The Kansas City Royals, based in Kansas City, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Royals were founded in 1969 and since 1973.
The Royals have agreed to part with the face of their franchise, trading right-hander Zack Greinke to the Brewers. But in so doing, they hope that they have added quality pieces to their roster for 2011 and especially for many years down the road. Kansas City sent the 2009 American League Cy Young Award winner, [...]
KANSAS CITY — The Royals are building their inventory of infielders, claiming Lance Zawadzki off waivers Friday from the San Diego Padres. The move comes one day after they claimed infielder Joaquin Arias from the New York Mets. Arias filled the Royals’ 40-man roster so, to make room for Zawadzki, the club assigned outfielder Jai [...]
KANSAS CITY — Pitcher Luke Hochevar and third baseman Josh Fields are among the 20 Major Leaguers who have qualified for Super Two salary arbitration status this year. This means they came from the top 17 percent of players with Major League service time between two and three years. Fields has two years, 159 days [...]
DETROIT — Creating havoc is the name of the game for rookie Jarrod Dyson. On Tuesday, the speedster was only playing in the eighth game of his big league career. But with the impact he had, it’s not farfetched to think he’ll be back in the lineup again soon. In Tuesday’s 9-6 win over the [...]
DETROIT — After spending nine years affiliated with the Burlington Bees, the Royals announced on Tuesday the signing of a two-year player development contract through the 2012 season with the Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League. The Cougars have played in the postseason six of the past eight years and produced more [...]
Omaha Royals Omaha 9, Oklahoma City 1 WP: Matt Herges (9-4) HR: None Omaha scored in each of their final five turns to repeat Sunday's 9-1 score. Matt Herges limited the Redhawks to the lone run on five hits over 6.0 innings. Marc Maddox doubled, tripled and drove in two runs. Catcher Jose Bonilla singled [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn't the longest home run that Jim Thome hit against the Royals, but it was certainly very impressive. It also made the difference on Monday in the Twins' 5-4 victory over the Royals as a sellout crowd of 40,228 celebrated Labor Day at Target Field. The win kept Minnesota 3 1/2 games [...]
Omaha Royals Oklahoma City 3, Omaha 1 LP: Luis Mendoza (10-9) HR: None The O-Royals lost the opener at Oklahoma City and were eliminated from playoff contention. Luis Mendoza allowed three runs on six hits and a walk over six innings. Jordan Parraz doubled twice and drove in the lone Omaha run. Mike Moustakas went [...]
KANSAS CITY — Third baseman Josh Fields, back in the Majors for the first time all season, was having a grand old time. Until the last inning. That's when Fields made an error that launched an 11th-inning torrent of runs for Detroit and gave the Tigers a 9-5 victory on Friday at Kauffman Stadium. Fields, [...]
CLEVELAND — Mitch Maier drove in a pair of runs Sunday afternoon, propelling the Royals to a 6-2 victory against the Indians at Progressive Field. Bruce Chen scattered six hits over six-plus innings of two-run ball. The veteran lefty walked two and struck out four in his 100-pitch outing. The Royals loaded the bases with [...]