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Four-Star Prospects 1. Mike Montgomery, LHP 2. Aaron Crow, RHP 3. Mike Moustakas , 3B 4. Wil Myers, C 5. Tim Melville, RHP Three-Star Prospects 6. Danny Duffy, LHP 7. Jeff Bianchi, SS 8. Eric Hosmer , 1B 9. Chris Dwyer, LHP 10.

Is this batch Goodenough? Time will tell. 1) Mike Montgomery, LHP, Grade B+: Looks like the best combination of projection and performance in the organization.

With the season over for the Kansas City Royals, the final chapter has been written for Class AAA Omaha as well.

Big Papi is getting big hits again and it couldn't come at a better time for the Boston Red Sox .

Carrasco has given up 6 home runs in only 14.0 innings in the majors. A day after rapping out 17 hits, the Indians managed just two base knocks against the likes of Kyle Davies , Roman Colon and Carlos Rosa .

One night Dusty Hughes was riding in a van with his Omaha Royals teammates to their hotel in Round Rock, Texas.

The fantasy draft is in the books....thanks to all who are playing.... AAA - Omaha: Round Rock 6, O-Royals 1 CF Raines 1-3, RBI -- .236 2B Hernandez 1-4, K, CS -- .303 DH Gordon 0-4, 2 K -- .322 RF Aldridge 0-4, 2 K -- .317 1B Ka'aihue 1-4, K, RS -- .255 SS Lisson 1-2, BB -- .243 * LF John Suomi had an OF assist at home.

The Kansas City Royals shut down right fielder Jose Guillen for the season on Saturday and added a trio of minor league pitchers to their roster.

Much is being made in the Royals Internet circle of the Alex Gordon demotion. It's obvious the team is using the demotion to delay his free agency a year, and I can see it, why burn a year of his service time on a season like this? He isn't hitting, the team is going nowhere.

Kansas City Royals Top 20 PRE-SEASON Prospects in Review This list was originally published October 15, 2008.

Former Beaver Mike O'Connor fanned six over seven scoreless innings and teamed with reliever Carlos Rosa on a three-hit, 5-0 shutout over Portland before 5,012 Friday night at PGE Park.

Probably the best story in KC thus far in '09, other than Zack's performance , Hochevar's emergence and Bannister's return to old form, is the hitting of Billy Butler.

After stranding 10 runners in the first 10 innings, the 51s strung together four consecutive singles in the 11th and defeated the Omaha Royals 2-0 Thursday in a Pacific Coast League game in Omaha, Neb.

Memphis 5, O-Royals 2 DH Aldridge 2-3, BB, HR , RBI , K, RS -- .300 CF Falu 0-2, BB, SF, RBI -- .253 RF Parraz 0-3, BB, 3 K, OF assist at home, E -- .292 2B Hulett 0-2, 2 BB, K -- .314 LF Lubanski 0-3, BB, 2 K, SB -- .264 SS Lisson 1-4, 2B , RS -- .249 Meche 3 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, WP, balk -- L, 0-1, 4.91 ERA Rosa 2 IP, 2 R , 6 H, BB, K -- 4.91 ...

Royals manager Trey Hillman informed club officials that he hopes to return in time for tonights series opener against Seattle after missing Mondays game at Tampa Bay because of what he termed an emergency back home.Hillman departed after Sundays game for Texas.

The Express scored three times in the ninth to roll past the Royals 4-2 Saturday night before 14,489 at Rosenblatt Stadium.

That pop that outfielder Jos Guillen felt in his knee turned out to be as serious as the Royals feared.Guillen has a right knee strain and is being placed on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season.

The plan, for now, is for the Royals to stay the course with their combustible bullpen after blowing three straight eighth-inning leads in a weekend sweep by the Tampa Bay Rays.

Royals 5, Memphis 3 CF Maier 2-4, 2B , K, RS -- .387, back in lineup LF Thorman 1-4, 2B , 2 RBI -- .289 DH Hulett 1-2, BB, S, 2B , RBI , RS -- .292 3B Lisson 1-3, SF, RBI , K, CS -- .250 RF Raines 1-3, HR , RBI , RS -- .215 2B Falu 1-3, BB, 2 RS, SB -- .260 SS Hernandez 0-3 -- .280, back in lineup Phillips 6 2/3 IP, ER, 6 H, BB, 6 K -- W, 5-7, 5.77 ...

Zephyrs shortstop Manuel Mayorson turns a double play despite the fast approach of Omaha Royals baserunner Scott Thorman during Sunday's game at Zephyr Field.