ROYALS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Tough loss will test Royals character
by John Viril—
Let’s not shy away from the truth. The Royals suffered a devastating loss Tuesday night to the Cleveland Indians.
Poised to win yet another low scoring game to hang onto second place in the Central Division, Kansas City relievers Kelvin Herrera and Tim Collins combined to surrender 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th to blow a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the ninth,...
Royals and Padres need to Deal
by John Viril—
The Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres are mirror images of each other. Kansas City stands 34-34 while the Padres are a half-game better at 35-34. Yet, they have achieved their success by completely different means. The Royals have just pulled back to .500 by preventing enough runs to keep an anemic offense afloat. Meanwhile, the Padres position players have...
Royals' Kelvin Herrera again is in command
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The most perplexing pitcher on the Royals' staff the first two months of the season was right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera.
Blessed with a 100-mph fastball and a devastating changeup, Herrera, 23, has tantalized Royals fans with such electric stuff that he often appears unhittable.
And for the most part, he was in 2012, sporting a 2.35 ERA in 76 appearances...
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Flanny's Five: Should we give Frenchy one last chance?
Five observations on the current state of the Royals
FRENCHY AND THE BRETT EFFECT
The majority of the Royals' fan base seems bent on pushing Jeff Francoeur to the street the minute Jarrod Dyson is ready to return from his rehab stint at Triple-A Omaha (and that should be any day).
I get that, believe me. Francoeur, offensively, has been painful to watch for well over a year...
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Elliot Johnson seizing job at 2nd Base
by John Viril—
All season long, the Kansas City Royals have struggled to get production at 2nd base. Chris Getz opened the season as the starter and proceeded to hit .212/.273/.288 for a miserable .561 OPS. 38-year-old utility player Miguel Tejada has performed well in limited duty (.310/.355/.448), but manager Ned Yost wisely does not wish to over-expose him. Enter fellow utility...
Alex Cobb OK after hit in the head (Video)
After being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Royals’ Eric Hosmer on Saturday, Alex Cobb was taken to a local hospital where tests came back normal. Another good sign was Alex Cobb himself tweeting on Sunday that he was fine. Want to say thank you to our All-star trainer Ron Porterfield and the doctors @bayfront hospital. Woke up with only a minor headache today. —...
Preview: Davis hopes to avoid sixth consecutive winless start
The added incentive of facing his former team might be what Kansas City's Wade Davis needs to record his first win in a month.Facing Tampa Bay for the first time since it traded him to the Royals, Davis tries to avoid a career-high sixth consecutive winless start Sunday, while the Rays look to build on a much-needed victory that was overshadowed by a frightening injury to a key...
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Are These The Final Days Of Jeff Francoeur For The Kansas City Royals?
The Kansas City Royals are playing solid baseball and winning games, bringing them closer to the division leading Detroit Tigers. Â The team is hitting well and is about to get a punch in the arm from rehabbing speedster Jarrod Dyson when he returns from his minor league rehab assignment.
That leaves the Royals with a roster choice to make at the big league level and the choiceâ...
Yost follows game at daughter's wedding
Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost could have been excused for missing his team's game on the night his daughter got married.
But he didn't.
Yost was in Sugar Hill, Ga., on Thursday night with one eye on the wedding ceremony of his daughter, Jenny, while the Royals were playing the Tampa Bay Rays about 500 miles away.
''I had the phone out, sitting on the pew...
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Is George Brett making the Royals a better team?
A couple of weeks ago, the Royals were in their worst funk of the season. After losing seven games in a row by May 29 and with a 21-29 record, the Royals made a change and reassigned hitting coaches Jack Maloof and Andre David to the Minor Leagues. In their place, the Royals hired interim hitting coach George Brett. Yes, the Royals legend George Brett.
At the time, it appeared to...
New lineup has Royals streaking
The Royals are suddenly red hot, winners of seven of their last eight games.
Kansas City just completed a six-game winning streak and a change in the lineup may have been a catalyst for the recent surge.
Frustrated by a lack of success on offense and in the standings, manager Ned Yost reportedly sought help from the Royals front office in putting together an optimal lineup. After...
SLATHERED
Eric Hosmer doused with BBQ sauce after win
Eric Hosmer doused with BBQ sauce after walk-off win. Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to close out a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The Royals introduced a new twist in the victory celebration when they mobbed Hosmer out on the field by dousing him not with water or Gatorade, but with barbecue...
PRETTY SNEAKY
Little kid snipes baseball from pretty Royals fan
Like a ghost in the darkness, a little kid jumped up and sniped a baseball from a hot Royals fan.
Little Kid Steals Ball From Attractive Young Lady At Royals Game
Far too often we see videos of kids getting pushed aside or bullied by grown adults in an effort to get a souvenir ball at a baseball game – in fact, we saw a little kid get run over for a home run ball just this week. But this little boy at the Royals game is ready to put a stop to the madness. He’s ready to stand up for himself and take that ball away from YOU, even if you...
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