The Royals did something historic against the Phillies. Tyler Tolbert is the hottest hitter in baseball. What is happening with the 2026 Royals? Should MLB Change the playoff seeding format? How well does Brandon know Royals All-Star history? Some umpires will be packing their bags after this season.

0:00 How Was Your 4th of July?

10:38 I Had a Dream About Matt Quatraro

13:04 Where Does the Front Office Stand on 2026?

29:53 Phillies @ Royals Recap

42:19 MLB All-Star Rosters Announced

44:00 Should MLB Do Away With Divisions?

56:20 Royals News

01:00:47 Umpires Getting a Buyout from MLB?

01:03:57 Honorable Mentions

01:12:26 Can Brandon Name the Last 10 All-Stars for the Royals?

Brandon and Moses are back this week celebrating the 4th of July! We reveal our Independence Day plans. The Royals are embarrassing. We try our best to make sense of what happened with Kansas City over the last week. The Royals have an update on the downtown stadium plans. We’ll get into some of those details and what the timeline currently looks like. The all-star game is around the corner, which means the homerun derby is near. Brandon and Moses each draft a team they think would win the derby. The Mets fired Carlos Mendoza, is it time for the Royals to think about doing the same? MLB and MLBPA have made new proposals, are we going to avoid a lockout? Happy 4th! Stay Safe!

0:00 Moses Fell Down the Stairs

5:21 Has Jac Caglianone Finally Arrived?

16:04 Should the Royals Consider Shutting Bobby Witt Jr Down?

20:21 What Should the Lineup Look Like Moving Forward?

25:09 You Have to Trade One Pitcher. Who is it?

28:09 One Thing We Want the Royals to do to Prepare for the Future

33:42 Is Salvy Going to Hit 318 Home Runs Before the All-Star Break?

35:23 What is Your Ballpark Tradition?

37:46 One Thing We Want at the New Stadium

42:46 Besides the Obvious…

44:51 Honorable Mentions

Moses is traveling this week so Brandon prepared a bunch of questions for him to answer in the episode. We’re going to get into the young talent on the Kansas City Royals and decide if its time to lean into them moving forward. What Should the Royals do with Bobby Witt Jr’s injury? We get into potential trades, when will Salvy become the all time leader for Home Runs hit by a Kansas City Royal? What do we want at the downtown stadium?

0:00 Kansas City Mavericks

:35 Royals Against the Nationals

10:00 The Royals are Bad

17:37 The Royals are Injured

29:15 The Royals Traded for Connor Seabold

31:43 All-Star Ballot Update

34:40 Sports Apparel Prices are Insane

42:30 Is a Cycle or Perfect Game More Exciting as a Fan?

46:42 Congrats to the Knicks!

50:45 The World Cup in Kansas City

52:12 Everybody Loves Chiefs

53:01 Please Don’t Ruin Shrek

55:07 The Royals Roster but Funny

01:00:04 Honorable Mentions

Moses might have jinxed the Kansas City Mavericks. Brandon is going to try to hold him accountable. The Royals season continues to go the opposite of how we want it to. The record keeps getting worse and now the injuries are stacking up. On a positive note Bobby Witt Jr has a huge lead in the all-star voting. 4th of July is on the horizon and MLB released the uniforms the teams will be wearing. Will the prices be reasonable? Of course they won’t. Is hitting for the cycle or pitching a perfect game more exciting in baseball? Kansas City is showing out for the World Cup. It has been awesome to see everybody coming in and enjoying their time here.

0:00 The Royals Are So Back!

4:31 Who is the Closer?

20:09 Injury Updates for the Royals

27:29 Should the Royals Trade Kris Bubic?

38:12 Giving Josh Rojas His Flowers

42:14 Were the Balls Juiced in Las Vegas?

48:33 What’s Going on In Kansas City This Week?

56:52 Gambling in College Sports

01:01:33 Knicks or Spurs?

01:04:12 Honorable Mentions

The Royals are playing good baseball again. Brandon and Moses try to navigate where the team goes from here? Can they continue this play the rest of the year? Teams have reached out to the Royals about Kris Bubic. Does Kansas City make that trade? Is it too early to decide if you are selling? The Royals had some injuries over the weekend but they seem to have dodged anything too serious. Josh Rojas got called up last week. We were big advocates for him this spring. Let’s break down his wild Thursday! Moses has a conspiracy theory about the Las Vegas series. Apparently you can just gamble in college sports now without real consequences. College sports need fixing. Go Knicks! As always, we wrap up our show with honorable mentions. It's a little nerdy this time around!

Brandon and Moses are back after a great Memorial Day Weekend! The Royals blew it again and we’re going to try and figure out what the Royals need to do to get this thing back on the rails, but is it too late? Salvador Perez just made history again! He is well on his way to Cooperstown. Its a long season, we’re taking a trip around the minor leagues to get everyone familiar with the Royals farm system and we have a few national stories that are worth mentioning!

Moses and Buttface guy talk about the ups and downs of the Royals season. Possible / probable changes? Who needs to get canned if anybody? Salvy the goat? And HUUUUGE news here at ELR!!

0:00-1:28 Bop It Baby

1:28-3:50 29 references

3:50-10:09 Hot, Cold, and Meh

10:09-31:43 Q is on whatever Rashee is on

31:46-36:36 Reality Check noobs

36:36-39:47 Salvy is Historically Good

39:47-42:53 Honorable Mentions

42:53-1:02:47 BIG ELR UPDATES

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