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On Thursday Night’s Kansas City Baseball Vault: Buddy Biancalana – 6 p.m. CST – ESPN 1510 AM

Tonight we continue an exciting new venture for Kings of Kauffman and its podcast, the Royalman Report. Jeff Logan of the Kansas City Baseball Historical Society joins forces with us to form the Kansas…Read More

Royals Finish Draft By Stocking Up on Pitching

Dayton Moore calls pitching the currency of baseball and the team stood behind that by selecting 24 (out of 40 picks) of them over three days of the MLB amateur draft. At the top of the list is Kyle Zimmer,…Read More

Royals Draft Recap: Day 2

The Royals followed up their first round selection of Kyle Zimmer on Monday by adding a mix of players in day two of the amateur draft. Of their 14 picks on Tuesday, eight come out of high school and half…Read More

Royals Select Kyle Zimmer With Fifth Overall Pick

Going in, this draft was a bit weird. There was no consensus number one pick, but most figured Stanford pitcher Mark Appel to be the first overall pick by Houston. Right away, they threw a wrench into…Read More