Brian Bannister News

The season may be over for Mike Aviles, but he's still making headlines. The Royals rookie shortstop was named on Thursday to the Topps Company's 50th annual Major League Rookie all-star team.

The Royals added hard-throwing reliever Henry Barrera to their 40-man roster before Thursday’s deadline after clearing space by designating lefty Tyler Lumsden for assignment.The move means Barrera, a ...

One thing we know for certain about Royals general manager Dayton Moore: The man has no problem dealing away relief pitchers.

The Royals made something of a free-agent splash Friday by adding former Philadelphia assistant general manager Mike Arbuckle to their front office.Arbuckle, 58, spent the last 16 years with the Phillies but ...

Baseball has been ruined for me. I'm talking about the jersey and hat combo wearing, not shaving until they lose, "Yankees suck" kind of baseball.

DANA POINT, Calif. Dayton Moore departed the annual general managers’ meetings Wednesday, warning that last week’s trade to acquire first baseman Mike Jacobs from Florida might be the Royals’ ...

I have been a Kansas City Royals fan since my parents took me to my first game in 1979 as a three year old.

S ome Chiefs fans are probably groaning at the thought of quarterback Tyler Thigpen starting not only this week but perhaps for the rest of the season.Thigpen’s timing with his receivers has been, ...

The 2008 Royals finished 13 games out of first place in the AL Central -- an improvement on the recent past with much work still be done.

The Kansas City Royals bumbled through August, with poor pitching, weak pitching, even botched popups turning another disappointing season downright ugly.

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Somehow, a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the White Sox seems like a fitting way to close out the home schedule of the 2008 season.

Zack Greinke won't pitch the season's final game Sunday in Minnesota after all. Not because of injury but due to mounting concerns regarding his career-high workload.

After a superb rookie season in 2007, who would have expected Brian Bannister to enter his last start of 2008 with only half as many wins as he has losses? That 8-16 record just doesn't look right.

The intensity and fire which Ozzie Guillen pleaded for prior to his team's 9-4 victory over the Royals on Friday certainly was apparent in the White Sox manager during one particular moment from a six-run ...

Still 2 1/2 games up on the Twins, the number on the South Side is seven. White Sox 9, Royals 4 At the poker table, they call a seven a "walking stick". As it happens, that isn't a bad physical description of ...

That loud thud Friday night out on Interstate 70 just east of downtown had nothing to do with traffic.

Game Date: September 17, 2008 Royals 5, Mariners 2 / Box Score WP: Meche , LP: Corcoran , SV: Soria Royal Home Runs: Shealy Royals Record: 68-84 Do you remember how all of us felt before the Royals collapsed ...

Kansas City 13, Cleveland 3: Brian Bannister won for the first time in nearly three months and Ryan Shealy homered twice and drove in five runs for the Royals.

The Kansas City Royals open a series today against Seattle. They'll be coming off 1 of their best series of the year, after taking three out of 4 from the Cleveland Indians.