Billy Ray Butler (Country Breakfast) (twitter: @BillyButlerKC)

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: April 18, 1986 in Orange Park, FL
High School: Wolfson HS (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2007 (Age 21)   vs. LAA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Royals 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$30M (11-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.102, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Greg Genske, previously: Doug Rogalsky [*]
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• 5/23 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Wasting Alex Gordon’s Hot Streak: On May 9th, the Royals moved Alex Gordon from leadoff to third in the batting order. Manager Ned Yost said that it was important...
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• 5/22 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Royals Escape With Win, Chiefs OTAs Continue, Xbox One: ABOUT LAST NIGHT… Kansas City may have saved their season last night with a come-from-behind win against the terrible Houston...
• 5/21 Kings of Kauffman: Offense At a Glance – Part 1: School let out on Friday and I’m amped to get home and get back to the K. I’m planning on seeing 5-7 games before...
• 5/21 Billy-Ball.com: Four+ RBI Gamers: There have been 109 times this season when a player has had a 4+ RBI Game Players with multiple 4+ RBI Games in 2013 Rk Player...
• 5/20 KC Kingdom: AL Central Update – 5/20/13: Cleveland Indians On Fire And In First: The AL Central has spread itself out just a bit in the past week, due mainly to the Cleveland Indians being red hot and a couple...
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• 5/19 Kings of Kauffman: Frustration and Royals Baseball: Every now and then I think about my fandom. This isn’t a crisis of confidence, but more of my assessment of where things...
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• 5/16 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 15, 2013): Shin-Soo Choo: Yesterday’s MVP? Shin-Soo Choo of the Reds, who went 4-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBIs in Cincinnati’s win against the Marlins...
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• 5/15 i70baseball.com: The Evolving Kansas City Royals: The Offense: For several years now the Royals have had one of the better farm systems in Major League Baseball. Most teams should be so lucky....
• 5/15 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 14, 2013): Carlos Gonzalez: Carlos Gonzalez had five plate appearances yesterday. He got a hit in all of them, and two of them were homers. This allows him...
• 5/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Angel Home Runs End Jeremy Guthrie’s Streak: Jeremy Guthrie‘s franchise record setting streak of consecutive start without a loss came to a thudding halt at 18 on Tuesday...
• 5/15 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Power on Display as Angels Down Royals 6-2: WE WIN! WE WIN! WE WIN! It’s only been two games since the last one, but it feels like an eternity with how brutal this...
• 5/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Justin Masterson, Billy Butler, Justin Upton: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
• 5/14 BaseballGuys.com: Draft Day Challenge, May 14:   BaseballGuys.com has partnered with DraftDay.com to give all my wonderful followers the chance to play the game on a daily...
• 5/14 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 13, 2013): Aaron Hicks: Aaron Hicks of the Minnesota Twins had the game of his young career, hitting two home runs and robbing another. MVP Standings,...
• 5/14 Billy-Ball.com: The Butler did it – five times: Billy Butler broke his slump with five hits and five RBI, as the Kansas City Royals beat up the Angels, 11-4. Coming into the...
• 5/14 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Billy Butler Has 5 Hits, 5 RBI In Win Over Angels: Just when fans are ready to give in to the conditioned fear of failure by the Kansas City Royals (19-16) after 27 years of futility,...
• 5/14 i70baseball.com: Royals Weekly Rundown: After a strong start to 2013, the Kansas City Royals ended last week losing a three in a row to the injury plagued New York Yankees....
• 5/14 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler Leads Royals Hit Parade. Meanwhile, Danny Duffy Tweets: There have been questions all year about the Royals offense. Where is Eric Hosmer‘s power? What does Mike Moustakas have...
• 5/14 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Angels Get Blanton’d, Lose 11-4: So, yeah. Joe Blanton is at least supposed to be a serviceable starting pitcher. Up to this point, he has been flat out atrocious....
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• 5/9 BaseballGuys.com: Draft Day Challenge, May 7: Daily baseball is all the rage in the fantasy sports world, so I will be covering the game a couple of times a week here at BaseballGuys.com....
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• 5/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Is There A Catching Controversy Brewing In Atlanta?: When Brian McCann went on the DL to start the 2013 season, the Atlanta Braves had question marks as to who they would put behind...
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• 5/7 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Another case for replay: Flashing back for just a second to Sunday’s 8-4 win at Anaheim, the Baltimore Orioles were victim to a blown call at second...
• 5/6 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 5, 2013): Yu Darvish: Justin Verlander may have had a no-hitter through seven, but Yu Darvish struck out 14 and gave up only 4 hits (although two of...
• 5/6 Southside Showdown: Let’s Avoid the Sweep and Get the Heck Outta KC – Lineups 5/6: Opening Day starters with a little less optimism. Just over a month ago the Royals came to Chicago to get their season started,...
• 5/6 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Another Comeback; Billy Butler & Alex Gordon Have Key Hits: The Kansas City Royals (17-10) took down the Chicago White Sox (12-17) Sunday afternoon, 6-5, in Kauffman Stadium in 10 innings....
• 5/6 Baseballhotcorner.com: Chicago White Sox Sunk by Bullpen Hiccup and Robin Ventura’s Gaffe: An intentional walk to Chris Getz. It doesn’t get much worse than that. (More on this later.) The Chicago White Sox and the...
• 5/6 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 35 Observations: Hitters: Blue Jays 10, Mariners 2 Melky Cabrera: It took 137 plate appearances, but Melky Cabrera finally hit his first...
• 5/5 Southside Showdown: White Sox Continue To Hate Their Fans – Blown Save, Loss In Extras: Almost every game this year the question for the White Sox is whether they’ll be able to score enough (read: any) runs. With...
• 5/5 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: (Over)due for a correction: The Phillies have been disappointing fans since last season. This year, the optimistic ones felt that with a full year of both...
• 5/5 mlbreports.com : Early Season Power Outage For The Royals Corner Infielders: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, May.05/2013 By Michael McGraw ( Royals Correspondent) The good news . . . As of May.04 , the...
• 5/5 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 4, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera is good at baseball. We all know this, but when he gets 2 HRs and 6 RBIs like he did yesterday in the 17-2 Tigers...
• 5/5 Southside Showdown: Maybe a struggling Wade Davis can cure what ails the White Sox – Lineups 5/5: The Royals plan to turn unsuccessful-starter-turned-effective-reliever Wade Davis back into a starter has looked a little shaky...
• 5/5 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Jeremy Guthrie Hurls A Gem; Lorenzo Cain Drives In 2: The Kansas City Royals (16-10) finally got to play a full game on Saturday. It was only the Royals 26th game in the first 34 days...
• 5/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: A New Day, A New Hero: It seems like with each win, the Cleveland Indians have a new hero to celebrate. Saturday’s win went to Scott Kazmir. He won...
• 5/5 Kings of Kauffman: Jeremy Guthrie Continues Dominance Over White Sox: Before the Fox Sports Kansas City coverage of Saturday night’s game, I tweeted that I figured since they were talking so...
• 5/4 Southside Showdown: Can Axelrod Keep On Keepin’ On? – Lineups 5/4: Dylan Axelrod has not given up the same amount of earned runs in any of his 5 starts this year, yet all but one were very similar....
• 5/4 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 3, 2013): Drew Stubbs: Drew Stubbs went 4-5 and had the game-winning RBI with his extra-innings double to give the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Twins....
• 5/4 Crashburn Alley: Michael Young’s Historic GIDP Pace: Michael Young grounded into two more double plays last night against the Marlins, bringing his Major League-leading total to nine....
• 5/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Clubhouse Hijinks, Contention Questions, and More: The 15-10 start enjoyed by the Royals has the club in high spirits and over the past week, they’ve garnered attention for...
• 5/3 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 2, 2013): Denard Span: Going 3-4 with 2 RBIs and a walk, Denard Span is the MVP of Yesterday. According to Fangraphs, Span had the best WAR (Wins Above...
• 5/2 Ballr: Jose Valverde: The Clown Is Back: If (really, when) Jose Valverde gets roughed up and most likely replaced as Tigers closer by rookie Bruce Rondon, I will fill...
• 5/2 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 1, 2013): Jordan Zimmermann: Mike Napoli had a great day at the plate, going 3-4 with 2 HRs, but that came in a blowout win. Jordan Zimmermann, however, went...
• 5/2 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Luis Mendoza Gets Bombed; Lorenzo Cain Comes Up Big: Well, the Kansas City Royals (15-10) are sure making it difficult to turn off the television and go to bed early when they are...
• 5/2 i70baseball.com: Are Butler and Gordon Nearing Royalty?We might be watching a #Royals team consisting of 2 of the best 5 players to ever don the blue and white for KC...
• 5/2 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 27: Evan Longoria and Luke Scott Have Big Days, But Rays Fall Short: Last year, when the Tampa Bay Rays scored seven or more runs in a game, they finished 34-0. Unfortunately, they will be unable...
• 5/1 Kings of Kauffman: A Look At Royals Home Runs in April: In a press conference after the 2012 season ended, Ned Yost suggested that he wanted to see more power from the Royals in 2013....
• 5/1 Kings of Kauffman: Pitching Deep, Hitting Quick: The new starting rotation is doing exactly what we all hoped for as Royals fans.  They are pitching well, and that leads to longer...
• 5/1 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 30): Tim Hudson: Tim Hudson threw 7 innings of 3-hit ball, giving up one run. But don’t worry, he got that run right back with a home run...

• 4/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays-Royals Series Preview With Kings of Kauffman’s Mike Vamosi: After a relaxing off-day Monday, the Rays are back in action today to begin a quite-anti**** series versus the Kansas City Royals....
• 4/30 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 29, 2013): Brandon Moss: Well, there was a 19-inning thriller between the Athletics and Angels last night, and the A’s finally came out on top when...
• 4/30 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Pounded; Offense Awful: Monday night’s loss against the Cleveland Indians (10-13) is one the Kansas City Royals (13-10) would like to forget. The...
• 4/30 FFLockerRoom: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Trading Etiquette and Strategy: “How about Willingham, Moreland and Eduardo Nunez for Miggy?” Is there anything worse in fantasy than seeing you have a trade...
• 4/30 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Oh Just Ubaldo, Taking Care of Business, No Biggie: I sat here ranting and raving how I'd given up. I was waving the white flag and tapping out. I had seen enough of Ubaldo, I...
• 4/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez Dominates, Raburn Homers in Series Finale; Indians 9, Royals 0: Just when you think you know what to expect from Ubaldo Jimenez, he zigs when everyone expects a zag. After nearly a month of...
• 4/29 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 28, 2013): Giancarlo Stanton: Giancarlo Stanton didn’t do well in the WBC, he wasn’t so hot in Spring Training either, if memory serves. And he...
• 4/29 KC Kingdom: Does The Royals Alex Gordon Have Another 2011 In Him?: After being selected with the second overall pick of the 2005 MLB draft, Alex Gordon proceeded to mash in 2006 at AA ball before...
• 4/29 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Doubleheader Split – Tale of 2 Games: The Kansas City Royals (13-9) played a day/night doubleheader Sunday against the Cleveland Indians (9-13). The teams split and...
• 4/29 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Indians Split Doubleheader with Royals, But KC Gets Klubbbered: Friends, the Kansas City Royals actually have some pitching. Cleveland will leave Kauffman Stadium without having James Shields,...
• 4/29 Kings of Kauffman: Mike Moustakas Makes Slight (But Positive) Progress on Sunday: Mike Moustakas has had a dismal April. The Royals aren’t saying anything about sending him down – at least not publicly...
