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.
As the MLB betting regular season month of September continues to wind down, teams across the league are moving closer to clinching their respective divisions. While the National League has never really seemed very close, there is still some excitement to look forward to in the American League down the stretch. Here is a quick [...]
With the MLB betting season winding down, the race to the postseason is heating up with the Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay Rays doing what they can to make this interesting in the American League. With the National League races all but complete, the AL is where the spotlight will shine this weekend, with [...]
Before batting practice on Sunday, the Royals’ clubhouse had an air of normalcy. The players had breakfast and were lounging around the TV, watching pro football. Yet it really wasn’t a normal day, not on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Earlier in the morning, the TV was tuned to more serious matters on the East [...]
The first MLB betting weekend in September means that the postseason races are beginning to tighten up, and with a couple of divisions still up for grabs it will be interesting to see how things play out in the rivalry games coming up. In the American League, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees [...]
Catcher Matt Treanor is back with the Texas Rangers. Treanor, traded by the Rangers to the Royals for cash considerations at the end of Spring Training, was dealt back to the Rangers on Wednesday, also for cash. The deal leaves one opening on the Royals’ 40-man roster. Treanor has been on an injury rehabilitation assignment [...]
Maybe it was just bound to happen — the odds catch up with even the best closers — but that didn’t make it any easier for Joakim Soria and the Royals. Matt LaPorta crashed a three-run homer against Soria in the ninth inning on Saturday night to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-2 walk-off victory [...]
So, the story goes, Mike Moustakas talked his buddy Eric Hosmer into playing some golf during a break in Royals Spring Training. Hoz admits he’s not a golfer but, hey, he’d keep Moose and a couple buddies company. “We go golfing out in Arizona for the first time. We go to the driving range and [...]
Who needs video replay on home runs? Not the umpires. All they have to do is check with Jeff Francoeur. Francoeur knew immediately that Billy Butler’s drive had cleared the left-field wall and was a home run that gave the Royals a 2-0 walk-off victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. [...]
Left-hander Danny Duffy will be promoted to the Royals’ roster on Wednesday and will start against the Texas Rangers that night. The Royals made the announcement on Tuesday morning, continuing a pitching shakeup that began Monday night with Kyle Davies’ injury and Vin Mazzaro’s drubbing in a 19-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Mazzaro was [...]
Speed is a lethal weapon named Jarrod Dyson. Dyson delivered the killing blow to the Minnesota Twins on Friday night, racing home with the deciding run in a 4-3 Royals victory on a sacrifice fly to the shortstop. That’s right — a sacrifice fly to the shortstop. “I got a chance to showcase my speed,” [...]