ROYALS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Dayton Moore has no more Excuses

by John Viril— With the Kansas City Royals mired in a 4-13 rut, general manager Dayton Moore has no more excuses left. The Royals are not only failing in Kansas City, but also in the minor leagues. Up and down the organization, Moore’s prized prospects are failing to live up to their promise.  Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas are simply not supplying the kind of offense the team...
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14 hours ago  |  Discuss

P-P-Power Up!: AL-Only Category Helpers

If you play AL-Only roto (which you should. Points are blech.), you should know this situation. You were relying on one or two guys to supply a majority of one category and then a 3 week cold streak or a DL-stint happens and all of sudden, you’re at the bottom of a category you expected to contend in. No worries friends, here are 3 players specifically designed to help you make...
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20 hours ago  |  Discuss

Gordon, Butler show Moose, Hoz there is light at end of tunnel

KANSAS CITY, Mo. It seems a distant memory now, but Royals left fielder Alex Gordon once struggled every bit as much Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer are now. "I know what they're going through," Gordon said. All-Star Billy Butler knows, too. "Oh, yeah," he said. "We all go through it. It's a hard game. You find that out at this level." As...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City
22 hours ago  |  Discuss

Kansas City Royals Recall Louis Coleman, Option Kelvin Herrera

The Kansas City Royals swapped out right-handed relievers on Thursday, recalling Louis Coleman from their Triple-A Omaha minor league affiliate while optioning Kelvin Herrera to the same minor league outfit. Coleman replaces Herrera on the active roster and has done very well in the minors this year, putting together a low 1.03 earned run average. He should be a solid component to...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss
CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN

Royals fan runs on field, steals rosin bag

This is just impressive.  In the bottom of the eighth inning, a fan in Kansas City rushed the field as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was getting ready to deliver a pitch to Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar. The fan ran towards the pitcher’s mound and, in one of the best fan-on-the-field juke moves ever, stole the rosin bag and evaded security momentarily with a tremendous slide...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

Royals Fan Runs On To Field, Steals Rosin Bag And Leaves Cop In The Dust

Running on to a baseball field will get you a lifetime ban from the stadium and levies the charge of reckless endangerment, which in most states is a penalty of six months in jail and up to $500 in fines. Knowing the punishment, this guy running on to the field at Kauffman Stadium on Thursday night was totally worth it. During the eighth inning of the Kansas City Royals game against...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

Making a case for the young corners

“(He) should hit for power and average because he has a sweet left-handed swing, strength, exceptional strike zone discipline and the ability to make adjustments. He uses the entire field and can drive the ball where it’s pitched.” That was a scouting report by Baseball America of a Royals’ player before he was drafted. The sweet lefty swing would probably lead you to believe...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

Royals fan runs onto field, brilliantly avoids cop while stealing rosin bag (Video)

A Kansas City Royals fan ran onto the field at Kauffman Stadium during Thursday night's game and made a brilliant move to avoid a cop while stealing the rosin bag at the pitcher's mound before finally being tackled and handcuffed. It happened in the bottom of the eighth inning as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was preparing to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Royals batter Alcides...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

Royals send RHP Herrera to minors

The Kansas City Royals have sent struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera to the minors. The right-hander allowed eight home runs in 20 1-3 innings. The Royals optioned him to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday. Herrera was 2-4 with a 4.87 ERA in 19 relief appearances. He went 4-3 with a 2.35 ERA in 76 relief appearances last year, giving up just four home runs in 84 1-3 innings as a rookie...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

No offense, but the Royals offense isn’t very offensive

It’s a quarter of the way through the season, and May hasn’t been a good month for the Royals. Since May 1, the team is 7-12 and 21-22 for the season. In 11 of their 19 games, the Royals scored 3 runs or less with a 1-10 record in those games. They’ve suffered two three game losing streaks and a four game losing streak Since May 6. Besides Alex Gordon (.352), Lorenzo Cain...
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1 day ago  |  Discuss

Royals at the Crossroads

by John Viril— Right now, the Kansas City Royals entire season is teetering on the brink. I know that many will say that is melodramatic. That it’s a long season, and they’re 121 games left. Nonsense. Year after year, fans have watched Kansas City run into an early losing streak that sucks the wind out of the entire season. Last season was the 12-game April losing streak that...

At the quarter-pole, history says with the Royals, anything is still possible

KANSAS CITY, Mo. We asked history. History shrugged. Actually, it shrugged, threw up its hands, grabbed a soda, and went back to playing Minecraft. History cant help us here. All we know is that we dont stinking know. Not after 40 games. Not where the Kansas City Royals are concerned. At the quarter-pole mark of the Big 162 40 games the Royals are 20-20. Theres some sound, a...
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4 days ago  |  Discuss

Kansas City Royals Make Trio Of Moves Including David Lough Recall

The Kansas City Royals recalled outfielder David Lough from their Triple-A Omaha minor league affiliate. To make room for Lough on the active roster, Kansas City placed outfielder Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list with a right ankle sprain. In an unrelated move, the Royals have decided to release right-handed reliever Blaine Boyer after he decided to opt-out of his contract...
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7 days ago  |  Discuss

Is Aaron Crow a Bust?

You may remember Aaron Crow's amateur career.  Stud starting pitcher at the University of Missouri.  He was a high first round draft pick for the Washington Nationals in 2008 (9th pick) but they were unable to sign him and he went back into the draft in 2009.  The Kansas City Royals grabbed him with the 12th pick of the 2009 draft.  Immediately the projections began that...
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8 days ago  |  Discuss

Happy Birthday George Brett. Here’s the epic video of him talking about crapping his pants

The sports birthdays for May 15 include John Smoltz, Heisman winner Desmond Howard, our favorite “alleged” murdering preacher Ray Lewis, and Emmitt Smith. A ton of sports studs on this day but the Holy Grail is an equal split between a giant bust, Ryan Leaf, and a baseball Hall of Famer with the greatest story ever about crapping his pants in Las Vegas, George Brett. Ryan Leaf...
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9 days ago  |  Discuss
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