• 4/28 Down with Goldy: Let's Talk About Hicks, Man: The most exciting about sports is potential.  Actually, the most exciting part is having the chance to see what that potential...
• 4/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Guthrie Keeps Cleveland Bats Quiet—Tribe Loses Game One of Doubleheader; Indians 9, Royals 0: The Indians were defeated 9-0 by the Kansas City Royals in the first game of the first ever day/night doubleheader in Kansas City...
• 4/28 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 27, 2013): Carlos Gomez: Going 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBIs that helped the Brewers to a 6-4 win over the Dodgers, Carlos Gomez is the MVP of Yesterday. Go...
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• 4/26 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Alex Gordon Hits GS; James Shields Outlasts Justin Verlander: The Kansas City Royals (11-8) defeated the Detroit Tigers (10-10) in 1o innings on Thursday. For years, if a Royal starter didn’t...
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• 4/21 Red Sox Maineiacs: Red Sox vs Royals Game 2 Live Chat 4-21-13: The Red Sox Maineiacs are chatting live during game 2 of tonight's doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals!   Red...
• 4/21 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Delight - 4/21 (Game 2): After falling earlier this afternoon, the Boston Red Sox look for the series win tonight in the rubber game of a three-game...
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• 4/20 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 19, 2013): Matt Harvey: The MVP of Yesterday is the Mets’ Matt Harvey, who out-pitched Stephen Strasburg, going 7 innings of 4-hit and one run ball...
• 4/20 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Delight - 4/20: After being postponed last night due to the dramatic events in the greater Boston area, the Boston Red Sox return home...
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• 4/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Kazmir May Need to be Cavalry for Beleaguered Rotation: By Craig Gifford On December 21, the Indians made what was perceived to be a move of little consequence. On that day, the team...
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• 4/18 Obstructed View: The Ghosts of Free Agency Future: In the aftermath of the recently announced deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field, Theo Epstein spoke to the media about...
• 4/17 TheLeadoffWalk: Royals vs. Braves: Day 17 Observations: Royals 1, Braves 0 Alcides Escobar: On the first play of the afternoon for the Royals defense, Escobar committed...
• 4/17 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 16, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: By going 3-5 with a HR and 4 RBIs in a win against the Mariners, Miguel edges out David Wright, Joe Mauer, Robinson Cano and others...
• 4/17 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Chris Getz Hits A Home Run; Atlanta Braves Club 5:  Light hitter second baseman Chris Getz hitting his first major league home since 2009 and his first in a Royals uniform should...
• 4/17 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated first base ranks (1B) fantasy baseball 2013 – sleeper first basemen emerging: A couple things to note before viewing the rankings.  For each position we rank the player based on that position, so for a guy...
• 4/16 TheLeadoffWalk: Royals vs. Braves: Day 16 Observations: Braves 6, Royals 3 Braves Bats: With everyone besides Juan Francisco (two solo home runs) being relatively stifled...
• 4/16 KC Kingdom: The Kansas City Royals Best 25: This season, more than ever, it is important for the Kansas City Royals to have their best 25 players in uniform at the major...
• 4/16 KC Kingdom: Royals vs. Braves Series Preview: The Royals begin a two game series against the Atlanta Braves tonight in Atlanta. Here are some notes to keep in mind before the...
• 4/16 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday: The Real Heroes: Today, I’m not going to write about yesterday’s baseball MVP (although I did pick one- you can see who it was by going...
• 4/15 Rays Colored Glasses: James Shields’ Leadership Role With The Royals Offers Much Promise For The Franchise: While having good team chemistry and keeping things laid back in the clubhouse is part of the infamous “Rays Way” that has...
• 4/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Walk-Off Single By Alex Gordon; Ervin Santana Goes 8: Good pitching and timely hitting generally translates into victories and that is what happened Sunday afternoon at Kaufman Stadium....
• 4/15 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 14, 2013): Hiroki Kuroda: Throwing a complete game 5-hit shutout against the Orioles, Hiroki Kuroda of the Yankees is the MVP of Yesterday. Honorable Mentions:...
• 4/15 Tomahawk Take: Series Preview: Royals @ Braves, KC Views:   As we approach Jackie Robinson day on 4/15 we notice the Braves have a day off on the calendar.  Before you get crazy...
• 4/14 Kings of Kauffman: This Week in Royaltown: This week was marked by ups and downs—the up of winning sweeping the Twins and the down of losing back-to-back games to the...
• 4/14 Baseballhotcorner.com: A DH In the National League: A question that has always been around the game of baseball, should the National League use the designated hitter? The DH first...
• 4/14 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 13, 2013): Adam Wainwright: Perhaps had Matt Harvey gotten a no-hitter, he would have been the MVP. But he didn’t so Adam Wainwright wins it. In his...
• 4/14 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: James Shields Loses 2-Hit Complete Game, Eric Hosmer Hurt?: Thursday’s off day seems to have sapped the Kansas City Royals‘ (6-5) momentum they gathered during their 3-game sweep...
• 4/13 Kings of Kauffman: The Kottaras Case: I was lounging in my basement apartment, pouring a couple fingers of the cheap stuff and thinking about the old days of Dye and...
• 4/13 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 12, 2013): Justin Masterson: The MVP of Yesterday is Justin Masterson of the Indians, who threw a 5-hit shutout with seven strikeouts that allowed the Indians...
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Mr. Suspension: Carlos Carrasco was suspended for the second time for hitting a batter: Carrasco had just finished serving a five-game suspension...
• 4/13 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Luis Mendoza, Defense, Ned Yost Struggle: For the first nine games of the season, Kansas City Manager Ned Yost made few obvious or costly mistakes. This was not the case...
• 4/12 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 11): Bryce Harper: Going 2-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 walks, Bryce Harper helped pace the Washington Nationals to a 7-4 win over the White Sox. Honorable...
• 4/12 Puckett's Pond: AL Central Roundup 4/12/13: After nearly two weeks of games, the Royals sit atop the AL Central at 6-3, while Cleveland has gotten off to the slowest start...
• 4/12 Motor City Bengals: AL Central Roundup: Royals May Be Good, White Sox Not Hitting, And Aaron Hicks Struggles: The AL Central Roundup will be a weekly Friday feature that provides a snippet of the goings on with the other teams in the division....
• 4/12 Jays Journal: Toronto Blue Jays/Kansas City Royals Preview: 4/12/13: At 3-6 and 6-3 respectively, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals come into Friday’s series opener in two completely...
• 4/12 Kings of Kauffman: Around the AL Central With FanSided: As of right now, the Royals hold a one game lead over the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Most may not expect that to last,...
• 4/11 Billy-Ball.com: Brandon Moss joins this season’s 5+ RBI Club: Former Red Sox and current Oakland A’s Brandon Moss tied a career high with five RBI, including his second home run in...
• 4/11 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 10, 2013): Brandon Moss: The MVP of Yesterday is Brandon Moss of the Athletics, who went 3-5 with 2 walks, a triple, a HR and 5 RBIs. The .318 WPA was...
• 4/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Gets 1st Win; Billy Butler, Jeff Franoeur Homer: On a cold, wet, Wednesday night in Kansas City, the leaders in the American League Central stretched their early season divisional...
• 4/11 TheLeadoffWalk: Twins vs. Royals: Day Ten Observations: Royals 3, Twins 0 Billy Butler: It didn’t take long for Butler to continue his run-producing ways. On the second...
• 4/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Kansas City Royals: A Good Week, Or A Good Year?: Who has ascending talent ready to compete and who is relying on fossilizing talent to hold on? These are the basic questions I...
• 4/11 Puckett's Pond: Twins Lose 3-0; Fall to Frozen Earth in K.C.: On Monday, the Minnesota Twins rode their hot streak into **** conditions at Kauffman Stadium for a three-game set against the...
• 4/11 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Twins vs Royals Thoughts: Oh yeah, the Twins aren't supposed to be good this year.  I didn't really think the Twins were going to continue on a 107-win...
• 4/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Carrasco Running Out of Second Chances: By Mike Brandyberry When you aren’t honest, you can only receive the benefit of the doubt for so long. “I really want...
• 4/10 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 9, 2013): Robinson Cano: The Yankees again routed the Indians yesterday, led by Robinson Cano, who went 4-6 with a HR and 5 RBIs. While the game wasn’t...
• 4/10 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Alcides Escobar With 3 Hits; Royals in First Place: First place. The Kansas City Royals (5-3) beat the bad weather and the Minnesota Twins(4-4) by a score of 7-4 to reach that perch...
• 4/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Twins vs. Royals: Day Nine Observations: Royals 7, Twins 4 Billy Butler: Continuing his recent trend of knocking-in any and all base-runners, Butler erased...
• 4/10 Indians Baseball Insider: Carrasco, Myers struggle as Tribe falls 14-1: Cleveland, OH — After working out of early trouble in the first, Cleveland Indians starter Carlos Carrasco gave up seven...
• 4/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Battered, Ejected and Embarrassed by New York; Yankees 14, Indians 1: By Craig Gifford In Monday’s home opener against the New York Yankees, Ubaldo Jimenez was asked by Tribe manager Terry...
• 4/9 Kings of Kauffman: Did the Royals Bring Offensive Momentum from Spring Training?: Two weeks ago, the Royals were wrapping up their Cactus League Championship on the backs of their offense. They led both spring...
• 4/9 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Ervin Santana Goes 8; Home Opener Victory!: For the first time since 2008, the Kansas City Royals (4-3) won their home opener 3-1 over the Minnesota Twins. Last year’s...
• 4/9 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 8, 2013): Travis Hafner: Travis Hafner is the MVP of Yesterday, as he went 2-3 with a HR, 4 RBIs and two walks in his return to Cleveland with the Yankees....
• 4/9 The High Phive: Recap of Sunday’s “Pitcher’s Duel” between Phillies & Royals: We learned a valuable lesson this weekend, a 4 run lead is the hardest lead to keep in all of baseball.  2 top tier pitchers,...
• 4/8 Kings of Kauffman: The Difference A Year Can Make: The Royals home-opener showed every Kansas City fan what difference a year can do for a ball club. A year ago, the excitement...
• 4/8 MLBTradeRumors: Would-Be Free Agents: Remember free agents?  Like good, under-30 ones without any major warts?  With the proliferation of long-term extensions prior...
• 4/8 Kings of Kauffman: Is this team different?: I looked at the comments to this post during the game yesterday, and following the blown save Saturday, and 4 runs given up in...
• 4/8 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 7, 2013): Billy Butler: There were lots of good candidates for the MVP of yesterday, but I’m going with Billy Butler of the Royals. The main reason...
• 4/8 Puckett's Pond: Twins at Royals Series Preview: The 4-2 Twins wrap up a six game road trip with three games at Kansas City beginning at 3:10 today. Kevin Correia will face Royals...
• 4/8 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Billy Butler Drives In 7; Bullpen Almost Implodes Again: Whew! That one was close. The Kansas City Royal bullpen almost blew a 9th inning lead for the second straight day but held on...
• 4/8 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 8, 2013: The First Pitch: Fantasy baseball sage Paul Sporer sums up today quite well: Aces looking more like Jokers today! #nailedit —...
• 4/8 Kings of Kauffman: Confession: I Think I Jinxed the Royals Bullpen: Baseball is always loaded with superstitions. Don’t talk to the pitcher during a no-hitter. Jump over the baseline on the...
• 4/8 Crashburn Alley: Pitching to Blame for Phillies’ Rough Start: The Phillies lead the Majors in runs allowed with 41, good for a 7.10 ERA. If not for Cliff Lee‘s stellar performance on...
• 4/8 Kings of Kauffman: This Week In Royaltown: This is the beginning of a weekly post I’ll be doing every Sunday night that will take a look at the week in review, not to...
