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Alcides Escobar: One of Baseball’s Best Bargains

When the Royals acquired Alcides Escobar in the Zack Greinke trade, the organization knew they were getting a player who still had some growing to do offensively, but would bring a solid glove to a premium…Read More

Can Alcides Escobar do it again?

Alcides Escobar took a big step forward in his batting production last season, but no one actually believes he can do it again.  Every projection system on Fangraphs, including fan crowdsourcing, is projecting…Read More

Filling a Need – Royals Organizational Shortstop Depth

On May 31, 2006, Dayton Moore took over as General Manager of the Royals. That day’s starting shortstop was Angel Berroa. On opening day in 2007, it was Tony Pena Jr. Berroa had a solid 2003 season,…Read More

Pesky Esky

Lost in the shuffle of the struggles of potential superstar Eric Hosmer as well as the unexpected emergence of offensive skills that Salvador Perez added to his already-stellar defensive game, was an impressive…Read More

October in a Nutshell

Well, if what Royals fans wanted was October baseball, they got it in 2012. Unfortunately, it wasn’t because of a playoff run, but because the schedule said they had to play in October. None the…Read More

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That’s What Speed Do!

The duo of Jarrod Dyson and Alcides Escobar made club history today as they are the first Royals…Read More

Series Preview Royals at Orioles August 9-12

Kansas City (47-63) took two-of-three on the South Side of Chicago to open their seven game road trip…Read More

On Tonight’s Vault at 6 p.m. CST (ESPN 1510 AM) – Royals Pitching Assistant Bill Fischer

Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff…Read More

Expectations vs Reality – Alcides Escobar

This story is the first in what I hope will be an occasional continuing series comparing the actual performance…Read More

The Monday Rant – Sanchez Struggles, Escobar Doesn’t, and A Staggering Statistic

That, was awful. If there’s one thing that most bloggers and writers should stay away from doing is…Read More

The Monday Rant – Butler Is An All-Star, Gordon Continues To Star, Francoeur Still Struggles

The Royals lost three games over the weekend to the Twins and in all of those losses the glaring deficiencies…Read More

Royals Drop Both Ends of DH, Look For Series Split

In what was supposed to be the finishing flourish to the defining month of the Dayton Moore regime (okay,…Read More

All-Star Credential Check with Alcides Escobar

The Major League Baseball All-Star teams will be announced tomorrow at 1 p.m., and speculation is swirling…Read More

All-Star Credential Check with Mike Moustakas

The Major League Baseball All-Star teams will be announced tomorrow at 1 p.m., and speculation is swirling…Read More

All-Star Credential Check with Billy Butler

The Major League Baseball All-Star teams will be announced tomorrow at 1 p.m., and speculation is swirling…Read More

Baseball, Bikes, Mentoring and Jim Nash on This Week’s Vault

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. Jim Nash finished second in Rookie…Read More

Who Will Be the Royals Best Player in 2013?

I waste an inordinate amount of time staring down the statistical columns of the Baseball Reference web…Read More

Is Ned Yost the Worst Manager in the Major Leagues?

Anytime things don’t go as expected, we all look for a reason.  Why did it happen?  Who is to blame? …Read More

Return of Greinke Day

Tuesday night the Royals return home to the K but that’s overshadowed by the return of Zack Greinke…Read More

Series Preview Athletics at Royals June 1-3

Kansas City (21-28) returns home to the K after a 5-4 road trip through the Bronx, Baltimore and Cleveland…Read More