRISE, Ariz. – The Royals kicked off their spring schedule with a 5-2 win over the Rangers on Friday afternoon at Surprise Stadium. And if getting the full squad together earlier this week felt like the first day of school, the first Cactus League game felt like the first test,

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In a live batting-practice session on a back field, the stakes are low, especially this early in spring. Pitchers are getting a feel for their stuff again, while hitters are working on timing. The atmosphere is relaxed. You can’t read into the results. Throw that all out

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- It’s a whole different scene the second time around for Carter Jensen. As the 2025 No. 86 overall prospect and the Royals’ No. 5-ranked 2024 prospect per MLB Pipeline, the 21-year-old catcher is again a non-roster invitee to Surprise for Spring Training. This time last year, he

MLB Pipeline's 2025 rankings of the Top 10 prospects at each position are official and the 2025 Top 100 Prospects list is about to be revealed.

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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 Kansas City ballclubs for over a decade and will make a compelling Hall of

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals announced Friday that they invited 23 non-roster players to Major League Spring Training, and the list is peppered with top prospects. As MLB.com reported on Friday morning, top prospect Jac Caglianone, ranked No. 17 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 list, will be in big league

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Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When the Royals selected Jac Caglianone with the sixth overall pick in July, fans and the front office alike saw the vision: a power-hitting middle-of-the-order bat with prolific collegiate slugging exploits teaming with Bobby Witt Jr. at the heart of the lineup for years to come. Those

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- And just like that, the curtain has fallen on the 2024 Fall League campaign. The Salt River Rafters thwarted the Surprise Saguaros’ attempt at a three-peat in unconventional fashion as the road club in their home park (by virtue of Surprise finishing with the regular season’s best

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MESA, Ariz. -- Three years into his Major League career, Bobby Witt Jr. has already had 2,035 regular-season plate appearances. That’s a lot of chances to make an impression. But when it comes to your wedding, you only get one chance to hit it out of the park.

Here are the top performers from the fifth week of AFL action:

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- The similarities between Nick Kurtz and Jac Caglianone are almost too numerous to recount. Both are left-handed-hitting first basemen with a ton of power. Both played for a big-time Division I program: Kurtz at Wake Forest, Caglianone at Florida. Both made it to the 2023 College World

This fall, for the first time, the majority of Arizona Fall League stadiums are outfitted with Statcast technology. That enables us to peek under the hood and get a better sense of how some of the game’s best prospects are performing on the annual elite prospect circuit. With that in

MESA, Ariz. -- The “local kid done good” plot is an age-old storyline that everyone loves. But it can be easier said than done, with the expectations coming with it being too much for a young player to shoulder. Carter Jensen doesn’t seem to mind it so much. A Kansas

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SURPRISE, Ariz. – Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen just missed each other during the summer. Jensen was promoted from High-A Quad Cities to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on July 18, four days after the Royals selected Caglianone sixth overall in the Draft. The former Florida star joined the River Bandits on

Let’s get this out of the way. Jac Caglianone will be playing only one way in the Arizona Fall League. “We’re just going to focus on hitting,” said the Royals’ top prospect. “Then hopefully next season when Spring Training rolls around, I can get back off the mound.”

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at second-ranked Royals prospect Blake Mitchell. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Blake Mitchell’s numbers from his first full Minor League

There is definitely more than one way to build a winning Major League team, and the 12 clubs headed to the postseason in 2024 prove that. On one hand, there are the Tigers and Guardians, the AL Central teams leading the way with 16 and 15 homegrown players on their