• 4/7 TheLeadoffWalk: Athletics vs. Astros, Royals vs. Phillies, Pirates vs. Dodgers: Day Seven Observations: Athletics 9, Astros 3 Josh Reddick: While attempting to make a sliding catch in foul territory, Reddick slammed into...
• 4/7 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Greg Holland’s 3 Walks In 9th Spell Doom: Greg Holland’s control has been his foible as a pitcher and may lead to his eventual downfall as the closer for the Kansas...
• 4/6 Philadelphia Baseball Review: Gameday Preview: April 6 - Phillies vs. Royals: By PATRICK GORDON | Managing Editor@PhilabaseballJohn Lannan makes his regular season Phillies debut tonight as the...
• 4/6 RoxPile: Weekend Links: Rockies News, 4/6: The Rockies made it three straight with a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday afternoon. They continue their first...
• 4/6 Seedlings to Stars: Nolan Arenado Off to Blistering Start at Colorado Springs: It was a disappointing end to a strong camp for Colorado Rockies prospect Nolan Arenado, when the club sent him out to Triple-A...
• 4/6 Indians Baseball Insider: Bauer to start Saturday with Carrasco to go on Tuesday: A few days after the Indians announced that left-hander Scott Kazmir was sidelined with a rib cage strain, manager Terry...
• 4/5 Fire Brand of the American League: Friday’s Links – Falling Maple LeavesBlame Canada! Blame Canada!...
• 4/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Carrasco’s Suspension Not Just Impacting His Season: By Mike Brandyberry Thursday night the Cleveland Indians lost 10-8 in the series finale to the Toronto Blue Jays. Despite the...
• 4/5 Diamond Ring: The Royals Will Hit Better: Gordon Beckham hates Lorenzo Cain.  He skewered two of Cain's hotly-hit line drives, one of which could have contributed...
• 4/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Kazmir to Disabled List, Bauer to Start Saturday: By Mike Brandyberry The Cleveland Indians announced Thursday afternoon that Scott Kazmir has been placed on the 15-day disabled...
• 4/4 Southside Showdown: Attempting To Make Jeremy Guthrie A Bad Investment – Lineups 4/4: This time last year Jeremy Guthrie was preparing to make his Colorado Rockies debut after being traded from the Orioles for Jason...
• 4/4 Kings of Kauffman: Already Time to Panic?: Game two of the 2013 season saw the another loss in the young season, and seemingly deflated a fan base hungry for a winner. Is...
• 4/4 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/4:   ESPN Freddie Freeman, Justin Upton power Braves past Phillies Philadelphia Phillies Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO #P AVG OBP...
• 4/4 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 4: After winning a bit of money on the 2nd, yesterday’s lineup took a step backward. Poor performances from Billy Butler and...
• 4/3 Indians Baseball Insider: 2013 Columbus Clippers preview: After winning back-to-back Triple-A National Championships in 2010 and 2011, the Columbus Clippers failed to make the playoffs...
• 4/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Drop Second Game to White Sox: First the good news. Unlike on Opening Day, the Royals crossed the plate (twice even) on Wednesday afternoon. The bad news: unlike...
• 4/3 Southside Showdown: The One Where We Wait For Another Tyler Flowers HR – Lineups 4/3: Without the same anti**** as Monday’s game the White Sox will go ahead and play again today, in front of a dramatically lesser...
• 4/3 Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day Thoughts: For the third straight year the Royals failed to score a single run off their opponent’s Opening Day starting pitcher. There’s...
• 4/3 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 3: At this point, you might be saying to yourself, “Why am I reading this?” Bare with me. We’ll get it figured...
• 4/2 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Opening Day Freeze-Out; Shields Did His Job; Hitters Did Not: Many of us worried this would happen. Warm weather March batting averages crumbled into nothing more than dust in the **** Chicago...
• 4/2 Kings of Kauffman: The Danger of Relying on Small Sample Sizes: If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the past 24 hours or so, you have probably seen various baseball writers and fans...
• 4/1 Southside Showdown: Sale and Flowers Power White Sox To 1-0 Opening Day Win: Making people forget about A.J. Pierzynski is a long project that Tyler Flowerswill likely never fully complete, but at least...
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox – Opening Series Preview: Today the 2013 season begins for the Kansas City Royals on the Southside of Chicago against the White Sox. Here are the main nuts...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Predictions: Jacob: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day 2013: What Has to Go Right For the Royals: After a long, cold winter and an extended spring training, the wait for real, official, it-actually-counts-now baseball is back....
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon And Power: In 75 spring at-bats Alex Gordon has 8 homeruns and 4 doubles, and an .822 slugging percentage. While Spring Training numbers...
• 4/1 Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day By The Numbers: The wait is almost over. Opening Day is one of the most anti**** days of the year and you can count me among the many that believe...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL Central Preview: The division preview series continues with the AL Central. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position...

• 3/29 Kings of Kauffman: Positional Power Rankings Reaction: I highly recommend going over to Fangraphs and checking out this piece, and all of the individual articles it was built from....
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Spring Spotlight: Zack Greinke: After surviving and thriving in a minor league game on March 20, Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke returned to the big...
• 3/28 11th and Washington: The six covers of SI's 2013 baseball preview issue: It's that time of year. Sports Illustrated released its baseball preview cover yesterday.Actually, that should be covers. For...
• 3/28 Kings of Kauffman: Moving on from Myers: Remember Wil Myers? Of course you do. For some of you, it’s still an open wound. You’re still heartbroken. He’s like that...
• 3/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to take with the 12th pick in a twelve team ESPN snake draft?: So you drew the short straw for your 12 team ESPN fantasy draft, and you find yourself with the 12th pick.  There is no question...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Predicts the Future: Opening day is in one week, which means there’s a light at the end of the the tunnel and we can all stop saying “yeah...
• 3/25 TheFantasyFix.com: How to Handle Different Categories: Slugging Percentage: Trying to prepare for leagues that replace standard categories can be difficult because almost all of the analysis, rankings and...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: The Offensive Achilles’ Heel: The Royals offense was 20th in runs scored last year, and in the American League they were 10th out of the then 14 teams (Houston...
• 3/25 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training Notes: The Regular Season is So Close: The World Baseball Classic extended this year’s spring training, and it’s starting to feel like an eternity before...
• 3/24 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Kansas City Royals: The series on team offense continues with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals finished twentieth in the majors and twelfth in the...
• 3/24 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Gordon & Butler Stay Hot; Santana Goes 6; Collins Bombs: Spring conditions in Arizona are more conducive to hitting rather than pitching. If the Kansas City Royals spring performances...
• 3/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: Central States Edition: With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League...
• 3/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the fourth overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013: So you find yourself with the 4th overall pick in fantasy baseball this season and want to know who you should select for your...
• 3/23 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Option Johnny Giavotella to Triple A. Chris Getz To Start.: The Royals announced that second baseman Johnny Giavotella was optioned to Triple A on Saturday, a move that sets Chris Getz up...
• 3/23 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Shields Shelled; Hosmer & Francoeur Hit Homers: It was ugly but the Kansas City Royals won another Spring Training game on Friday. Their 13-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels...
• 3/22 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Central: In this installment of “Prediction Time” I get to the most important division in baseball for Tigers fans, and probably...
• 3/21 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League Central: AL Central At A Glance Detroit Tigers: The odds on favorite to win the World Series, the Tigers aren’t just a big fish in small...
• 3/20 Baseball Jerks: MLB Spring Training Stats Leaders: March 20: Spring training is a young man’s game. While experienced vets tend to take it easy as they ramp up for the games that actually...
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Kansas City Royals: After improving their starting rotation the Royals can be considered a sleeper team entering the 2013 season.  Major League...
• 3/20 PaulLebowitz.com: We Get It: Mike Francesa Demands Justin Morneau: Ignoring multiple realities save for the ones that exist only in his mind, Mike Francesa is clinging to the farfetched notions...
• 3/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Kansas City Royals preview: Playoff dreams not unrealistic: If you’ve been a Kansas City Royals fan for long, as I have, then you’ve been hearing “they’ll be good in a couple...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
• 3/18 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: First Base Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article is part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
• 3/18 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Mendoza Makes a Case, 16 Singles, Butler & Gordon Knock In 2 Each: After a two game hiatus from the win column, the Kansas City Royals bashed out 18 hits to put a beat down on divisional rival...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Simple Sabermetrics: OBP and SLGSometimes it’s OK to talk about the basics. I’m playing in a league this year with the a few of More......
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Forecasting your Top-10We have had a pretty solid debate going via our Facebook page about who should go after the first 4 More......
• 3/14 Kings of Kauffman: 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. ...
• 3/14 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Santana Ks 7, Hochevar To The Pen, Nady Sighting: The Kansas City Royals got right back on track with a win on Wednesday after losing their second contest of the spring on Tuesday....
• 3/14 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Madness Begins, Donnie Avery, Francona Does the Harlem Shake: About last night… The Royals came away with another spring training win, this time a 4-2 victory over Seattle. Ervin Santana...
• 3/13 Diamond Ring: What to Watch when Watching those Royals: The eleven game winning streak was fun (yay!) but we all know it's Spring Training and doesn't count. As often as not, the win-loss...
• 3/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Franoeur’s Almost Cycle; Hochevar & Chen Falter: What would you expect the score to be in a Spring Training game featuring the Kansas City Royals blazing bats and the arms of...
• 3/11 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Kansas Finishes Second, Guthrie Likes Jordan, Canada Gets Violent: Okay, let’s get all of the bad news from this weekend out of the way first. Did any of Saturday’s game against Tennessee...
• 3/10 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Kansas City Royals: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/10 Indians Baseball Insider: Four Down, One to Go: It’s hard to believe this is the halfway point of the 2013 spring training schedule. Normally the Cactus League is just...
• 3/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Creating First Base Scarcity: Three years ago I was asked to join a very competitive league that was not short on smack talk or prize money. As the newbie to...
• 3/9 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler – Royals Hall of Famer?: Since he first debuted as a big leaguer in 2007, Billy Butler has been a very productive player for the Kansas City Royals. Despite...
• 3/8 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball First Basemen: Below are my pre-season top 16 first baseman rankings: Joey Votto, CIN Prince Fielder, MIL Albert Pujols, LAA Edwin Encarnacion,...
• 3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 First Basemen: Before signing a mega contract with the Angels last offseason, Albert Pujols was "El Hombre" and "machine-like" during his 11...
• 3/7 Billy-Ball.com: Bottom 13: The fewest triples over the last five seasons: Here are the 10 players over the last five years (2008-2012) who have hit the fewest triples (at least 500 games) Rk Player 3B...
• 3/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Undefeated Royals Look Strong in Spring: With an 8-1 victory over the Reds on Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Royals earned their ninth straight win and thus remain...
• 3/6 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Tigers Get Revenge, Royals On Fire, KC Has Great Pizza: It was a huge night for Kansas State and Missouri.  You can go ahead and mark down Saturday as the official start of March Madness....
• 3/5 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Winning Streak Hits Ten Games, and Other News: A four run first inning, highlighted by a Mike Moustakas double, was enough for the Royals to beat the Oakland Athletics this...
• 3/5 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Older is Better at 1B: Fantasy owners may be high on young first basemen like Craig or Goldschmidt, but give me the established names of Teixiera or...
• 3/4 Baseball Press: Spring Training Stats Can Mean Something: Did Chris Young miss his breakout season due to injury? (US Presswire)Spring training is in full swing, and fantasy owners everywhere...
• 3/4 KC Kingdom: When To Get Excited About The Royals: Nine games. That’s how many consecutive Spring Training games the Kansas City Royals have won. Nine meaningless games. There...
