Kansas City Royals News

Baseball's trade market sprang to life with a pair of swaps two days after the World Series.

The Kansas City Royals have declined the 2010 options on outfielder Coco Crisp, catcher Miguel Olivo and pitcher Yasuhiko Yabuta.

With the World Series now in the books, it's time for the Royals to make decisions on several players who have options for 2010.

It didn't take long for the Royals to surface in baseball's off-season trade rumors.

Matt Hoffman has done everything he can for his son. The boy has a Zack Greinke jersey, Royals batting gloves, and even a little brother named Gordon.

Shortstop-turned-pitcher Tony Pena is a free agent, but the Royals are interested in bringing him back if he's willing to stay on the mound.

Top 20 Kansas City Royals Prospects for 2010. All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change.

On May 7, the Kansas City Royals were 18-11. Zach Grienke was in the beginning stages of a Cy Young winning season and the Royals were in first place.

Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals were named the top pitchers by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

The University of Kansas baseball team will play a tough schedule in 2010 that includes 30 contests against teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season.

KCTV5 reports that Kansas Citya s Zack Greinke has been named American League Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News.

The Royals announced Thursday they had hired long-time Indians and Reds staffer Nick Kenney to be the club's head athletic trainer.

Zack Greinke and Chris Carpenter have been named the American League and National League Bullet Rogan Award winners by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 08:13PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-SURPRISE, AZ Mike Moustakas drove in eight runs and has posted a .353 average over his past five games for the Surprise Rafters, who have begun the 2009 Arizona Fall League season with a 4-3 record.

Royals ace Zack Greinke received a present Wednesday on his 26th birthday from The Sporting News when he was honored by the online magazine as the American League Pitcher of the Year.

Nobody could blame former Wolfson High star Billy Butler if he secretly desired to suit up for the New York Yankees or another big-market, contending ballclub.

Leading scorer John Bale hit a hat-trick as 100 per cent leaders De Veys raced to a 7-0 away victory against Golden Hill Reserves and moved three points clear at the top.

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Today, we begin a series of columns in whichA I will examine the Royals versus their Central Division comrades on a position by position basis in an attempt to determine just how close this team is from truly contending in the division.A A A We will start with the catchers and examine the offensive production each team enjoyed in 2009:A A ...

The Kansas City Royals announced Friday that utility player Willie Bloomquist and right-hander Roman Colon had successful surgeries.