Royals Surge in June: Caglianone's Breakout, Perez's Record Chase, and Picollo Talks Deadline

About this episode

The episode discusses the Kansas City Royals' June winning streak, player performances, and trade deadline strategies.

In this edition of the Royals Rundown Podcast, hosts Jacob Milham and Jeremy Greco break down Kansas City's June winning streak, Jac Caglianone's career night, and Salvador Perez's franchise record chase while diving into the front office's trade deadline calculus. The episode also features a bold trade idea involving Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, a deep look at Baseball Savant's new Swing Timing metrics, and roster updates including Kyle Isbel's injury and Kam Misner's call-up.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob Milham, Jeremy Greco

Topics covered

• Kansas City Royals
• June winning streak
• trade deadline
• player performance
• roster updates
• metrics analysis

Keywords

• Kansas City Royals
• Jac Caglianone
• Salvador Perez
• trade deadline
• Seth Lugo
• Michael Wacha
• Baseball Savant
• Kyle Isbel
• Kam Misner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball Savant

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