• 3/4 KC Kingdom: KC Power Rankings: Jayhawks and Wildcats in a Battle for the Top Spot: There is a lot going on in the Kansas City sports scene: The Royals have started spring training, the Chiefs are trying to figure...
• 3/4 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon Vs. Billy Butler: From what I have been hearing and reading this spring, my feeling is that Royals fans believe that Alex Gordon is the best overall...
• 3/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep.8: Spring Training has started. The bickering has begun. Will the 2013 Kansas City Royals be a 90-game winner and make the playoffs,...

• 2/28 Baseball Jerks: Kansas City Royals 2013 Preview: The Royals have long been in the basement of the AL Central but with the Indians and Twins playing so poorly the Royals have actually...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/27 Kings of Kauffman: A Word From The Basement: One of the things that’s amused me this off season is the criticisms leveled at those who aren’t buying the Royals as...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Win your League (Don’t do What I do)This is a Guest Post by Colby Prough. You can follow him on Twitter @dismalfb. Read on, he’s sharing years of More......
• 2/26 i70baseball.com: Adam Moore Trying To Make His CaseCatcher Adam Moore is making an early attempt at impressing this Spring....
• 2/26 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Gordon Sits Out Win Against Diamondbacks: Kansas City defeated Arizona 16-4 on Monday afternoon getting offense from nearly every Royal who played in the game. KC had one...
• 2/25 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base: Below are my first base rankings for 2013.Joey Votto (BA, R, HR, RBI) Albert Pujols (BA, R, HR, RBI) *also eligible...
• 2/25 i70baseball.com: The Sights Of Spring: Royals And Rangers: This site holds credentials with Major League Baseball and, in order to bring our readers the benefits of these credentials, we...
• 2/23 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Breakout Candidates: If you had written last offseason that Mike Trout was going to score 129 runs, hit 30 home runs, and steal 49 bases in 139 games,...
• 2/23 KC Kingdom: Royals And Spring Training Stats: It is very easy to get overly excited about Spring Training performances. Fans are so connected with their teams that when players...
• 2/22 Kings of Kauffman: Ned’s Glorious Lineup: Of all the things that won’t matter a bit once opening day gets here, I have to believe that the lineup of the first Spring...
• 2/20 Kings of Kauffman: Dayton Moore’s Sense of Time: Dayton Moore is ahead of schedule, according to, well, Dayton Moore. “I’m amazed that it’s happened this quickly,”...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Are Kansas City Royals legitimate contenders in AL Central?: For the first time in a decade, the Kansas City Royals have a chance to contend for a playoff spot. Now, it probably won’t be...
• 2/18 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training 2/18: Fun With Outfielders: Today’s biggest notes seem to be outfield-related. First, Bob Dutton was able to get more information on Lorenzo Cain, who...
• 2/18 Diamond Ring: Season Preview - Outfield: There's not going to be much competition in the outfield for the Royals.  Short of injury the starters will be Alex Gordon,...
• 2/17 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training: On Lineups, Locks and More: Spring training news keeps coming out of Surprise as the Royals continue to prepare for the 2013 season. After some visa issues...
• 2/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Eric Hosmer Needs Time in RF This Spring: It would be interesting to see the results if MLB took a poll of fans asking them if they like the designated hitter or not. ...
• 2/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Spring Training Opens Today With Hope: As happens every spring, hope is in the air.  It is the one time of the year that every team in the major leagues still has a...
• 2/10 Behind the Plate: 2013 DH Rankings Will Billy Butler help bring home the "bacon" for Kansas City? By Aidan Flynn [...] ...
• 2/8 KC Kingdom: 10 Intriguing ST Questions For The Royals, Part 2: The Kansas City Royals are excited about all the new faces (and arms) brought in over the long off-season.  There is fresh hope...
• 2/8 Billy-Ball.com: The Devolving Role of the DH: Ken Rosenthal has had a terrific offseason and he continues to stoke the hot stove with a tweet that indicates that his sources...
• 2/7 Kings of Kauffman: The Lineup – Out of Order?: Piggybacking off a great Marcus Meade article regarding flawed logic and proper use of talent…I thought I’d take a closer...
• 2/5 KC Kingdom: Royals Should Have A Better Team Slogan: The Kansas City Royals released their lackluster 2013 team slogan yesterday, the ever stirring “Come To Play.”  Yawn.  After...
• 2/4 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top 10 designated hitters in baseball:   By: Chase Fitzgerald Staff Writer 1. David Ortiz Last season’s stats: HR: 23 RBI: 60 AVG: .318 OPS: 1.026...
• 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Kansas City Royals Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we?  The Kansas City Royals have been the sexy team in each of the last couple...
• 2/1 Kings of Kauffman: Kings of Kauffman Mailbag – Ep. 7: Spring Training is around the corner and with that comes the usual array of sunshine and lolly-pops stories from various media...

• 1/31 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball First Basemen Rankings: First base is slowly starting to become a dominate position in fantasy baseball again.  Last year 6 of the top 50 players...
• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: Proposed Royals Bobblehead Series: A few weeks ago I ranked the Royals 2013 promotions and one of the more unusual promotions was a collection of Hot Dog Derby...
• 1/30 SoDo Mojo: Hutch Award Luncheon Honors Barry Zito: Last weekend, the gates of Safeco Field swung wide to welcome Mariners fans to a baseball carnival. Today, they opened for a different...
• 1/30 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Barry Zito Receives Hutch Award: Today at Safeco Field in Seattle, the annual Hutch Award is going to be given out to the MLB player who best exemplifies the fighting...
• 1/29 Kings of Kauffman: Talking Baseball Dreams At SABR Day: Last Saturday, I got the chance to speak with a group of people at the Society for American Baseball Research’s SABR Day in...
• 1/28 KC Kingdom: Kansas City Royals’ Billy Butler – DH: There seems to be a stigma in baseball attached to the position of designated hitter.  The DH, which celebrated its 40thyear...
• 1/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Michael Bourn vs. the #11 Pick: Which is Right for the Mets?: Operating under the premises that if the Mets sign Michael Bourn they will: A) not receive a waiver from MLB to switch the number...
• 1/25 i70baseball.com: Royals This and ThatA few Royals odds and ends from last week....
• 1/24 Kings of Kauffman: I’ve got the power?: Am I the only one anxious to see how Billy Butler’s power numbers hold up in 2013?  I like to think some maturity and what...
• 1/24 Kings of Kauffman: Saying All the Right Things: The countdown to spring training continues, but we’re not there yet, so for now, we’re not sure who’s in the...
• 1/23 Kings of Kauffman: A Tale of Two Players: For all the advancements in statistics and projections, baseball is never a perfect science. Players break out when they’re...
• 1/23 Kings of Kauffman: My Day at Royals Fan Fest: Saturday the 2013 edition of Royals Fan Fest took place at the Overland Park Convention Center after a year’s absence. My dad...
• 1/21 Kings of Kauffman: Perez: The Royal Lynchpin: Salvador Perez is to the 2013 Royals as procreation is to mankind—necessary for survival. It gets mentioned here and there,...
• 1/18 Kings of Kauffman: Pitching? What about the other guys?: I’ve harped on the starting pitching quite a bit over the past few months, so I thought it only to pick on the position players...
• 1/16 For Baseball Junkies: Royals All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're taking a look at the Royals All-Time team, version 2012.  As part of our roster re-vamping, we had to add an...
• 1/15 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: An Introduction and Those That Missed: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/12 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview – First Basemen: Let’s face it, when you draft a first baseman, you want power.  If you get a good one, you’ll get batting average...
• 1/12 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Starting Rotation Projections For 2013: Every year, Dan Szymborski from Baseball Think Factory generates projected stats for the upcoming season for every team’s...
• 1/10 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon’s Adjustments: If you’re looking for a face of the Royals franchise, right now, look no further than Alex Gordon. Sure, Billy Butler was...
• 1/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: KC Royals Hitting & Pitching Projections: Kansas City Royals – Predicted Finish: Second Place, AL Central The Royals have been waiting for next year since 1985, which...
• 1/10 mlbreports.com : Player Profile: Nationals 1B Adam LaRoche: Thursday January 10th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): With the news of Adam Laroche’s signing of a 2-Year deal with...
• 1/8 District On Deck: Potential Trade Partners for Michael Morse: The deal is official.  Adam “AdaMVP” LaRoche, 2012 Silver Slugger and and Gold Glove award winner, is returning to...
• 1/8 Kings of Kauffman: The 2013 Lineup I’d Like To See: We’re in the home stretch now. Or, in baseball terms, we’re rounding third on the off-season. Only about a month and a half...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Sign Boyer, Tracy to Minor League Deals: For a while, it looked like the Royals were done making moves this offseason, but today they added to their busy week by signing...
• 1/2 mlbreports.com : Billy Butler: The Consistent Royal: Like us on Facebook here Thursday January 3rd, 2012 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): For the past few seasons, the Kansas...
• 1/1 mlbreports.com : The Sad State Of The DH Position In 2012 And Probably Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday January 1st, 2013 Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern):  The Designated Hitter in the American League...

• 12/30 Kings of Kauffman: Top Five Royals Moments In Attendance of 2012: As we wind down the final days of 2012 let me take one more look back at my top five moments of this past season. I made it into...
• 12/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Round Numbers: We love round numbers in baseball. Psychologically, there's a big difference between a .300 hitter and a .296 hitter, a 20 game...
• 12/26 Kings of Kauffman: Impatience: We’re a few days from 2013, which means a few days closer to spring training and a few days closer to Opening Day. The temperature...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #6 – Hamilton, Sanchez, Myers: The signing of Josh Hamilton was big news this week Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly...
• 12/23 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Christmas Wish List: With Christmas only a few days away why not ask for some Royals gifts or those that hopefully benefit Kansas City in 2013. With...
• 12/21 KC Kingdom: More Trade Fallout: Stop Bashing Wil Myers: Blockbuster or blockheaded? Whether you are for or against Dayton Moore’s mega trade with the Rays, hopefully we’ve...
• 12/20 Kings of Kauffman: The Importance of Salvador Perez: If all goes according to plan, the rest of the decade will see Salvador Perez behind the plate in Kansas City. The Royals made...
• 12/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Will Kansas City Royals challenge in AL Central next season?: It seems like, for years now, baseball writers and executives have said the Kansas City Royals are just a few seasons away from...
• 12/17 Kings of Kauffman: Retro Rumors: Barry Bonds and the Royals: After the 2007 season, the Royals had finished last or second to close to it in most significant offensive categories. Second...
• 12/16 Kings of Kauffman: Why Won’t the Royals Win 90?: I’m going to prove to you why you should be optimistic for the 2013 Royals season. I’m going to do it with numbers, speculation,...
• 12/14 Baseball News Source: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition #6 – Hamilton, Sanchez, Myers: The signing of Josh Hamilton was big news this week Editor’s Note: Across the Diamond: Hot Stove League Edition is a new weekly...
• 12/14 Kings of Kauffman: I’m on board: I know you’re probably tired of reading about the Tampa trade by now…and while I was looking forward to writing about it,...
• 12/14 i70baseball.com: I come to praise the Shields-Davis trade, not to bury itThe Royals did what they had to do for a chance to win....
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Kansas City Royals Team Page: KANSAS CITY ROYALSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Alex Gordon (7.75)2. Billy Butler (7.5)3. James Shields...
• 12/11 60ft6in.com: Rays Take Advantage of Suddenly Impatient Royals: Josh Robbins wrote about the recent Royals/Rays trade on Monday, this is my view of the deal…. What’s the rush in...
