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Royals Sign Eight More Draft Picks

The Royals are filling up their minor league system by adding to their draft class. Today, they confirmed the signing of eight more players, including third rounder Carter Hope out of Texas and fourth…Read More

Royals Sign More Draftees to Join Hunter Dozier

A day after announcing the signing of their first round pick, Hunter Dozier, the Royals announced signings of 17 others, including four of their first eleven picks from the first ten rounds. The big signing…Read More

Kansas City Royals Announce Signing of First Round Pick Hunter Dozier

When the Royals took Hunter Dozier eighth overall, it suggested that they had a deal in place. Just days after selecting him, now they officially have one. Dozier signed for a $2.2 million bonus to become…Read More

Full List of 2013 Kansas City Royals Draftees

The Royals just concluded their final selection of the 2013 draft. We covered their first selection, Hunter Dozier, on Thursday night, and followed up with a look at Day 1′s other selections, Sean…Read More

MLB Draft 2013: Royals Second Day Picks Include Lots of College Players

After selecting Hunter Dozier, Sean Manaea, and Cody Reed in the first day of the MLB Draft (all college players), the Royals continued that trend, adding six more college players and two high schoolers…Read More

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Round 1, Pick 8: Hunter Dozier

Dayton Moore and the Royals have made their first pick of the 2013 draft and it definitely qualifies…Read More

Draft Stock And Who To Keep A Watchful Eye On

The Royals have had a busy offseason, and will continue to have a busy spring  leading up to the MLB…Read More

The Royals and the Rule 5 Draft

It was been a relatively quiet Winter Meetings this year, especially for the Kansas City Royals. There…Read More

Name to Know: Sam Selman

The Royals selected left-handed pitcher Sam Selman out of Vanderbilt, in the second round of the 2012…Read More

Moving Forward

This is my first post in nearly two months.  A lot of things have come up in the past two months that…Read More

Choosing All-Stars

I like selecting All-Stars. Actually, baseball is the only sport that I actually deem worthy enough for…Read More

A Name to Remember: Kyle Zimmer

The Kansas City Royals have selected right-handed pitcher Kyle Zimmer out of the University of San Francisco. …Read More

Enough is Enough

Today, I realized I can no longer do this.  I can’t be hopelessly optimistic about someone who…Read More

Revisiting the Last 5 First Round Picks

  There isn’t much else we can say about our beloved Royals.  They lost 12 straight games…Read More

Scouting Report: Northwest Arkansas Naturals

You need information on the next wave of young Royals talent.  You need details about Wil Myers, Chris…Read More

Where Does Wil Myers Fit in the Royals Plans?

The 2011 season saw the beginning of a changing of the guard in Kansas City.  Several of the young players…Read More

Searching for Answers

As we are nearing opening day, a few things should start to clear up.  There are some pieces to the…Read More

Alex Gordon: The Chronicle

I had several topics I was considering posting about today, but this is one that I have wanted to do…Read More

Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Royals Prospect Greg Billo?

Unless you’re a Yankee fan, I know you love an underdog.  The World Champion ’69 Mets, the US Olympic…Read More

Finally, Our Time!

My first few posts  for Kings of Kauffman have dealt with some player analysis and a few simple projections…Read More