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Hokius
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SB Nation: Royals Review
16 Jan
Theo Epstein says baseball is broken; Whit Merrifield has a solution. Will it work?
... what he believes is the cause of the problem, which prompted Royals’ player Whit Merrifield to provide a solution: It’s a simple fix then. Pay players who put the ball ...
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Joe Giglio | jgiglio@njadvancemedia.com
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NJ.com
16 Jan
Where do the Yankees rank now among American League contenders after re-signing DJ LeMahieu and landing two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber?
... nic and Julio Rodriguez will be must-watch baseball. 13. Kansas City Royals: Whit Merrifield is worth the price of admission. I love the Carlos Santana signing, but wond ...
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Mike Gillespie
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Fansided: Kings of Kauffman
15 Jan
Boston might have the lefthanded bat the KC Royals have been searching for this winter. Everyone in and around baseball knows the KC Royals want to find a ...
... player every team wants, isn’t going anywhere and another oft-coveted Royal, Whit Merrifield, is too much to surrender for Benintendi. Who’s left? The Red Sox have needs ...
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David Lesky
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SB Nation: Royals Review
15 Jan
There’s not much else going on, so let’s talk some potential trades.
... cs have detracted from the aesthetics of baseball are back in the spotlight. Whit Merrifield had a suggestion on Twitter that got a lot of praise, but I honestly think m ...
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Lynn Worthy
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The Wichita Eagle
14 Jan
Salary arbitration hearings becoming a more likely scenario with MLB’s deadline approaching.
... r the players. The Royals bought out all three arbitration-eligible years of Whit Merrifield’s career with a . Moore’s stance has always been that the club prefers to lo ...
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Heath Capps
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SB Nation: Fake Teams
12 Jan
The Fake Teamers make a first pass at the outfield.
... n Judge NYY 19 11 15 12 9 13.20 14 Starling Marte MIA 13 13 8 15 20 13.80 15 Whit Merrifield KC 12 28 12 11 16 15.80 16 Trent Grisham SD 17 21 18 16 10 16.40 17 Michael ...
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Lynn Worthy
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The Kansas City Star
9 Jan
The GM sees several spots still up for grabs on his club’s roster.
... ay everyday. We’re going to have to manage his workloads anyway.” Meanwhile, Whit Merrifield and Dozier seem likely to each play multiple positions regularly to start th ...
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Kate Preusser
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SB Nation: Lookout Landing
7 Jan
The recent acquisition slugged his way into Seattle fans’ hearts in 2020. Is it likely to expect a repeat performance in 2021?
... ) or provide some kind of value in the field (again, to give some idea, 2019 Whit Merrifield posted 2.9 fWAR with a 110 wRC+ and terrible defensive numbers—but it took h ...
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Cory McCartney
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SB Nation: Talking Chop
7 Jan
Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies’ plate discipline in the spotlight on stats that were highs and lows of last season
... and racked up 237 at-bats, the most in the NL and trailing only the Royals’ Whit Merrifield (248) and the ’s Abreu (240). Knock it for being half the length of a normal ...
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Max Rieper
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SB Nation: Royals Review
7 Jan
Royals Rumblings - News for January 7, 2021 Alec Lewis ranks the Royals pitching prospects by tiers. Tier 3 Jonathan Bowlan, RHP — The Royals have stressed the importance of drafting power arms...
... Mike asks me to play. (Minus catcher. I’m serious about the thumb thing.) — Whit Merrifield (@WhitMerrifield) The Yankees The White Sox and Dodgers The Red Sox What are ...
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Alex Hall
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SB Nation: Athletics Nation
7 Jan
MLB news roundup
... Mike asks me to play. (Minus catcher. I’m serious about the thumb thing.) — Whit Merrifield (@WhitMerrifield) This is a year old but it randomly came up in my YouTube s ...
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Mike Gillespie
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Fansided: Kings of Kauffman
6 Jan
This week's KC Royals Midweek News, Views, Rumors and Takes covers coaches, free agents, a non-tender update and more. Some Midweek thoughts about the KC R...
... xternal search, and choose to move Hunter Dozier from third to left field or Whit Merrifield from right to left, don’t look for the club to seriously consider re-signing ...
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Leigh Oleszczak
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Fansided: KC Kingdom
5 Jan
Salvador Perez is the KC Royals' best player in 2021, which isn't a shock. The 2021 season hasn't gotten underway yet for the Kansas City Royals, but when ...
... If Perez wasn’t the pick for the Royals here, then it would have likely been Whit Merrifield, who slashed .282/.325/.440 with nine home runs and 30 RBI in 265 plate appe ...
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Michael Canter
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Cubs Insider
5 Jan
“I have to absorb the new season like sunlight, letting it turn my winter skin pink and then brown. I must stuff myself with lore and statistics until my fingers ooze balm.” – W.P. Kinsella It’s hard to believe given the stagnation of this winter’s...
... nt, Nolan Arenado, and Josh Hader — have yet to be moved. We’ve heard nary a Whit Merrifield rumor and even speculative trades are tough to find. With COVID-19 still rag ...