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The Royals will not offer arbitration to free-agent catcher Miguel Olivo prior to Tuesday night's deadline.

The off-season marketplace should crystallize somewhat after Tuesday's deadline for clubs to offer arbitration to former players who are now free agents.

In an eerily similar spot as the rotation, KC features a top-of-line hammer that 90% of the teams in baseball would take without hesitation.A And, just like the starting five, the Royals are extremely thin after their stud.A Zach Greinke and Joakim Soria are not all that different.A Unfortunately, both All-Star's are surrounded by a lot of filth ...

April 8 at White Sox. Royals win 2-0. Even with optimism around the team, Greinke didn't sound too pumped coming out of spring training.

The Royals created an additional space on their 40-man roster Monday afternoon by sending right-handed pitcher John Bannister to Class AAA Omaha on an outright assignment after he cleared waivers.Bannister, 25, chose to stay with the organization by agreeing to a minor-league contract.

Catcher Miguel Olivo and pitcher Bruce Chen of the Royals filed for free agency as six-year Major Leaguers on Friday.

It wasnt just Mark Teahen who became an ex-Royal on Friday. The club also bought its way out of 2010 contract options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta.The moves were expected but came at a combined cost of $1.1 million.Olivo, 31, responded immediately by filing for free agency, where he hopes to procure a ...

Royals pitcher Jamey Wright was among 79 Major Leaguers who filed for free agency on Thursday, their first opportunity to do so.

Royals reliever Jamey Wright was one of 79 players who filed Thursday for free agency.

The end of the World Series puts the Royals on the clock in terms of picking up the 2010 options on catcher Miguel Olivo, outfielder Coco Crisp and reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid might have liked it, but the raindrops that kept falling on Lenny DiNardo's head didn't make for very good pitching last Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Oklahoma State University graduate Robert Blesse is an actor and filmmaker in Los Angeles.

Jamey Wright has stood out in an injury-plagued season for the Royals bullpen. Wright, a starter for most of his career, has been manager Trey Hillman's iron-man reliever.

Miguel Olivo homered with one-out in the 12th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.

The Royals won at every level* tonight. I'm confident that doesn't happen often.

Reporting from Kansas City, Mo. - Maybe it was the chill in the air, the 65-degree temperature in Kauffman Stadium lending an October feel to the proceedings, or the fact the Angels hadn't scored in three days, or that Texas won again to apply more heat in the American League West race.

Los Angeles had three hits and one big gift from Kansas City's bullpen. With the Texas Rangers closing fast in the AL West, the Angels will take any win they can get.

Kansas City Royals reliever John Bale has been assisted off the field after injuring his right leg on his first pitch against the Los Angeles Angels.

It took Joakim Soria to halt another meltdown by the Royals' bullpen on Tuesday night.

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Jamey Wright throws to first to chase back Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera in the 9th inning Wednesday afternoon.