• 12/10 The Captain's Blog: Experts Sling Arrows, but Shields Gives Royals Fighting Chance: A six year, $147 million contract is too rich for the Kansas City Royals’ blood. So, when Zack Greinke agreed to terms with...
• 12/10 Baseball Jerks: Royals Finally Trade Wil Myers, Sacrifice Future to Break .500: I want to root for the Kansas City Royals. Really, I want to. As someone who writes about prospects for a living, I like when...
• 12/10 El Maquino: WHY THE ROYALS DID WHAT THEY DID: I usually reserve this site for Cardinals stuff, but since I’m from Kansas City and the Royals are my unwanted stepchild,...
• 12/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Royals Pull Trigger for Shields: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /*...
• 12/7 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Are Finalists For Ryan Dempster: That the Royals have contacted Ryan Dempster should be of no surprise. They’ve contacted every starting pitcher available...
• 12/7 KC Kingdom: Butler Rumors at Winter Meetings “Significantly Overblown”: With the Winter Meetings underway in Nashville this week, baseball’s hot stove is burning white hot. The Royals have been...
• 12/7 Motor City Bengals: The Kansas City Royals are Terrifying: One of the things I disliked the most about not having my laptop for several days was trying to follow Hot Stove news. I generally...
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Winter Meetings In Review: American League: We covered the National League earlier, now it's time to go over the American League's activity at the winter meetings.. Angels: The...
• 12/6 Birds Watcher: Orioles produce ripples but no waves at Winter Meetings: The all-but-inevitable non-tender of Mark Reynolds last Friday, coupled with the loss of Triple A first baseman Joe Mahoney in...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: To trade, or not to trade, that is the question: The winter meetings have been, for the Royals at least, a whole lot of speculation without much activity. It’s like lighting...
• 12/6 Call to the Pen: Royals Targeting Anibal Sanchez: The Kansas City Royals have been one of the more talked-about teams leading up to this year’s Winter Meetings. Rumored to...
• 12/6 Kings of Kauffman: Wil Myers for James Shields Rumor Gains Steam: The rumor that started before the Winter Meetings gained some steam on Wednesday night when Ken Rosenthal sent out this tweet:...
• 12/5 Redbird Rants: Cardinals GM Mozeliak getting set for Winter Meetings in Music City: The General Managers of the 30 major league clubs are descending upon Nashville, TN for the annual Winter Meetings. While some...
• 12/5 Baseball Musings: The New Figgins: Why is Seattle interested in Jason Bay? Do they already miss Chone Figgins? But here’s the thing about Jason Bay, in case...
• 12/5 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 2 Wrap Up: Royals Still Lurking and Someone’s Interested in Jeff Francoeur: Day two of the Winter Meetings wrapped up with still little movement overall. A few players signed deals but the marquee names...
• 12/5 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mariners Walk From Hotel Room to Hotel Room looking for Action: I’ve never been to a winter meeting. In fact, I’ve never even really been to a trade show. I’ve been to shows...
• 12/4 Rising Apple: Royals and Blue Jays Seem Most Compatible Mets Trade Partner: The Winter Meetings got off to a quick start yesterday; we saw Angel Pagan get $40 million over four years to stay with the Giants,...
• 12/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Don't want to deal Billy ButlerThe Kansas City Royals would rather trade top prospect OF Wil Myers than DH Billy Butler....[+] The Kansas City Royals would rather trade top prospect OF Wil Myers than DH Billy Butler.
• 12/4 i70baseball.com: Billy Butler Outstanding DH 2012: Major League Baseball announced today that Billy Butler of the Kansas City Royals has been voted the winner of the 2012 Edgar...
• 12/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Winter Meetings: Early Day 2 – Mostly Quiet on the Nashville Front: Day two of the Winter Meetings hasn’t been very wild, but there have been a few developments and details that clear up the...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Billy Butler Rumors: Tuesday: Yesterday there was quite a bit of speculation regarding interest from both the Orioles and Mariners in Billy Butler. We'll keep...
• 12/4 Phillies Nation: Winter Meetings – Day 1 Recap: Market For Hamilton Becoming Clearer We learned yesterday that the Red Sox, Brewers, and Phillies are all on the sidelines, biding...
• 12/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Billy Butler talk overblownThe Seattle Mariners' pursuit of Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler is overblown, according to two sources....[+] The Seattle Mariners' pursuit of Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler is overblown, according to two sources.
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Winter Meetings Review: Day 1: We're through one full day of the Winter Meetings, and several significant free agents have already come off the board. Here's...
• 12/4 North and South of Royal Brougham: Thoughts on Mike Napoli, Billy Butler, and Garrett Jones: I sometimes wonder what it is like to be someone who doesn’t like sports. I’ve spent several hours over the past year...
• 12/4 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Addressing The Rumors: Rumors. That’s what they all are, maybe. Rumors are fun; rumors are exciting. Rumors are an enjoyable fantasy that allows...
• 12/3 Kings of Kauffman: Winter Meetings Day 1: Early Royals Rumors on R.A. Dickey, Anibal Sanchez, Others: Day one of the MLB Winter Meetings is underway in Nashville, Tennessee today and with dozens of baseball writers confined to one...
• 12/3 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Winter Meetings begin today: Let the rumors begin, be they surrounding the Baltimore Orioles or anyone else! Today starts the annual Major League Baseball...
• 12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Two teams pushing hard for Billy ButlerThe Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners are showing strong interest in Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler....[+] The Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners are showing strong interest in Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler.
• 12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners, O's Displaying Strong Interest In Butler: Although a report last week suggested that Billy Butler was close to untouchable, that hasn't stopped teams from showing interest...
• 12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Morning Rumors: Otani, Braves, Wang, Indians: The most fun week of baseball's offseason is here, as 2012's Winter Meetings get underway in Nashville. With a ton of activity...

• 11/30 Seedlings to Stars: Pirates Add Starting Depth in Stewart, Mazzaro: Somewhat lost in the shuffle of some bigger moves that took place this week (including the team’s surprising free agent signing...
• 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: The Royals, Destiny and Powerball: Maybe you’ve heard about this story by now. The nation worked itself into a frenzy this week in preparations for a record...
• 11/29 Baseball Jerks: Future Jerks: Wil Myers a Future Red Sox?: That sound you hear is the Hot Stove beginning to whistle, and if the heavily rumored trade between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas...
• 11/29 MLBTradeRumors: Royals, Mets Discussed R.A. Dickey: The Royals have talked to the Mets about R.A. Dickey as they continue to search for a top-of-the-rotation starter, Jon Heyman...
• 11/28 Kings of Kauffman: Year Six Series: The Hitters: A couple weeks ago I looked at individual starting pitching performances during the Dayton Moore era and compared the results...
• 11/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Trade Clint Robinson, Vin Mazzaro to Pittsburgh for Minor Leaguers: After clearing them off the 40 man roster by designating them for assignment, the Royals traded first baseman Clint Robinson and...
• 11/28 Release Points: 2013 Kansas City Royals Top Prospects: System Overview: The farm system, which graduated the likes of Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Billy Butler and Aaron...
• 11/27 i70baseball.com: Why I’m thankful I’m a Royals fanThis Thanksgiving, there's many things to be thankful for, including being the fan of a up and coming baseball team....
• 11/27 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: Pitching Trade Partners Part One: Here we sit a week before the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee meaning it’s time to beat the trade...
• 11/27 Mariners Latest: A Rumor Mill Post That Turns Into A Wil Myers Question: What's with the jersey? The offseason can be a fun time for fans of baseball teams because of the boundless opportunities...
• 11/26 Motor City Bengals: Dayton Moore And His Talent Usage: For those of you who don’t know who Dayton Moore is, he is the GM of the Kansas City Royals. For those of you wondering...
• 11/26 Kings of Kauffman: Which Royal to Trade? Poll Results: Stop me if you’ve heard this one – the Royals might need to make a trade to get a top-notch starter this offseason....
• 11/26 Tomahawk Take: Should Braves Consider Wil Myers?: There’s a Wil, is there a Way? The Royals are listening are the Braves talking. . .   B.J. Upton rumors continue to dominate...
• 11/24 Kings of Kauffman: More Royals Trade Rumors With No End in Sight: The latest rumor that has everyone abuzz today is Jeff Passan’s report that the Royals are “shopping” outfielder...
• 11/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Trading Wil Myers Would Be “Moore” of the Same For the Royals: Of course I’m referring to Royals GM Dayton Moore who, in his time as their GM and as an assistant with the Braves, has proven...
• 11/23 MLBTradeRumors: Passan's Latest: Myers, Fowler, Asdrubal, McCarthy: The Royals have been shopping top prospect Wil Myers but only in exchange for starting pitching, reports Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan. ...
• 11/22 Kings of Kauffman: How bad can he be?: Jeff Francoeur is likely going to be a Kansas City Royals player when opening day 2013 rolls around. After a dismal 2012, and...
• 11/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blue Jays, Cubs, Nishioka, Mariners: Four years ago today, the Cubs officially announced that they had signed Ryan Dempster to a four-year, $52MM contract. Dempster...
• 11/18 Kings of Kauffman: Hultzen, Mariners, and Trading Roadblocks: A post from ESPN.com writer David Schoenfield today explained, essentially, what every Royals fan already knows. If the Royals...
• 11/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Looking for pitching: The Kansas City Royals may consider listening to trade offers for 1B Eric Hosmer, 3B Mike Moustakas, OF Alex Gordon, DH Billy...[+] Butler and OF Wil Myers, in order to acquire pitching help.
• 11/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BLEEDING YANKEE BLUE PLAYER TRACKER #10: Billy Butler: The latest out of Kansas City is that the Royals are listening to offers for Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer. ...
• 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Silverman's Latest: Greinke, Royals, Rays, Blue Jays: Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski told Michael Silverman of The Boston Herald that he was unsure if he'd be able to acquire Miguel Cabrera...
• 11/17 Kings of Kauffman: Reviewing Ned Yost: Like him or hate him, Ned Yost is the Royals manager going into 2013. Maybe the Royals will come out flat like they did in 2012...
• 11/15 SoDo Mojo: Rumor Update: I think it has become apparent that I am a big fan of trade rumors and offseason speculation. I have written numerous articles...
• 11/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Covet Billy Butler: The Seattle Mariners covet Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler and could part with young, high-end starting pitching to get him....[+]
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Latest: Royals, Butler, Myers, Rays, Astros: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports hears that Royals GM Dayton Moore is "feeling the heat," in the sense that many want the team to use...
• 11/15 Kings of Kauffman: Rumor Mill – Will KC Go Big?:   Look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday. This is a fun time of year, but right now trying to separate fact from...
• 11/11 Kings of Kauffman: Rumors: The off-season annoys me. I have to prepare to deal with all the possible player-acquiring scenarios that give me great hope all...
• 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Eric Hosmer: Fluke or Fraud?: In 2011, Eric Hosmer was third in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting. This season, Kansas City’s first More...The...
• 11/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BLEEDING YANKEE BLUE PLAYER TRACKER #1: BYB will try and keep you up to date with a variety of these pieces over the winter, so make sure you continue to look at BYB...
• 11/9 Kings of Kauffman: Operation Offseason Improvement: The Right 25: In the midst of football season a po**** phrase we’ve heard from our friends on the other side of the Truman Sports Complex...
• 11/9 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Links: Willingham, Butler, Tigers, Cabrera: Here's the latest from the home of the American League champion Tigers.... The Twins might not receive much more than a No....
• 11/8 Eye On the Tigers: Top 10 Most Exciting Tigers Wins of 2012: I wanted to do some kind of recap on the 2012 season but I wanted to do something different than the other blogs.  I’m...
