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Recap: Royals 8, White Sox 7; Everything Is Possible

The Royals stranded runners. Yordano Ventura gave up homers and hits. The batters sleepwalked through the middle innings. The Royals trailed 7-1 going into the bottom of the ninth. The White Sox sent closer David Robertson to the mound. Paulo Orlando struck out for the first out. And then all hell broke loose. Frenzy Hitting Cheslor […]

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Royals Have Options – and Some Time – Before Turning to Trade Targets

It’s been a tough week in Kansas City. On Monday, we learned Alex Gordon was headed to the disabled list for a few weeks with a broken bone in his wrist. On Wednesday, the Royals lost to the Twins. And yesterday, Mike Moustakas went to the disabled list with a torn ACL stemming from his […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-24-16

A 3-1 day for the affiliates HR Roll Call: Christian Colon (1), Logan Moon (1), Travis Maezes (4) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Travis Maezes 2-2, HR, 2R, BB BP KC Pitcher of the Day – John Lannan 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 14-2 GO-FO, 97p/73k   Omaha […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-23-16

0-3 day for the affiliates with a rainout in Wilmington. HR Roll Call None BP KC Hitter of the Day – Christian Colon 3-6 2b BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Clayton Mortenson 3.1 IP 1 H 0 R 1 BB 4 K 3-2 GO-FO 47p/28k Transactions Benino Pruneda promoted to Omaha from NW Arkansas […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-22-16

It was just a 2-3 day by the affiliates despite four different starting pitchers giving their teams starts with zero earned runs allowed. HR Roll Call Zane Evans (1,2), Ramon Torres (1) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Zane Evans 2-4 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Christian Binford […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-20-16

A good day for the organization with all three affiliates that played winning. HR Roll Call: Brett Eibner (9), Brandon Downes (2) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Brandon Downes 4-5, HR, 2R, 4 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Jake Newberry 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-19-16

A 2-2 day for the affiliates with a big win at Triple-A for the Chasers. HR Roll Call Hunter Dozier 1,2 (12), Brett Eibner (8), Balbino Fuenmayor (1), Cam Gallagher (1) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Hunter Dozier 3-5 2 HR, 3R, 3 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Nolan Watson […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-14-16

Only a Naturals victory kept the Royals’ affiliates from a winless Saturday. HR Roll Call – Frank Schwindel (6) BP Kansas City Hitter of the Day – Elier Hernandez: 3-4, 2B, R, 2 BB BP Kansas City Pitcher of the Day – Jake Junis: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K Omaha […]