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Dec 9, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Cincinnati Reds |David Bell |Hunter Greene |Matt Quatraro
About 4 minutes reading time. DALLAS (AP) — Terry Francona remembered the specific moment that sparked his return to the dugout. “My girls went to Europe for 10 days, and I watched the grandkids,” he said. “That was the one day I thought maybe I’ll go back to baseball.”A three-time Manager of the Year who turns 66 in April, Francona was hired to run the Cincinnati Reds on Oct. 4. “I haven’t had a surgery in like 11 months,” he said, laughing.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Carlos Mendoza |Cleveland Guardians |Matt Quatraro
About 3 minutes reading time. Milwaukee’s Pat Murphy won National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after a stellar debut season with the Brewers, while Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt took the AL honors honor after leading the Guardians to 92 wins and a division title in his first year as a skipper at any level. Murphy, 65, led the Brewers to an NL Central title, a 93-69 record and is the franchise’s first manager to earn the award since it was introduced in 1983.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro
About 2 minutes reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals credit their transformation to becoming a “Today” show, wearing their mindset on their chests. Several Royals work through pregame practice in powder-blue T-shirts with the word “today” in white capital letters. “Just take it day by day. No need to dwell on yesterday. No need to think about tomorrow,” Game 2 starter Cole Ragans said before Saturday night’s AL Division Series opener against the New York Yankees.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro |Will Smith
About 3 minutes reading time. BALTIMORE (AP) — After another September loss gave the Kansas City Royals a second seven-game slide in the final month of the season, Will Smith saw the upcoming off day as a chance to make his teammates laugh. “You guys are looking at this the wrong way,” Smith said.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro |Washington Nationals
About 2 minutes reading time. BOSTON (AP) — The Kansas City Royals added some bullpen depth in their quest for a playoff run Saturday night, acquiring right-hander Hunter Harvey from the Washington Nationals for a minor-league infielder and their competitive balance pick in Sunday night’s draft. The 29-year-old Harvey pitched in 43 games for the Nationals, going 2-4 with a 4.20 ERA, striking out 50 with just 12 walks in 45 innings.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro |Seth Lugo
About 1 minute reading time. BOSTON (AP) — Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro lobbied for Royals right-hander Seth Lugo to start Tuesday’s All-Star Game for the American League. Quartaro made the case for Lugo with Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, who will lead the the AL team. “I called him and pushed as hard as I could to recommend Seth to start,” Quatraro said Saturday. Lugo entered Saturday’s start against Boston 11-3 with a major league-leading 2.21 ERA.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro
About 1 minute reading time. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro missed the finale of the Royals’ series at Texas on Sunday. The team said only that Quatraro was out while tending to a personal matter, and that he wouldn’t be away from the team long. “Maybe a day or two, but we expect him back soon,” said bench coach Paul Hoover, who is managing the team in Quatraro’s absence. Quatraro is in his second season with the Royals.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Matt Quatraro
About 2 minutes reading time. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe fractured his left big toe when he fouled off two pitches from New York Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón in the third inning on Monday night. “He’s got it in the cold tub trying to take away some of the pain,” manager Matt Quatraro said after Kansas City’s 4-2 loss. Renfroe fouled off seven pitches in all before striking out in a 12-pitch at-bat.
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May 30, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Daniel Lynch |Matt Quatraro
About 1 minute reading time. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals scratched starting right-handed pitcher Brady Singer from the lineup because of illness less than three hours before their afternoon game at Minnesota on Thursday. “He just didn’t have a good night’s sleep (Tuesday night), just didn’t feel well, was up during the night — it’s the typical illness that everybody deals with,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.
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May 30, 2024 | 
worldbaseball.com | Daniel Lynch |Matt Quatraro
About 1 minute reading time. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals scratched starting right-handed pitcher Brady Singer from the lineup because of illness less than three hours before their afternoon game at Minnesota on Thursday. “He just didn’t have a good night’s sleep (Tuesday night), just didn’t feel well, was up during the night — it’s the typical illness that everybody deals with,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.
