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Royals All-Trade Deadline Team: The Departed

The MLB Trade Deadline is all the rage these days and big names have already been on the move. The Royals have found themselves in the middle of some deals over the years at the deadline, though usually…Read More

Royals Bump Matt Treanor to Texas, Set up Sal Perez for Spike in Value

With Jason Kendall still recovering from shoulder surgery at the end of spring training this year, the Royals snagged catcher Matt Treanor from the Rangers for cash. Wednesday afternoon, they gave him…Read More

Salvador

I’m not fluent in Spanish. Far from it, in fact. However, I couldn’t help but look up what “salvador” means in Spanish. What is it? Savior. Right now, that’s fitting. A bit…Read More

Manuel Pina Optioned Upon Brayan Pena’s Return

The Royals are committing to Salvador Perez for the rest of the year, it seems. If you saw his debut on Wednesday, it’s clear why. Perez got his first major league hit, RBI, run and picked off two…Read More

Fast Track: Salvador Perez to Join Kansas City

Apparently two weeks in Triple A was enough for Salvador Perez to assume his place as Kansas City’s catcher of the future. On July 27, Perez was promoted from Northwest Arkansas to Omaha.  Now,…Read More

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Stepping Out Of the Box and Tightening Your Batting Gloves

I may have mentioned this before, but I didn’t exactly have an extensive baseball career. Basically,…Read More

Players You Hate and Players Who Surprise You

I try and follow Joe Posnanski’s blog as religiously as possible because, well…the man is…Read More

Jason Kendall is (Probably) Done

Last summer, Jason Kendall won praise from the clubhouse for being a tough guy and playing with torn…Read More

A Catching Dilemma

The catching situation of the Royals has been a major source of debate in the past couple years. With…Read More

JK

So it may be a little bit early to discuss this, but the play that Treanor made on Austin Jackson at…Read More

The Walks Heard ‘Round the World

Tonight was a very exciting night for Royals fans. Mark May6th 2011 down in your calendar as the date…Read More

Catching Decisions

One of the murky questions in baseball, despite the cadre of researchers and baseball minds out there,…Read More

Matt Treanor Plays Hero. Again.

I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t think the Matt Treanor trade was either that significant…Read More

Aaron Crow Gets First Career Win

Aaron Crow put up another scoreless outing, including a clutch strikeout of Torii Hunter with the bases…Read More