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0:00 Kansas City Royals Transactions

5:50 Royals Hall of Fame Candidates

20:18 AL MVP Finalists

28:16 Contemporary Era Hall of Fame Ballot

34:27 Welcome to the Offseason

51:02 MLB News

56:57 Honorable Mentions

The MLB offseason is officially here. Congrats to the World Series Champion Milwaukee Brewers on winning it all in 2026! The Royals hall of fame voting is live and you can help decide who gets in. We’ll go through the ballot on the show together and make our cases. A Royal was an MVP Finalist?? Hall of Fame season is around the corner and we know some of the names that are up for consideration this year. Who stands out to us? This is going to be an interesting offseason with the CBA negotiations going on. We’ll take a look at the MLB calendar up to the potential lockout date.

0:00 The World Series Is Set

11:49 Ronald Acuna Jr to the Royals?

23:21 Royals Downtown Stadium Renderings

32:23 Honorable Mentions

Brandon and Moses are back in person this week! The World Series is set. The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays will go head-to-head. We will get a brand new champion. Brandon and Moses make their picks. We’ve been seeing rumors of the Royals making a big splash in the trade market. Is Acuna a good fit in KC and should the Royals be focused on improving the outfield before other needs are met? The Kansas City Royals presented some updated rendering for the stadium. This project is going to fit right into the area once its all done.

The Kansas City Council approved the financial plan for the Royals downtown stadium. What does that look like for the team and the public. We will get into the public money along with the timeline of events for when the stadium is projected to open. MLB and MLBPA have been hard at work negotiating the new CBA before the current expiration date. MLB proposed some ideas in the most recent round that has us intrigued. The postseason is well under way. Is this the year that the Dodgers finally go down. The Brewers have control of the NLCS. The ALCS is tied. It may be the year of the small market. What does that mean for the salary cap argument?

The Kansas City Royals season did not go as we all thought it would. We’re diving into some of the numbers this week and figuring out what went well and what part of this team still needs work. The Royals made some changes to the staff over the last week? Were these the right moves? How does the team move forward? Are JJ Picollo and Matt Quatraro officially on the hot seat? This may be the most important offseason in Royals history. We’ll tell you why.

The MLB regular season is finally over. Who will win the World Series in 2026? Though, the Royals season didn’t go well, we still have some players worth celebrating. Can the 2015 Royals win this world series? The Mariners manager announced his own firing?? Alec Zumwalt got removed as hitting coach 30 minutes after we were done...

The MLB regular season is coming to an end. Our advice is to just enjoy the final week of games, we don’t know what 2027 looks like. The Royals handed out the organizational awards this week. Let’s see who got recognition! Some Royals minor league teams had success, we’ll get into what happened. The Tigers got a new stadium sponsor and its pretty silly, it got us wondering what the Chiefs and Royals corporate sponsors will end up being. What has been your moment of the season? It could be good or bad. As always we end with our honorable mentions. Thank you so much for listening all season long! We are not going anywhere. We have lots of fun planned for this offseason. Stick around!

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The Kansas City Royals have been eliminated. I know, shocker. With that, what actually matters for the Royals the rest of the way? We think back to the beginning of the season versus where we are now, who changed our minds along the way? Could we be witnessing the worst season in Royals history? The Royals have 12 games left, they have an opportunity to play spoiler for a few opponents along the way. The Royals made some more stadium announcements, we now know the construction companies that will be involved in the Crown Center project. We’re back with another edition of HDH, this time we’re bringing a Kansas City Chiefs minute into the fold. As always, we end our show with honorable mentions.

August was fun but the Royals are back to the ways of losing. Noah Cameron and Jac Caglianone won pitcher and player of the month. This is the first time that’s happened in 31 years. The Royals have made it clear they are bringing the GM and manager back next year, but what should this core look like heading into a new season? How should the Royals handle the Cags injury? Doug Eddings deserves to be roasted for how he acted. Umpires just like to be hated I guess.

The Royals were the hottest team in baseball in August. We’re afraid the Royals are going to try to run it back in 2027. Would we be okay with that? The opening day for the Kansas City Royals looks completely different from the current roster. We’ll look at the carousel of players that have been on this team in 2026. It's September and that means it's time for call-ups! What players do we want to see showcase their talents and make a case to be part of the 2027 Royals Roster? Let’s look around the league at the playoff picture if the season ended today. One league is significantly stronger than the other. Who is America’s baseball team?

The Kansas City Royals are finally playing good baseball. It has us wondering what could have been if the rest of the season went the way it's going during this stretch. We celebrate the players contributing to the hot streak. We take a deep dive into the numbers as to who is to blame for the Royals shortcomings in 2026.

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