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David Lesky
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SB Nation: Royals Review
26 Feb
They seem to think they’ve got a lot of this roster decided, which seems like they’re tempting the baseball gods a little too much.
... tion about the upside of the Royals lineup. Outside of Michael A. Taylor and Nicky Lopez, there’s a world where the rest of the seven team up to give the Royals a re ...
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Jesse Sanchez
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MLB: Royals
26 Feb
Super-utility man Whit Merrifield knows where he is playing this year. Well, he has a pretty good idea. The Royals are hoping to make him their full-time right fielder in 2021 and are using Spring Training to prepare him for the task. The club is...
... areer, Merrifield has made 379 career starts at second base. The presence of Nicky Lopez as the regular second baseman has paved the way for the shift to the outfiel ...
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Mike Gillespie
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Fansided: Kings of Kauffman
25 Feb
Clay Dungan is in the KC Royals' spring camp. Who is this young infielder? Not everyone working at the KC Royals' Surprise, Arizona spring training complex...
... likes of KC infielders Carlos Santana, Adalberto Mondesi, Hunter Dozier and Nicky Lopez. According to The Athletic’s Alec Lewis, Dungan found himself in other good ...
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Mike Gillespie
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Fansided: Kings of Kauffman
24 Feb
Non-roster invitee Hanser Alberto will make the KC Royals' Opening Day roster. Welcome back to Kings of Kauffman's KC Royals Projections series for 2021. B...
... lberto could mean even more to a Kansas City team waiting for second baseman Nicky Lopez to revive the good minor league bat that turned sour when he reached the maj ...
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Lynn Worthy
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The Wichita Eagle
24 Feb
The GM proclaimed the starting lineup, rotation and bullpen core are “pretty locked-in.”
... , right fielder Whit Merrifield, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi, second baseman Nicky Lopez and designated hitter Jorge Soler round out the projected lineup. The bigger ...
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Dave Skretta
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The Topeka Capital-Journal
23 Feb
Royals add punch to lineup for 2021
... rts of seven years with the Nationals to be a threat at the plate. And while Nicky Lopez was a finalist for the Gold Glove at second base, he also has offensive limi ...
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Max Rieper
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SB Nation: Royals Review
23 Feb
Well for one, it should be on a lineup card.
... ingles at a much lesser rate. Only Adalberto Mondesi at 15.7 percent exceeds Nicky Lopez’s rate, which might make Merrifield/Mondesi/Lopez an interesting trio to hit ...
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DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
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Wisconsin State Journal
22 Feb
It seemed as if every time Mike Matheny's phone rang during the offseason, Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore was on the other end, ready to give his skipper some more good news about...
... rts of seven years with the Nationals to be a threat at the plate. And while Nicky Lopez was a finalist for the Gold Glove at second base, he also has offensive limi ...
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DAVE SKRETTA
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San Antonio Express-News
22 Feb
It seemed as if every time Mike Matheny's phone rang during the offseason, Kansas City...
... rts of seven years with the Nationals to be a threat at the plate. And while Nicky Lopez was a finalist for the Gold Glove at second base, he also has offensive limi ...
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Dave Skretta - The Associated Press
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Toronto Star
22 Feb
It seemed as if every time Mike Matheny’s phone rang during the off-season, Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore was on the other end, read...
... rts of seven years with the Nationals to be a threat at the plate. And while Nicky Lopez was a finalist for the Gold Glove at second base, he also has offensive limi ...
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David Lesky
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SB Nation: Royals Review
19 Feb
It’s no coincidence the temperature jumped by 30° when pitchers and catchers reported.
... s a heck of a lineup against tough lefties. Hanser Alberto could step in for Nicky Lopez and Franco could play third with Dozier moving to left to give Andrew Benint ...
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Christopher Smithcsmith@masslive.com
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Mass Live
18 Feb
Alex Cora explained how he plans to use Kiké Hernández.
... r second with Kolten Wong in DRS (6) among qualified second baseman in 2020, Nicky Lopez led all second baseman with an 8 DRS. “As a hitter, I still believe there’s ...
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Anne Rogers
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MLB: Royals
18 Feb
Spring Training has begun, with the Royals convening on their complex in Surprise, Ariz., to prepare for the 2021 season. It doesn’t look the same as in typical years, but excitement about what this season could bring is still in the air. “You look...
... DH 6. Adalberto Mondesí, SS 7. Hunter Dozier, 3B 8. Michael A. Taylor, CF 9. Nicky Lopez, 2B Is the team planning to sell tickets to regular-season games? The organi ...
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N/A
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SweetSpot: Twins Daily
18 Feb
For this installment of the AL Central Rundown series, we will be taking a look at second base. This is a position that will look a little different for the Minnesota Twins this season, but what will it look like for the rest of the division? Let’s...
... eeping this grade above a D is the potential that the soon to be 26-year-old Nicky Lopez has for improvement. However, if he fails to progress even a little offensiv ...