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Dedicated to covering the Kansas City Royals. Everything from yesterday’s game to the very latest on the Royals top prospects. Top shelf analytics to pure passionate fan reaction, and everything in between when it comes to Royals baseball.Sunday nights at 9:00 PM Central. Hosted by Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) and David Lesky (@DBLesky).Petro is the afternoon drive host of The Porgram on Sports Radio 810-WHB in Kansas City. Petro has covered the Royals since 1994. He is a former Pre and Post Host of Royals baseball and is Kansas City’s most experienced sports broadcaster. Lesky is the Publisher of Inside the Crown, the gold standard of Royals blogs. He is the author of the American League Central breakdown for Lindy’s Baseball Preview and a Royals Insider for Sports Radio 810 – WHB.Sit back and enjoy Royals fans!

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Latest Episodes:

Who Should the Royals Look to Sign and Notes from The World Series! Nov 03, 2025

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The Dodgers have won the World Series for a second straight year. What can the Royals learn from both the Dodgers and the Blue Jays?
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) discuss the World Series from a Royals perspective and more…
- What should the Royals learn from the Dodgers success?
- The Blue Jays did what that the Royals can copy?
- Salary Cap anyone?
- Where are the Royals already World Series caliber?
- Time to sign who?
- Any surprise names the Royals should be locking up?
⁃ Rany’s headed to Fantasy Camp!

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The World Series and The Kansas City Royals! Oct 30, 2025

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What about the Blue Jays and Dodgers brought them to the World Series? Time to break down what made these team pennant winners and look at how they compare to the Royals.
David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky), Les Norman (Former Royals OF/Author - Teaching the Tools of Hitting) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) dive into the World Series and more.
- Comparing the Blue Jays and Dodgers?
- Where do the Royals measure up to these teams?
- Which Royals would play for the Jays and Dodgers?
- What are the Pros and Cons to extending Pasquantino?

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Daniel Mack is Back! Oct 27, 2025

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The man behind the Royals analytics department stops by Kauffman Corner. We talk Royals baseball with the Vice President - Research & Development/Assistant General Manager of the Kansas City Royals, Daniel Mack.
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) welcome Daniel Mack to discuss…
- Growth of the analytics department.
- On Base Percentage and the Royals lack of it.
- Carter Jensen.
- Jan Caglianone.
- Noah Cameron.
- Minor League numbers projecting to the Big Leagues.
- Bio Mechanical Data.
- Getting the data to the players.
⁃ Going for it at the trade deadline.

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What It's Going to Take to Lock Up Maikel Garcia! Oct 23, 2025

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Should the Royals be locking up Maikel Garcia? If so what is it going to take to get a deal done?
David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky), Les Norman (Former Royals OF/Author - Teaching the Tools of Hitting) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) discuss Garcia’s future with the Royals and more…
- What it will take to lock up Maikel Garcia?
- Is this the right time to sign Garcia?
- How many Royals is the arrow still pointing up for?
- Do the Royals have to trade a starting pitcher?
- What to look for in the World Series?
- Giants make history with their Managerial hire.

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Drafting the Royals Top 16 Prospects! Oct 20, 2025

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Anyone can put together a prospect list, but how many people can put together a draft of Royals Prospects?
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) evaluate the Royals Farm System by taking turns drafting Royals Prospects.
- Does anyone top Carter Jensen?
- Where do young arms Shields and Chourio land?
- How high do the 2025 draft picks go?
- Where is the Royals depth in the system?
- Did the injury drop Blake Mitchell?
- Is there any immediate help?
⁃ Have the Royals fixed their lack of Latin talent?

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2025 Post-Season… Who Do the Royals Bats Look Like? Oct 16, 2025

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If the Royals only way to find the bat they need for 2025 is to make a trade, which players are “untouchable”?
David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky), Les Norman (Former Royals OF/Author - Teaching the Tools of Hitting) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) discuss who the Royals should consider to be “Untouchable” and more…
- Which LCS teams does the Royals Offense most resemble?
- KC lands 3 Gold Globe finalists.
- Royals Sr. VP/Assistant GM Scott Sharp a finalist for Rockies GM.
- Who is untouchable for the Royals this offseason.
- Which players should the Royals be willing to part with?

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Looking Back at Our Preseason Prospect Rankings! Oct 14, 2025

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How did we do on our 2025 Preseason Prospect Rankings?
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) take a look back at what our expectations were for the Royals top prospects in the system and more…
- Did the Royals get it right with the hitting coaches?
- Where did the Royals hitting improve?
- Our 2025 Prospects Rankings.
- What we got right!
- What we got wrong!
- Who made the biggest jump?

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To Arbitrate or Not? Oct 09, 2025

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The Royals have a massive 16 players eligible for arbitration. How many should the Royals keep and how many should they walk on?
David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky), Les Norman (Former Royals OF/Author - Teaching the Tools of Hitting) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) discuss the many arbitration cases to determine which players the Royals might want to save the money and move on from…
- 16 Royals eligible for arbitration.
- Kris Bubic coming off injury.
- Is Jonathan India worth the money?
- Does Michael Massey have a spot?
- Multi-year deal for Maikel Garcia?
- Royals cut bait with their Assistant Hitting Coaches.

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What We Got Right and Wrong Predicting the 2025 Season! Oct 06, 2025

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It’s time to see how we did on our Preseason Predictions. From who we thought would be the best hitter and pitcher to our Bold and Daring Predictions for the season.
Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) go over the predictions they crushed and more importantly the ones that were a complete swing and miss.
- Player/Pitcher of the Year.
- Breakout and Disappointment.
- Best Reliever.
- Impact Rookie.
- Key story line.
- Final Record.
⁃ Bold & Daring Predictions!!!

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Wrapping 2025 and Looking to 2026! Oct 02, 2025

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JJ Picollo and Matt Quatraro met with the media to wrap up the 2025 season and begin to look ahead to 2026.
David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky), Les Norman (Former Royals OF/Author - Teaching the Tools of Hitting) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) break down the Royals season ending presser and more.
- Was this season a success?
- Are the Royals better than a year ago?
- Hitting staff shake up?
- Still talking about small ball!
- Payroll expectations for ’26?
- Salvy contract talks.
- Jonathan India only at second base?

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