• 11/8 mlbreports.com : James Shields or David Price: Tampa Bay Rays are Ready to Trade an Ace: Thursday November 8th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  With center fielder B.J. Upton most likely leaving for free agency, the Tampa...
• 11/8 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Hand Out Hardware For 2012: The Royals have handed out a few team awards, most notably giving their Player and Pitcher of the Year trophies to Billy Butler...
• 11/5 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: The First Nationals: Once again Washington has players in the Arizona Fall League that are showcasing their skills. We thought it time to reflect back...
• 11/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Eric Hosmer: Fluke or Fraud?: In 2011, Eric Hosmer was third in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting. This season, Kansas City’s first baseman...
• 11/2 SoDo Mojo: Final List of possible targets: I have done multiple posts dedicated to talking about ways to improve the offense this season. Even though it may seem redundant...
• 11/2 StanGraphs: AL Central Review: 2012 AL Central Predicted Standings 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Minnesota...
• 11/1 mlbreports.com : The Rays and Royals Could Be Ready to Pull Off A Major Trade: Thursday November 1st, 2012 Sam Evans: Never before have the Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals swapped significant players....
• 11/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Could a Rays-Royals Blockbuster Possibly Happen?: The Rays and Royals are a pair of polar-opposite organizations. The Rays have done a major franchise turnaround on have been one...

• 10/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Carrasco’s Rebuilt Elbow Will Give Tribe Another Starter: After a disappointing 2012 Cleveland Indians season the organization is at a crossroads to decide how to progress with the organization,...
• 10/27 Kings of Kauffman: Trade Rumors Swirling Around Royals Hitters: While we wait for the 2012 season to end and the offseason to begin, Royals fans are interested to see how the Royals will attempt...
• 10/27 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Sanchez, Royals, Hosmer: Here's the latest from ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider req'd)... Some executives and agents predict that Anibal Sanchez could...
• 10/24 i70baseball.com: Royals Name Hitting Coach And Assistant: The Kansas City Royals today named Jack Maloof as the club’s Major League hitting coach and Andre David as the assistant Major...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Sorry Royals Fans, But Matt Moore Is Not Going Anywhere: Over at Kings of Kauffman, a Kansas City Royals website, Marcus Meade talked about how the Royals, in desperate need of good young...
• 10/22 i70baseball.com: If the Orioles can do it, so can the Royals.There's a reason for the Royals to be optimistic next year. It's the Baltimore Orioles....
• 10/21 Kings of Kauffman: My Matt Moore Pipe Dream: Pitching, pitching, the Royals need starting pitching! Anyone who takes the time to read this blog, knows that. Anyone who saw...
• 10/20 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler’s Trucking Along: Major League Baseball is well ahead of the other major sports in utilizing the internet and social media to drum up interest in...
• 10/16 Diamond Ring: The Best DH in Baseball: If you haven't heard, Billy Butler is awesome. Really awesome. My blogger Cohort, Brain, and I have discussed his awesomeness...
• 10/11 Rising Apple: Upcoming Arbitration Cases for the Mets; Could Russell Martin Head to Flushing?: MLB Trade Rumors has published some recent articles that not only detail the off-season outlook for the Mets heading into 2013, but...
• 10/11 Kings of Kauffman: The Business of Breaking Even: Baseball is a sport. Sports success is measured in wins and losses by fans, players, general managers, etc. I like to think team...
• 10/10 Kings of Kauffman: The Top Age 26 Seasons In Royals History: In Royals history age 26 appears to be the sweet spot. Seasons of an OPS+ at or greater than 120 have been achieved at that age...
• 10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals: The Royals will pursue pitching in the hopes that a deeper starting staff will result in the club's first winning record in a...
• 10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: New York Mets: The Mets are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Daniel...
• 10/7 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 2012 Royal Wrap-Up: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } ...
• 10/5 SoDo Mojo: Off-Season Story Lines: Well we have officially hit the offseason, so it’s time to start worrying about offseason stuff. Here are a few story lines...
• 10/4 Kings of Kauffman: Who is most valuable?: Another season of Royals baseball has ended short of the playoffs. All the talk will now be about the postseason or arguing over...
• 10/2 Kings of Kauffman: What If the Royals Moved the Fences In?: Earlier today, the Seattle Mariners announced that they were going to change the dimensions of Safeco Field to “create an...
• 10/2 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes (expanded big gulp edition): Now with infinitely more Shanty Hogan mentions! Astros 3, @Cubs 0: Houston’s last back-to-back shutouts of 4 hits or less...
• 10/2 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Season Winding Down: It’s only natural to lose interest this time of year. For a brief time, the Royals weren’t mathematically eliminated...
• 10/1 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Addressing The Storylines: “It’s been four weeks since the last Monday Rant and the reason for the absence is really quite obvious: what is there, really,...
• 10/1 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Top Royals, Celebrate AL Central Championship: Tigers 6, Royals 3 (box score) Like a stubborn husband who found himself in the wrong neighborhood and refused to ask for directions...

• 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: September in a Nutshell: Going into the last full month of the season, the Royals had some nice momentum and the phrase “.500″ was even starting...
• 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: Revisiting My Bold Predictions for 2012: Before the season started, I made 5 bold predictions that I believed could very well come true.  With only 3 games to go I want...
• 9/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Cleveland Wastes Countless Opportunities, Falls in 14; Royals 7, Indians 6: By Bob Toth It may have taken extra innings, but Kansas City was able to hand Cleveland their first loss in the Sandy Alomar...
• 9/30 WahoosOnFirst: Royals Outlast Streaking Tribe 7-6 in 14: The Indians have been playing arguably their best baseball in a long while. They came into last night’s game with the Royals...
• 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: Unwanted Fame: There are lots of different ways that people can frustrate you when they’re talking about baseball. Whether it be an analyst...
• 9/29 SoDo Mojo: What will the team look like in 2013? Part 2/2: Last week, I wrote my predictions for the 2013 Mariners, trying to stay as close to the current roster as possible. In this one,...
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/28 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (getting down to cases edition): @Rangers 9, Athletics 7:  Oakland bashed 5 HRs, but Texas grabbed a 5-0 lead in the 1st and matched Oakland’s rallies in...
• 9/28 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown watch (overall and post-All Star break): AL Batting Average RkPlayerBA 1 Miguel Cabrera .326 2 Joe Mauer .323 3 Mike Trout .320 4 Derek Jeter .318 5 Adrian...
• 9/28 Call to the Pen: White Hot Baseball Predictions I Got Wrong, Right: The baseball season is coming to an end and I, for one, am unhappy about it. The end of the baseball season means the start of...
• 9/28 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians: So the Cleveland Indians fire their manager, and now they’re going to rip off a six-game win streak, and never have a losing...
• 9/27 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister Sets American League Record for Consecutive Strikeouts: Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister set a new American League record on Thursday by striking out nine consecutive batters during...
• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Fister sets strikeout record, Tigers complete sweep of Royals: Tigers 5, Royals 4 (box score) For the second consecutive day the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals thanks to an RBI...
• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister Sets American League Record for Consecutive Strikeouts: The American League Central race isn’t the only excitement going on at Comerica Park today as the Tigers take on the Kansas...
• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Survive Royals, Grab Sole Possession of First Place: Tigers 5, Royals 4 (box score) When I wrote that Jim Leyland should keep Rick Porcello on a short leash, I never anti**** that...
• 9/26 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (not-dead-yet edition): Indians 4, @White Sox 3 / @Tigers 2, Royals 0: All you zombies, show your faces! The race that will not die staggers hungrily...
• 9/25 Kings of Kauffman: Fun with WAR (Wins Above Replacement): After reading Buster Olney’s latest blog post “Framing the American League MVP debate“, it had me thinking about...
• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler reaches 100 RBIs: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler drove in his 100th run of the season Saturday, Sept. 22, against the Cleveland Indians. He...[+] became the first Royal to reach the 100-RBI mark since Carlos Beltran in 2003.
• 9/23 WahoosOnFirst: Indians’ Royal Problems Continue, Fall to K.C. 5-3: Another night, another loss for the Cleveland Indians. What else is new? Last night’s debacle followed the exact same script...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler reaches 100 RBIs: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler collected his 100th RBI in the game Saturday, Sept. 22, against the Cleveland Indians. His...[+] previous career best was 95 RBIs last season.
• 9/22 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes, and a little catch-up: Too much going on for a full report, but I’ll just hang it up there and see how y’all whack it. @Angels 6, White Sox...
• 9/22 WahoosOnFirst: Royals Send Indians Back to the Cellar: Thanks to the Royals and a rain out between the Tigers and Twins in Detroit last night, the Indians are officially back in the...
• 9/22 Kings of Kauffman: Many Heroes in Royals 6-3 Win Over Indians: A team effort pushed the Royals over the Indians on Friday night. The Royals sent out a lineup without Alex Gordon and Salvador...
• 9/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Cleveland Falls Back Into American League Cellar; Royals 6, Indians 3: By Bob Toth Kansas City starting pitcher Luis Mendoza allowed just two earned runs and escaped an early Cleveland threat, as...
• 9/21 Kings of Kauffman: Many Heroes in Royals 6-3 Win Over Indian: A team effort pushed the Royals over the Indians on Friday night. The Royals sent out a lineup with Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Finding Optimism: Twenty games left and many Royals fans have diverted their attentions elsewhere. The Kansas City Chiefs may be terrible this year,...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Billy Gordon and Alex Butler: Their careers have been linked since being 1st round draft picks in back-to-back years.  It even went so far that Baseball...
• 9/21 Diamond Ring: Slap Singles 8/8: In his Royals career Jonathan Sanchez had an ERA of 7.76.  Jeremy Guthrie is currently sitting at 7.71. The Royals went...
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: Ernesto Frieri Serves Up Another Loss: Ernesto Frieri has sunk the Angels battleship. Entering the top of the ninth inning in a 1-1 game against the Rangers, Frieri...
• 9/20 Kings of Kauffman: Leading off for your Kansas City Royals: Lineups are a tricky topic, especially on a team like the Royals, with so many developing hitters. One thing we know for certain...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler sets career highKansas City Royals DH Billy Butler set a career high with his 97th RBI Tuesday, Sept. 18....[+] Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler set a career high with his 97th RBI Tuesday, Sept. 18.
• 9/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: New Schedule, Same Value: Clave and I recently had a bit of a conversation, trying to figure out if the Astros move to the American League next year will...
• 9/18 Southside Showdown: Gavin Floyd Emerges as Victor in Surprise Pitching Duel: Nobody expected a pitching duel. Alejandro De Aza made it clear he was not looking to parti**** in one either by leading the game...
• 9/17 Southside Showdown: White Sox-Royals Series Preview With Kings of Kauffman: Oh those pesky Royals. Cy Chen and company are preparing to shatter the hopes and dreams of White Sox fans, and the White Sox...
• 9/17 WahoosOnFirst: On the Cleveland Indians’ Lack of Passion: On July 29th, 2011, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco gave up a grand slam home run to Royals outfielder Melky Cabrera....
• 9/17 Kings of Kauffman: The Franchise: Most of the time, a team has a player that the fans label “The Franchise.” This player can sometimes vary depending...
• 9/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Trumbo’s Trumbomb Leads Way: Apparently, Mark Trumbo loves Kansas City. He put on a show during the home run derby and his home run in the second helped lift...
• 9/16 i70baseball.com: Projecting the Royals Pitcher and Player of the YearEach year, not matter how dreadful it is, a player and pitcher of the year is named by the Kansas City Royals....
• 9/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Lose On Back to Back Home Runs: It took four pitches. It only took four pitches and the season almost went up in flames. Luckily for the Angels, the Orioles beat...
