Lenny DiNardo News

The Royals continued to tweak their 40-man roster Tuesday by sending pitchers Lenny DiNardo and Yasuhiko Yabuta to Class AAA Omaha on outright assignments after they cleared waivers.Each player has the option of refusing the assignment and becoming a free agent.

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

Young hit his first career grand slam and drove in five runs Friday to propel Minnesota to a 10-7 victory over Kansas City that shaved a game off Detroit's lead in the American League Central.

RHP Jeff Manship vs. LHP Lenny DiNardo Saturday, 3:10 p.m. Ch. 9, 1500-AM RHP Nick Blackburn vs.

Posted on October 3rd, 2009 10:57 PM By Howard I can't tell you what was better - watching the Twins bounce back to beat the Royals in the afternoon or watching at Joe Senser's in Bloomington as the Mighty Whiteys took care of Detroit and turned the AL Central into a tie.

The Twins are 10-1 in their past 11 games, and Scott Baker takes the mound tonight against the Royals, opposite lefthander Lenny DiNardo.

7 Walks issued by Royals starter Robinson Tejeda. ON DECK Scott Baker is 6-3 with a 2.95 career ERA against the Royals.

What happened to those Royals who, just a few days ago, were rampaging through the season's closing weeks? Suddenly, these guys are in midseason form.

For the early part of Saturday evening, it looked like all the Twins might need to do was score some runs off Royals starter Lenny DiNardo and their deficit in the American League Central would shrink to one game.

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.

Nick Swartz, the Royals head trainer for the last 19 years, will retire at the end of the season.

Sitting in front of his locker a day before he pitches, sure, Lenny DiNardo can talk about how Saturday's start is for the Royals but also 29 other teams that might be interested in him for 2010.That thinking has to stop by the time he stands on top of the pitching mound, though.'I know it is in the back of my head,' DiNardo said.

The Royals have been one of the hottest teams in the American League in recent weeks, but it comes as no surprise to Twins manager Ron Gardenhire.

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - As a backdrop to one of the worst losses of the season, the Red Sox [ team stats ] also had to deal with some of the most miserable weather of the year in last night's dispiriting 12-9 setback to the Kansas City Royals.

Whenever the Royals do something incredible, way too often for way too long, its been a cover-your-eyes moment.

Zack Greinke's succinct assessment Sunday following a bullpen workout that served as the final test to gauge his recovery from being hit Thursday by a line drive in his right arm: 'Good. I'm going .' That leaves the Royals with just one major hole in their rotation as they open their final homestand Monday with the first of four games against ...

The way Lenny DiNardo sees it, there are far worse career situations to be in than his.

VS. TORONTO Monday, 7:05 RH Justin Verlander vs. LH David Purcey FSD VS.

Royals 7, Tigers 4: The Tigers went into Kansas City and got swept by three spot starters, one of them being Bruce Chen.

A couple of good outings are all it takes for a Royals reliever to move to the head of the line as the primary setup man for closer Joakim Soria.Thats where Roman Colon now finds himself after protecting eighth-inning leads as a bridge to Soria in victories Monday over the Angels and Tuesday over the Tigers.With what weve been through with our ...