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Jeremy Guthrie Deals, Inspires Fact-Finding

When last we saw Jeremy Guthrie, he was shutting down the White Sox for eight innings, holding them scoreless, striking out six and walking none. Tonight, he kept it rolling, throwing seven shutout innings…Read More

Thus Ends the Yuniesky Betancourt Era

Earlier today, the Royals requested unconditional release waivers on Yuniesky Betancourt after they’d designated him for assignment on August 5. Betancourt was signed in the offseason to be a sort…Read More

Royals August 13th Minors Recap

Omaha completed their four-game sweep at Tuscon on Monday, 5-2. Their magic number to clinch the division is now just five. One day after picking up 33 hits, the Storm Chasers collected 11 more. Wil Myers,…Read More

Royals Rookie Ball Weekly Recap

Burlington still leads the East Division of the Appalachian League with a 32-17 record. The Royals went 5-4 this past week (they had two makeup doubleheaders). They have off today before beginning a three-game…Read More

Royalman Report 8/12 – Tape Delayed from 1977 and Converting Relievers

The Royals just had a decent road trip but still came away with a loss on Sunday, so the Royalman Report tried to hearken back to better days, then tried to come up with how to bring those good days…Read More

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Royals August 12th Minors Recap

Omaha blew out one of the worst teams in the Pacific Coast League (Tuscon), 20-3.  The Storm Chasers…Read More

Finding Royals Fame

I think one of the things you have to do as a fan when your team stinks is look at the glory days and…Read More

Royalman Report – Talking Pitching Development, Home Runs and Perhaps Nonsense

We’re back on at our normal time of 7 p.m. CST tonight and talking about the state of the Royals…Read More

Chasing Balboni: Billy Butler

I love writing about Billy Butler. In the last couple of years, Butler’s gotten a bad  rap. He’s…Read More

Royals August 10th Minors Recap

Omaha held on to beat Tuscon, 4-3. After Tuscon tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning,…Read More

Kansas City Baseball Vault Episode 14: Freddie Patek, Johnny Giavotella and David Lough

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. Freddie Patek was a fixture in the…Read More

Royals August 9th Minors Recap

Omaha enjoyed their day off (I think they had a golf outing) and begin a seven-game road trip to Tuscon…Read More

Blue Rocks vs Dash Live Blog

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a Wilmington Blue Rocks game, and there have been quite a few…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

Freddie Patek, Johnny Giavotella and David Lough – Tonight’s Kansas City Baseball Vault Guests – 6pm CST

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

Royals August 8th Minors Recap

With the game tied at 2-2, Colorado Springs scored two runs in the top of the 9th inning en route to…Read More

Sneak Peek: Free Agent Pitchers the Royals Should Consider This Offseason

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you know the Royals have one glaring…Read More

Kelvin Herrera’s Nasty Changeup

In Tuesday’s win over the White Sox, Kelvin Herrera came in to finish the seventh inning and stayed…Read More

Kings of Kauffman Talks with John Ackeren of FanSided Radio

One of the more recent developments on the FanSided Network was the launch FanSided Radio, another level…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