• 9/15 Kings of Kauffman: Salvador Perez Walkoff Caps Royals-Angels Pitching Duel: For most of Saturday night’s game, the Royals couldn’t do much at all against former Royal Zack Greinke and the Angels....
• 9/15 i70baseball.com: Magic NumbersThe Royals still have some things to play for....
• 9/15 Kings of Kauffman: Never Too Soon to Call the Royals Next Year’s Sleeper: I remember back in  2009, the season hadn’t started yet, the Royals had just traded for power-hitting Mike Jacobs and a...
• 9/14 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Head to KC to Take on the Royals: The Angels head to Kansas City to take on the Royals this weekend. The Angels are 3.5 games out of the second wild card spot....
• 9/14 Kings of Kauffman: Chaos Ensues As Royals Blow Final Game Against Twins: It started as a nice friendly game. The Royals scored twice in the first inning and added a run in the fifth and it was enough....
• 9/13 Puckett's Pond: Twins take one from the Royals, starting pitching still a concern: The Minnesota Twins struggled against division rivals Kansas City Royals in the three-game series at Target Field.  Neither team...
• 9/13 Kings of Kauffman: Two Big Innings, Lots of Singles Lead Royals to Victory Over Twins: A five run fifth inning and four run eighth gave the Royals enough runs to put the Twins away 10-5 on Wednesday night. And even...
• 9/12 Diamond Ring: Finding Optimism: Twenty games left and many Royals fans have diverted their attentions elsewhere. The Kansas City Chiefs may be terrible this year,...
• 9/10 i70baseball.com: Is .390 the greatest Royals record?: As it becomes more and more apparent that Billy Butler will not be breaking the most embarrassing record in Kansas City Royals...
• 9/8 Southside Showdown: White Sox Win Behind Strong Afternoon From Sale: It was Star Wars day at The Cell, and the White Sox definitely provided the fireworks to accompany it. Cy Chen be **** the offense...
• 9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Eric Hosmer not in lineup Saturday: Kansas City Royals 1B Eric Hosmer is not in the lineup Saturday, Sept. 8, against Chicago White Sox SP Chris Sale. C Salvador...[+] Perez will serve as the designated hitter, with DH/1B Billy Butler playing first base.
• 9/7 Kings of Kauffman: Series Preview Royals at White Sox September 7-9: Kansas City (61-76) returns to the road after a 5-5 homestand against the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers. The...
• 9/7 Diamond Ring: Billy Gordon and Alex Butler: Their careers have been linked since being 1st round draft picks in back-to-back years.  It even went so far that Baseball...
• 9/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: How Valuable is Stephen Strasburg?: Nash I’m in a 5×5 head to head keeper league where I am set to make the playoffs.  I currently have Stephen Strasburg and...
• 9/6 Kings of Kauffman: What Might Have Been: Wil Myers is everywhere these days. Minor League Player of the Year over at Baseball America. Nice interview at Fangraphs. He...
• 9/4 Kings of Kauffman: Jeremy Guthrie Solid Again in Royals Win Over Rangers: Jeremy Guthrie rattled off another quality start and Alex Gordon and Johnny Giavotella homered to center to help the Royals avenge...
• 9/4 The Baseball Haven: Statistical Oddities: Melky Cabrera was once a slap-hitting fatty for the New York Yankees. We all know now that he changed his body and skills with...
• 9/3 Kings of Kauffman: Welcome to the Bigs, David Lough: Over the last two years, the Royals have graduated so many players to the big leagues, you’d think it’d be old hat...

• 8/31 Kings of Kauffman: AAA Solution to All of Our Problems: I’ve got an idea for the Kansas City Royals. I know…we’re on the verge of being a competitive baseball team...
• 8/31 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Mining: FB%, HR/FB, “Lucky” Homers: There are no ifs when it comes to home runs, right? Over the wall is over the wall, but the details behind home runs can help...
• 8/31 i70baseball.com: Tigers ‘tamed’ in Kansas CityThe sweep of the Detroit Tigers Thursday sealed up a winning month of August for the Kansas City Royals....
• 8/31 Kings of Kauffman: The Royals, Extensions and Cautionary Tales of Big Contracts: A key tenet of Dayton Moore’s Process is developing homegrown players. Since taking over, he’s rebuilt the Royals...
• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar – A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma: Riddle me this Royals fans – How does the guy who faced 12 batters and gave up 7 embarrassing earned runs in the first inning...
• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Close Call: Royals Beat Tigers in Wild Slugfest: A close call in the top of the ninth saved the Royals in a back and forth matchup against Detroit.   Greg Holland was trying...
• 8/27 mlbreports.com : The Fantasy Implications of the Red Sox and Dodgers Blockbuster: Monday August 27th, 2012 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst): The blockbuster trade between the Red Sox and Dodgers certainly...
• 8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/27: After winning 8-6 yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look to finish up the homestand with a series win this afternoon in the finale...
• 8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/27: After winning 8-6 yesterday, the Boston Red Sox look to finish up the homestand with a series win this afternoon in the finale...
• 8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/26: After blowing a big lead and falling 10-9 in 12 innings, the new look Boston Red Sox look to get back on track in the third...
• 8/26 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Blow Six Run Lead, Fall 10-9 In Extras: This was a major roller-coaster game for the Red Sox as the Royals took a three run lead, the Red Sox came back and grabbed a...
• 8/26 SOX & Dawgs: Sunday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/26: After blowing a big lead and falling 10-9 in 12 innings, the new look Boston Red Sox look to get back on track in the third...
• 8/25 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/25: After rallying for a 4-3 win last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a second straight win in the second game of a four-game...
• 8/25 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/25: After rallying for a 4-3 win last night, the Boston Red Sox look for a second straight win in the second game of a four-game...
• 8/25 mlbreports.com : Top 5 Center Field Prospects in Baseball: Saturday August 25th, 2012 Codey Harrison: (Lead MiLB Prospect Analyst) - Today represents the final installment of the three-part series...
• 8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Friday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/24: After being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Boston Red Sox look to turn the seven-game homestand around tonight...
• 8/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royals-Red Sox Series Preview Q&A with BoSox Injection’s Derek Stykalo: After losing two-of-three in St. Pete the Royals head up the coast to historic Fenway Park for a four game series against the...
• 8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Friday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/24: After being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Boston Red Sox look to turn the seven-game homestand around tonight...
• 8/24 BoSox Injection: Red Sox & Royals Series Q&A With Kings of Kauffman: The Kansas City Royals are coming to Fenway Park for a four game set starting Friday night.  While this may not make major headlines...
• 8/24 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Kansas City RoyalsThe Advanced Scout tries to glue his pulled-out hair back into his head as he analyzes the Kansas City Royals...
• 8/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 123: Bats Get Back on Track to Lift Rays to Series Victory vs. Royals: The Rays’ bats went on a one-day vacation on Tuesday, costing them an easy win. But the bats came back on Wednesday afternoon...
• 8/22 Kings of Kauffman: Eric Hosmer and the Lost Season: Quick – I say “Alex Gordon,” what is the first image that comes to mind?  Gordon’s face-plant early in the season as...
• 8/22 Baseball News Source: Top Five Outfield Prospects In Baseball: Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore has a peculiar allegiance to 28-year-old right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Though...
• 8/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to pay cheap rent.: Here’s a cost of living reality check: the average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in Denver is $744. In Minneapolis that...
• 8/21 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 122: Rays 2-Hit by Hochevar, Royals in 10 Inning Loss: Luke Hochevar and David Price had a lot in common with David Price at the start. Both pitchers were number one overall picks in...
• 8/21 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Trading From A Position of Perceived Strength: How far away are the Royals from contending, really? That’s an important question that needs to be answered as September approaches...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 Kings of Kauffman: Royals-Rays Series Preview Q&A with Rays Colored Glasses Robbie Knopf: This week, the Royals begin a seven-game roadtrip first up is a trip to St. Pete to face the surging Rays at the Trop. In the...
• 8/18 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Adam Dunn Hits 400th Career Home Run – White Sox Lose: Chicago 4 – Kansas City 9 - Adam Dunn hit his 35th home run of the year, and his 400th career home run but it was not enough...
• 8/18 i70baseball.com: Here they go againThe kings of irrelevant success are at it early in 2012....
• 8/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Royals Game 115: Seldom does a team win a game when they manage a mere three hits. That is exactly what happened tonight as the A’s were...
• 8/18 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes – very briefly: I ran out of steam. Wanna help fill in the gaps? @Royals 4, White Sox 2: Chris Sale, the AL’s SO/BB leader, tied a career...
• 8/18 Baseball Musings: Off to the Races: The American League Central tightened up a bit on Friday as Detroit beat Baltimore 5-3 and Chicago loses to Kansas City 4-2. Tommy...
• 8/17 Southside Showdown: White Sox Can’t Get Above Mendoza: The Royals continue their pestering of the Sox as Chris Sale was unable to get the best of Luis Mendoza in Kansas City. A couple...
• 8/17 Kings of Kauffman: Royals-White Sox Series Preview Q&A with Southside Showdown’s Matt Adams: This weekend, the Royals host the White Sox. In the last series between the two teams August 6-8, the Royals took two of three,...
• 8/17 WasWatching: A.L. Batting Leaders: Here they are, as of this morning. Can Derek Jeter win the batting title this year?  Or, is it between Trout and Cabrera? Rk...
• 8/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Where have all the good nicknames gone?: Recently, I ran across an article on Athlon Sports that purported to list the 50 best baseball nicknames ever. It is a woefully...
• 8/17 i70baseball.com: It’s broke, fix it: The third spot in the batting order is supposed to be a position that a guy gets the opportunity to get guys who are on base...
• 8/15 SoDo Mojo: The First Base Predicament: When the Mariners acquired Justin Smoak as the center piece to the Cliff Lee deal, they believed they were shoring up the not-so-hot-corner...
• 8/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler has solid series: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 2-for-3 Sunday, Aug. 12, and was 6-for-16 with two home runs in the three-game series...[+] against the Baltimore Orioles over the weekend.
• 8/13 Baseball News Source: Which Top Prospects will Join Machado, Olt in the Majors?: His team in the midst of a pennant race and desperately needing more production out of the third base spot, Orioles general manager...
• 8/13 Kings of Kauffman: 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...
• 8/12 Kings of Kauffman: 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 in the post-Yuni era. The...
• 8/11 Kings of Kauffman: Chasing Balboni: Billy Butler: I love writing about Billy Butler. In the last couple of years, Butler’s gotten a bad  rap. He’s always been a good...
• 8/10 i70baseball.com: A powerful breakfast: As a guy who has lacked in home run power over the beginning of his career in Kansas City, Billy Butler, has taken the bull by...
• 8/10 Roto Think Tank: Manny Machado: There were two rapid-fire, knee-jerk reactions to Manny Machado's promotion yesterday on - where else - Twitter, that went something...
• 8/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler solidKansas City Royals DH Billy Butler missed hitting for the cycle by a single Thursday, Aug. 9, with three RBIs....[+] Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler missed hitting for the cycle by a single Thursday, Aug. 9, with three RBIs.
• 8/9 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Billy Butler Leads Royals Past Orioles: Kansas City 8  - Baltimore 2 - Billy Butler homered in a four-run first inning, doubled in the third and tripled in fifth to...
• 8/9 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes – AL: Rays 7, @Blue Jays 1: Matt Moore turned in Tampa’s third straight strong start (1 R, 2 H in 6 IP), and the Rays moved...
• 8/9 Diamond Ring: Slap Singles 8/8: In his Royals career Jonathan Sanchez had an ERA of 7.76.  Jeremy Guthrie is currently sitting at 7.71. The Royals went...
