Pitching Perspectives (3/24-3/30)
The Royals finished the week with a 3-2-1 record. Zack Greinke pitched Tuesday against Oakland and Sunday against Seattle. His start against the Athletics was a solid outing. In 5.0 IP he allowed 4...
Hochevar Optioned to AAA
Are you freaking kidding me? The Royals have elected to keep Sidney Ponson, Brian Bannister and Horacio Ramirez over Luke Hochevar who has today been optioned to AAA. Are you freaking kidding me? Hochevar...
Royals Reassign SS
Yes, the Royals reassigned a SS to minor league camp yesterday. The bad news is that it was the wrong SS. It was Luis Hernandez and not Tony Pena Jr. who was reassigned. That is not to say that Hernandez...
Royals Beat the Dodgers 4-1
It took him over a month, but Gil Meche finally had a good spring training start. Pitching against the Dodgers today, Meche threw 7.0 innings allowing only 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6. Even...
Some Thursday Thoughts
Royals reassigned non-roster invitees LHP-Lenny DiNardo, RHP-Victor Marte, RHP-Anthony Larew and C-Matt Tupman to their minor league camp. None of these moves are a surprise. The three pitchers combined...
Meche Named Opening Day Starter
From Dick Kaegel’s article on MLB.com: Manager Trey Hillman confirmed that Meche will start on...
Pitching Perspectives (3/17-3/23)
The Royals finished the week with a 3-2-1 record. If there is a trend for the Royals thus far in spring...
Royals Trim Four from Camp
Today the Royals reassigned RHP-Yasuhiko Yabuta, OF- Chris Lubanski, C-J.R. House, and RHP-Oscar Villarreal...
Goodbye Gobble
Today the Royals announced that they have released LHP Jimmy Gobble. In 423.7 career innings pitched...
3 Sent Down, 3 at 2B, Suzuki?, Ponson?
Henry Barrera and Julio Pimentel were optioned to AA Northwest Arkansas, while Matt Wright was assigned...
Pitching Perspectives (3/10-3/16)
The Royals finished their third week with a 5-2 record including going 1-1 in their split squad games on Friday. Zack Greinke pitched Friday against the Brewers. In 3.0 innings of work he allowed 8 hits,...
Royals Seasons – 1B
Welcome to the 3rd installment of Royals Seasons! Over 40 seasons, 17 different players have held the title of starting 1B for the Royals. The longest tenured starter at the position was John Mayberry...

