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Ready For The Next Step: Yordano Ventura

Back-to-back double digit strikeout games catch my attention, so when Yordano Ventura finished up his outing on Monday night against the Arkansas Travelers with ten strikeouts in six innings (after dispatching…Read More

Yordano Ventura: Starting Small

The main concern I have heard for Yordano Ventura’s long-term starting potential is size.  Last year he was listed somewhere around 140 pounds everywhere.  Lately that is not the case, and we will…Read More

Battle for the Bump 2.0 – Three minus one equals four?

You’d think the battle for the fifth rotation spot just got a little more clear, but no, not just yet. As we all know, Luke Hochevar, banished to the bullpen, is out of a three-horse race that should…Read More

Royals Release Guillermo Moscoso

Nearly a week ago, Guillermo Moscoso entered a spring training game against the Seattle Mariners and proceeded to give up two one-out hits and walked one, then surrendered a grand slam to Stefen Romero.…Read More

Yordano Ventura Keeps Impressing

Spring training numbers are generally meaningless. Obviously you’d rather someone hit well or pitch well, but many veterans are working on specific things or just getting back in gear, so they aren’t…Read More

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The Second Wave Approaches

Back in 2010, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals won 86 games and the Texas League Championship. By the…Read More

More Prospect Recognition As Royals Trio Makes MLB.com’s Top 100

Spring training can’t get here quickly enough, but in the meantime, there’s a flurry of prospect…Read More

Three Royals Make FanSided’s Top 100 Prospects Rankings

It’s that time of year when every publication starts to crank out their annual prospect lists and…Read More

A Look Back at the Royals Top 31 Prospects: #10 Yordano Ventura

Baseball America ranked the rail thin Yordano Ventura as the Kansas City Royals number 10 prospect heading…Read More

Stuck in August

Late August is the hardest time to be a Royals fan. They’re out of any type of race other than a race…Read More

Dreaming About Pitching

Let’s face it, any Royals team in the next block of however many years it takes to build a contender…Read More

Royals July 30th Minors Recap

Down 6-0 after four innings, Omaha came back to defeat OKC, 7-6. A fielding error by the OKC pitcher…Read More

Royals Senior Pitching Advisor Bill Fischer Talks to the Kansas City Baseball Vault

Download the full mp3 here or listen in the embedded player above. In the latest episode of the Kansas…Read More

Royals July 20th Minors Recap

Omaha scored four runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back, as they beat Round Rock,…Read More

Royals July 15th Minors Recap

Iowa scored nine runs over the third and fourth innings to beat Omaha, 9-1. Nate Adcock took the loss,…Read More

The Royalman Report All-Star Sunday Live From the Flying Saucer

In our second show of All-Star Weekend, we find the Royalmen in the epicenter of All-Star Festivities…Read More

Offensive Fireworks Highlight the 2012 Futures Game at Kauffman Stadium

The All-Star Futures Game featured runs in bunches, some sloppy play and some highlight reel plays. Within…Read More

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Greatness

In today’s know-everything-first, savior-in-the-making, prospect pleasure land, people tend to over-hype…Read More

Royals July 5th Minors Recap

Omaha won the pitcher’s duel over Iowa, 3-0. Ryan Verdugo picked up the win with six shutout innings.…Read More

Royals June 30th Minors Recap

Omaha beat Albuquerque, 8-7. After the Isotopes scored four runs in the top of the 4th inning to tie…Read More