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 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB and recorded 8 SO.  His start against the Mariners was another disaster.  In 2.0 IP [...]

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 is now 25.  In 2008, he threw 129.0 innings for the Royals with an ERA of 5.21, struck out 72, and had a 1.59 [...]

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 should make the ML roster, because he shouldn’t.
Luis Hernandez (24) signed as a minor league [...]

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 more encouraging is the fact that he was facing LA’s projected opening day lineup.  And yes, Manny was [...]

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 to pitch 8.2 innning, while Tupman played in only 5 games and got 3 at bats.
Sir Sidney Ponson started for the Royals today and had the [...]

From Dick Kaegel’s article on MLB.com:
Manager Trey Hillman confirmed that Meche will start on April 6, Opening Day at Chicago. Greinke will go in the second game against the White Sox on April 8.
They way they have it now, Meche will pitch April 6th on the road, and then Saturday April 11th at home against [...]

The Royals finished the week with a 3-2-1 record. If there is a trend for the Royals thus far in spring training, it is that they like tie ball games.
Zack Greinke pitched Wednesday against the Mariners and again got lit up like a Christmas tree.  In 5.0 innings he gave up 11 hits, 6 runs, [...]

Today the Royals reassigned RHP-Yasuhiko Yabuta, OF- Chris Lubanski, C-J.R. House, and RHP-Oscar Villarreal to minor league camp.
Yasuhiko Yabuta (6/9/73)
I will sleep a little better tonight knowing that Yabuta will not break camp with the major league team.  In 6.33 IP this spring, Yabuta has an 8.53 ERA and a 2.69 WHIP.  He is on [...]

Today the Royals announced that they have released LHP Jimmy Gobble. 
In 423.7 career innings pitched Gobble had an ERA of 5.23, a 22-23 record, and a WHIP of 1.487.  Only once in his 6 year career did he post an ERA+ of significantly over 100 which is major league average.  That one year was 2007 when [...]

Henry Barrera and Julio Pimentel were optioned to AA Northwest Arkansas, while Matt Wright was assigned to minor league camp.  Pimentel was a no brainer since he is out at least 6 weeks, and if he needs surgery will likely be done for the season.  Henry Barrera, the Royals #13 prospect according to Baseball America, pitched [...]

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, 5 runs, 1 walk and 2 home runs while striking out 2. Two out of his last three starts have been [...]

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 1972-1977.  Four players are tied for second in terms of tenure with 4 seasons each.  Those players are; Willie Aikens, George Brett, [...]

If the season started today my KC rotation would be Greinke, Meche, Davies, Hochevar, and Horacio Ramirez. Over the last few weeks I have made my lack of faith in Horacio Ramirez pretty obvious which got me to thinking, what other options do the Royals have?
The answer I came up with is Pedro Martinez.
I know [...]

After going 0-2 today, Derrick Robinson is hitting .357 for the Royals this spring.
Unless you are really up on your Royals prospects, the first question you probably asked yourself after reading the above is; who?
Derrick Robinson is a 21 year old CF prospect that spent 2008 playing for the Royals Hi-A affiliate in [...]

Royals Pitching Perspectives (3/3-3/9)
 
The Royals finished their second week with a 2-3-1 record.  In week 2, the Royals offense scored 32 runs in the 6 games they played, which is over a full run a game less than the previous week. 
 
Zack Greinke pitched Tuesday against the Indians and had a rough outing.  In 3.0 [...]