Mark Leavitt

Husband, Father, Scout with the KC Royals, New Jersey native, and HUGE Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band fan

[Kyle Glaser @KyleAGlaser]

The more teams that eliminate their pro scouts, the greater the competitive advantage for the teams who keep theirs.

Just a shortsighted, self-sabotaging move.

[MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM @MLBNetworkRadio]

"How'd you convince them to do it? Simple, I did it."

🏦 Ted Simmons joins @JonMorosi on "The Road to Cooperstown", the official podcast of the @baseballhall

#Brewers | #ThisisMyCrew
DOWNLOAD 🔗 https://t.co/T14I6wA2CU

[Raising Royals @KCRoyalsPD]

Pure domination in the DSL.

Royals Ventura starter Kendry Chourio today at DSL Pirates Gold:

4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K

The 17-year-old has now tossed 13 pro innings and struck out 19 while issuing just 1 walk.

#RaisingRoyals👑

[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Ted Williams actually played more baseball during the five years* that included his WWII service than Anthony Rendon has during the five years of his $245,000,000 contract with the Angels so far and I'm going to need a second to fully absorb this.

*literally missed three of them

[Zak Blair @coachzblair10]

Hitters: Keep your hands above the baseball & train to hit it through the wall, not over it. Backspin the ball to the back of the cage.

The feel is sometimes not the real.

Are you going to listen to a battle tested HOF'er or a self-proclaimed guru? The choice is yours. Seems like a pretty easy decision to me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Chipper Jones @RealCJ10]

Hitters….. I give u 10 pitches right down the middle in BP. I tell you I want you to hit every pitch for a homer down the line in left or right. How many do u center up??? At the ML level, they would center up 3 or 4 balls, maybe 5. Now, I give u those same 10 pitches and tell you to knock down the center field wall. How many do you center up? Most guys tell me, 7 or 8, maybe 9. So if u center up more to the middle of the field, why would your approach change at game time. Hunt the fastball to the off gap and you will be shocked at how well you see and stay on the breaking ball. Then, because you are swinging north (middle), you clip the breaking ball for a strike, to the pull side. Hunt heat to the north and let it eat!

[KFC @KFCBarstool]

Freddie & Mookie talking about the Yankees 5th Inning (btw I love that the #Y5I is officially a sports phrase forever) treating Gerritt Cole like a nobody that doesn’t matter is incredible. Like Soto’s HR against whatever Cleveland reliever that was where Soto pissed all over him

[Bruce Springsteen! (Blogness) @blogness]

Video Post: Bruce Springsteen, Stand Up For Heroes 11/11/24
https://t.co/KyQz2NwUyJ

[Hitting Research @hittingresearch]

Differences between live pitching and hitting off a machine

Do you think machine helps or hurts with timing?

[Stance Doctor @StanceDoctor]

It really is pretty simple!

[Bob Nightengale @BNightengale]

Royals manager Matt Quatraro on facing the heavily-favored Yankees:
"Well, thankfully we're not playing against their tradition, right? We're playing against the team that we're facing off against this week. That's going to be plenty of a challenge. We understand how talented they are, but nobody gets to this point in the offseason or the postseason without being talented and being a good team. We take it as a challenge.
"We understand that most people are going to think that they are the favorites, but that doesn't matter when you get out on the field.

[Dave Gallagher @DaveGallagher22]

All the 1 leg down catching guys hiding under their chairs right now. Easy block for a MLB catcher with a two knee drop. Stealing pitches doesn’t matter when you’re in a “lose or go home” situation. Don’t waste your time trying to convince me. #Astros #Tigers

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

The Kansas City Royals are the first team in MLB history to lose 100 games in one season, then win a playoff series the year later

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

The @Royals are back in the #Postseason for the first time since winning the World Series in 2015!

#CLINCHED

[FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City @FanDuelSN_KC]

.@VPasquantino: "Are you live?"
@goldbergkc: "Yeah, we're live."
Vinnie: "Oh. Hello." 😂 #Royals

[Kansas City Royals @Royals]

Congratulations to our 2024 Art Stewart Scout of the Year, Scott Melvin!

[Kansas City Royals @Royals]

We have claimed OF Robbie Grossman off waivers from the Texas Rangers and OF Tommy Pham off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals. We anticipate both players reporting tomorrow.

INF CJ Alexander and C Austin Nola have been designated for assignment.

[Gary Wilson @gwilson46]

Facts!!

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The best trade-deadline performance this year: Kansas City.

Since July 30:

Lucas Erceg: 0.00 ERA, 10.1 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 14 K

Paul DeJong: .286/.340/.548 with 3 HR and elite D at 3B

Michael Lorenzen: 1.99 ERA over 22.2 innings

Others who did well: Dodgers, Padres, D-backs.