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.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — It wasn't that Billy Butler's batting average was in the dumper, it's just that those typically screaming line drives weren't jumping off his bat. "I just wasn't driving the ball as much as I should have," Butler said. Ah, but there's good news in Royals land. The Butler bat is starting to [...]
TEMPE, Ariz. — Third baseman Alex Gordon will not break camp with the Royals and likely will start the season on the disabled list as he recovers from a fractured right thumb, manager Trey Hillman said Wednesday. "That's official," Hillman said in the Royals' dugout at Tempe Diablo Stadium hours before his club was to [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Gil Meche's tightness has created a lot of potential loose ends in the Royals' pitching rotation. Manager Trey Hillman made it clear on Tuesday that the club was moving to cover the possibilities because of the uncertainty about Meche, the No. 2 starter. It all depends, of course, on how Meche rebounds [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Royals starter Gil Meche came out of Monday's game with a stiff right shoulder but he doesn't believe it's a serious matter. Meche pitched the first three innings of a 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox and gave up three runs on four hits before ending his outing. "There's no pain [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — This just wasn't Zack Greinke's day. Just as well that he was on limited display Sunday at the Royals' training complex. While the Royals were engaging the Colorado Rockies in front of 6,894 fans a few line drives away in Surprise Stadium, Greinke was cranking it up against some Triple-A players from [...]
BREWERS 1, ROYALS (ss) 0at PhoenixSaturday, March 20 Royals at the plate: The Royals collected six hits including a trio of doubles, and four players walked but none came around to score. Kansas City was 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and was shut out by Milwaukee for the second time in five days. Brewers [...]
ROYALS 24, D-BACKS 9 at Tucson Friday, March 19 Royals at the plate: Brian Anderson hit for the cycle in the first four innings as he hit a two-run triple in the first, an RBI double in the second, a two-run single in the third and a two-run homer in the fourth. Willie Bloomquist, Mike [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Joakim Soria has something to show off these days, a baby picture of charming little Angela that his wife Karla brought into the world just two months and 11 days ago. "I love it," Soria said. "I like being a father." And the Royals' closer has something else that's new this year [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Luke Hochevar looked through the debris of five runs to find some treasure. Hochevar gave up two hits, four walks and five runs in the second inning of Wednesday's 16-14 loss to the San Diego Padres. "Too many pitches in that second inning," Hochevar said. "The only pitch I was disappointed in [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Not that there were many choices to begin with, but the Royals' search for left-handed pitchers has narrowed to four — Bruce Chen, Dusty Hughes, Edgar Osuna and John Parrish. "At this point right now, they're all throwing the ball pretty good," manager Trey Hillman said. "I hope they continue to do [...]