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Wil the Royals trade Myers away for starting pitching?
The Royals need another front of the rotation starter, even after acquiring Ervin Santana and Jeremy Guthrie. With a $70MM “soft” salary cap (which many argue is too low), the Royals say they’re...
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The Winter Meetings were pretty quiet for the Royals
Each year, officials from the 30 Major League teams come together for the Winter Meetings to make deals via trades or free agent signings. Of course trades and free agent signings happen all year, but...
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What’s On Second?
Spring Training starts in about a month. Barring injury or a terrible performance, the Kansas City Royals lineup is pretty much set, except for second base. Like last year, Chris Getz and Johnny...
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The Royals “Come To Play,” but will they have “game” this season?
In a few days, the Royals begin their 2013 season in Surprise, Arizona. The pitchers and catchers report early next week and the position players a few days later. While there was optimism last year,...
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The Royals And Latin America
As we all know, Kansas City has carried a dismal baseball franchise since 1985. But as spring training rolls around, we have to again acknowledge how well the Royals have done in the Latin American...
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Is Donnie Joseph for real, or a spring mirage?
You can’t take too much stock in Spring Training performances. For instance, there’s left-handed reliever Donnie Joseph. In two one-inning relief appearances, Joseph faced and struck out six batters,...
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The Royals Send Luke Hochevar To The Bullpen
It’s been a bumpy and inconsistent ride for Luke Hochevar, the former 2006 No. 1 overall draft pick. Except for a few bullpen outings early in his career, Hochevar was a starter for the Royals since...
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Greg Holland and Wade Davis struggle early this season
What a difference a week makes. After starting 0-2, the Royals won their third game against the Chicago White Sox. Next, they took two of three from the Phillies and swept the Twins in three games....
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Home Runs Plague Kansas City Royals During Early Success
Fourteen games in, the Royals are 8-6 and only a half a game out of first in the A.L. Central. Overall, the team is playing well, but so far they’ve given up 18 home runs, which is fourth in the A.L....
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Royals/Angels: Three To Walk With
The Royals took two out of three against the Angels and now stand at 20-17, a game and a half back of the division leading Detroit Tigers. In the midst of a nine game road trip, the Royals will now...
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No Shields Support
James Shields can’t buy a win. A look at his last few starts highlights the problems that are plaguing the Royals. Over his last 4 starts, Shields’ ERA is sitting at 2.48. During this time, Shields...
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Birds Eye View Preview: The Battle for I-70, Part 1
Once again, the battle for I-70 is about to get underway. However, this season, it’s going Hatfield’s and McCoy’s style, as the week will be literally a trek up and down the highway for one of the few...
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Early returns on the Shields trade
This off-season, the Royals wanted to shake things up and they were willing to ship off their top prospect to do so. Desperate for proven Major League pitching, Kansas City swung a deal for two...
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Is George Brett making the Royals a better team?
A couple of weeks ago, the Royals were in their worst funk of the season. After losing seven games in a row by May 29 and with a 21-29 record, the Royals made a change and reassigned hitting coaches...
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Santana settling in with Royals
This year has been tough on Royals starting pitchers and Tuesday night was a prime example. Ervin Santana pitched a seven inning gem, but after an eighth inning bullpen meltdown, Kansas City lost 4-3...
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I-70 Conversations: The Night Shift Host Nolan Woodford
Nolan Woodford, the host of ‘The Night Shift’ on 610 Sports Radio took a few minutes out of his schedule to talk with me. We discussed The Royals, focusing on the Shields/Myers trade with the benefit...
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Kansas City Royals: Rating The First Half
The All Star break is almost upon us. We have already played through half of the 2013 season. This provides us with a great opportunity to evaluate the performance of the Royals thus far and see how...
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Should there be a third Royals All-Star?
For the first time in a decade, the Royals have more than one player named to the All-Star team. Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez are the first duo to earn the honors since Mike MacDougal and Mike...
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Bill Ivie Talks Cardinals and Royals With MissouriNet
Bill Polluck of MissouriNet Mornings recently invited i70baseball’s Bill Ivie to talk Missouri baseball. The discussion centered around the upcoming All Star Game, a first half look at the two teams,...
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Second half story lines for the Royals
The Royals needed the All-Star break to refresh and regroup after losing five straight games. Kansas City now has a record of 43-49 and sits eight games behind the first place Tigers. The second half...
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