• 8/7 Southside Showdown: Bruce Chen and Lackluster White Sox Yield Loss: Bruce Chen acquired a sort of boogeyman status for the White Sox and their fans last year, throwing 33.1IP against them with an...
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: Changing DH Roles: This article on the lack of regular designated hitters bothered me: Being the DH is Ortiz’s full-time job. Except when the...
• 8/7 Kings of Kauffman: Moving Forward: This is my first post in nearly two months.  A lot of things have come up in the past two months that have taken my attention...
• 8/5 Baseball Musings: Walk Off Win Day: Four games so far on Sunday ended with the home team walking off with a win. The Indians and Tigers scored 10 runs in the first...
• 8/4 i70baseball.com: The offense strikes backAfter just a horrendous month of July, the Kansas City Royals start off the month of August on a good note....
• 8/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Losing Skid Hits Six as Indians Swept in Extras; Royals 7, Indians 6: By Bob Toth The Cleveland Indians made up a six-run first inning deficit but fell short in extra innings, swept out of Kansas...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: When Did the Royals 2012 Season Go Off the Rails?: For true fans, no matter how pathetic your team may be, whether you’ve suffered through multiple consecutive decades of losing...
• 8/1 Kings of Kauffman: July in a Nutshell: After back-to-back winning months in May and June, the wheels came off the bus in July. The Royals never won consecutive games...
• 8/1 WahoosOnFirst: Derek Lowe Rocked Again as Royals Beat Indians 8-3: Derek Lowe had another miserable outing and the Indians couldn’t come back from an early deficit Tuesday night as the Royals...

• 7/31 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Lowe-Down Beating By Kansas City; Royals 8, Indians 3: By Dave Roberts After being swept in Minnesota by the Twins over the weekend the Indians sought to get back on the winning track...
• 7/31 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals: Sometimes there aren’t enough words to describe something you just saw. The sheer amazement of the situation, or lack there...
• 7/31 Kings of Kauffman: Royals vs. Indians Q&A With Lewie Pollis of Wahoo’s On First: Cleveland and Kansas City match up for their fourth series of the season. The Royals are 4-5 overall, winning the last two series...
• 7/30 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: The Trade Deadline Cometh: There isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said. This season has to rank among the most disappointing of the last two...
• 7/27 The Baseball Page: Ichiro’s Last Week As A Seattle Mariner: Ichiro Suzuki left the Seattle Mariners this week but before that, he...
• 7/26 Kings of Kauffman: Series Preview Royals at Mariners July 26-29: Kansas City (41-56) heads north following three games in Anaheim which they lost two-of-three against the Angels. The Royals are...
• 7/26 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bats Go Off Early as Angels Take Series: The Angels bats were alive and well from the words “Play Ball” as they jumped out to an 8-0 after four innings and finished...
• 7/26 The "Mc" Effect: Trade Thoughts: July 25th: I wrote one of these two nights ago and mentioned Wandy Rodriguez, then the Pirates traded for him the next day. Let's try to...
• 7/24 i70baseball.com: An ode to Country Breakfast: Lost in the roasting of Kansas City over the booing of Robinson Can0 was the sentiment that fans around baseball would not want...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: Series Preview: Royals at Angels – July 23-25: After a 3-7 homestand against the likes of the White Sox, Mariners and Twins the Kansas City Royals (40-54) head out west for...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: Trade Rumors Swirl Around Current Royals As Deadline Approaches: It’s been a busy afternoon with the movement of Anibal Sanchez to Detroit, Ichiro to the Yankees and maybe-possibly-not...
• 7/23 Kings of Kauffman: The Monday Rant: Moving the Goalposts: This is year six. The Royals lost on Sunday in a fashion that bad teams make a habit of losing: with the same formula they always...
• 7/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: TRADE RUMORS AROUND THE YANKEES & MLB: Denard Span: The Yankees, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.com HERE, and us, who suggested this was a nice fit days ago...
• 7/23 Jays Journal: The Extra Playoff Spots Change Everything: By this time last season, the Jays were 11.5 games back of the Division leading Red Sox, and the Orioles were a whopping 20.5...
• 7/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Pirates | Dangles Justin Wilson: The Pittsburgh Pirates dangles SP Justin Wilson when they made it known to the Kansas City Royals that they were interested in...[+] DH Billy Butler. This swap appears to be a long-shot, but the Royals might consider using Wilson as a long-term closing option.
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Hernandez, Upton, Bard, Gordon: As teams scan the trade market for pieces that can make a difference down the stretch, many GMs are experiencing sticker shock,...
• 7/21 Diamond Ring: Nick Blackburn 2: The Revenge: Tonight, the Royals and the Twins battle to avoid becoming the last team in the American League to reach 40 wins. The stakes couldn't...
• 7/21 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon and the Magic Leadoff Spot: Sports are weird. Baseball is weird. Athletes are weird. Take a player like Melky Cabrera. For years, he floundered to be an average...
• 7/20 North Side Notch: Friday Trade Rumors: Upton, Headley, Scutaro, Butler: Lots of stuff today. - Jon Morosi of Fox Sports reports that the Pirates and Diamondbacks are still discussing a trade that would...
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Pirates | Check in on Billy Butler: The Pittsburgh Pirates have checked in on the availability of Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler. The Royals have told teams they...[+] would have to be overwhelmed by an offer in order to trade Butler.
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Rays, Volquez, Butler, Phillies: The chances of Cole Hamels getting traded are diminishing, but they haven't disappeared, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reports. The...
• 7/19 MLBeef.com: Injury news for for Reds, Blue Jays, Red Sox, and thpusands of fantasy team: Today the Reds announced Joey Votto would be out at least three weeks for a torn meniscus.  Then, it a matter of minutes my...
• 7/19 MLBeef.com: How I Showed Up to the All-Star Game Last Minute and Scored a “Cheap” Ticket from Matt Cain’s Agent: The following was written by David Franco over at Next Level Ballplayer. We shared a bunk bed during college and literally...
• 7/17 Motor City Bengals: Deadline Central: Kansas City Royals: As the trade deadline approaches and the rumors begin to fly, I thought I would take a team by team look at the A.L. Central,...
• 7/16 The Baseball Page: Surprise! The National League is Better : The American League has better hitting and pitching.  The National...
• 7/16 i70baseball.com: Kool Aid Drinker’s Crystal Ball (Part 2): As if this Royals season hasn’t turned depressing enough, I took a look today at the original crystal ball from 1/1/2012. So...
• 7/14 Southside Showdown: Peavy Finally Gets to Pitch in KC – Lineups 7/14: Last night/this morning’s game may have been a bit long, but certainly everybody is ready for round 2 at Kauffman today. The...
• 7/14 Kings of Kauffman: For Want of a Stat, the Game Was Lost: Last night’s game against the White Sox was a mess. The Royals had a 5-3 lead when Bruce Chen took the mound to start the...
• 7/13 Diamond Ring: What To Expect From the Royals After the Break: Baseball kicks back in today and it's time to figure out what to expect from the Royals.  They will be better in the second...
• 7/13 The Baseball Page: When you are stuck in the fantasy baseball mud.: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our...
• 7/13 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Mid-Season Leaders:   As we wait for the second-half of the 2012 season to get going this evening, I thought it might be fun to go through the...
• 7/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ROYALS FANS BLAST BYB FOR OUR BILLY BUTLER POST: Look, who wants to fight? Not I. All I wrote in my piece WARNING TO BILLY BUTLER, YANKEE FANS NEVER FORGET was that because...
• 7/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: When you are stuck in the fantasy baseball mud.: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost written...
• 7/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WARNING TO BILLY BUTLER, YANKEE FANS NEVER FORGET: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 7/12 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Podcast: 1st Half In Review: For me, the theme of the New York Yankees’ first half of the season was weathering the storm. They went through so many...
• 7/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Bombers’ Blast: Billy Bulter needs to thank Robinson Cano for PR:   Billy Butler should send Robinson Cano a big thank you card. Most of the casual and not-so-casual baseball watching public...
• 7/11 Bus League Baseball: Forty Is The New Thirty: 2012 All-Star Break Update: Major League Baseball is finishing up its 2012 All-Star Break today*, so it seemed like as good a time as any to bust out an update...
• 7/11 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: All Star Ponderings: Keep in mind as you read this that I am a life long Royals fan.  I grew up in the heyday of the 70s and...
• 7/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MVP MELKY & THE NL STOMP THE AL 8-0: This is why baseball is the greatest game in the world.  No one would have predicted that Justin Verlander would be slapped...
• 7/11 BoSox Injection: This Bud’s Not For You: The All-Star game always seems to bring out fear and loathing in me, much of which centers around Bud Selig. When you look at...
• 7/11 Royally Speaking: National Media Miss The Point: Full of themselves, and in the mood to moralize, national baseball writers showed just how terrible they can do their job when...
• 7/11 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates All-Star Week recap: Here’s an abbreviated rundown of Pirates action in Kansas City this week: All-Star Game Andrew McCutchen entered in the...
• 7/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Cano All Star experience: So...the Home Run Derby. You can pretty much guarantee that Robinson Cano will never want to be a captain for that puppy again....
• 7/10 StanGraphs: Live Blog: 2012 All-Star Game: 10:27 PM: Here’s a TLR post-game interview, just like the doctor ordered. Tony is gushing about his NL squad, which is...
• 7/10 North Side Notch: Andrew McCutchen and Joel Hanrahan both contribute in NL’s 8-0 win: Final: National League 8, American League 0 The game was well out of reach when both players entered the game, but it didn’t...
• 7/10 STLCardinalBaseball: ALL STAR GAME RECAP: Expect the Unexpected: The time has come, the All Star game the magical time where the games greatest and fan favorites join together to play for their...
• 7/10 Kings of Kauffman: We Will Remain Silent No Longer: Trenni Kusnierek hinted at it in her very good article earlier today, but I’d like to expand on it a little bit. We all know...
• 7/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Show – Melky, Sandoval, Posey, Cain Take Over MLB All-Star Game, Bring Home MVP Award: Although San Francisco Giant fans received some harsh feedback in relation to the “stuffed ballot boxes” (Ken Rosenthal’s...
• 7/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Derby Recap/ASG Predictions: Derby Recap -Just as I predicted, Prince Fielder outlasted Jose Bautista to win the State Farm Home Run Derby.  While...
• 7/10 mlbreports.com : The Prince is Crowned Yet Again! Fielder Wins Another Home Run Derby Title: Tuesday July 10th, 2012 John Burns:  Kauffman Stadium was electric Monday night from the top sluggers in baseball putting on...
• 7/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Robinson Cano forgot to have fun at the Home Run Derby:   Robinson Cano forgot. Not that he made some “promise” to a city. Not how to hit home runs – though it might seem...
• 7/10 WSJ Daily Fix: Podcast: All for Billy Butler?: On the latest Sports Retort, the surprisingly venomous reaction by Kansas City baseball fans, the most bland baseball stars and...
• 7/10 The Captain's Blog: Appeasing Aggrieved Fan Bases with All Star Olive Branches (and Video): Some Yankees’ fans have been slow to forgive the rude way in which All Star second baseman Robinson Cano was treated by their...
• 7/10 StanGraphs: Weighing in on the Cano Booing: You’ve probably heard by now that Kansas City fans decided to give New York Yankee superstar Robinson Cano a raucous ovation...
• 7/10 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News: Robinson Cano booed by Kansas City faithful, zeroes out in HR Derby: New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano knew he was going to endure some jeers from the Kansas City Royals fans in attendance...
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: A Quick Kansas City Perspective on Booing Robinson Cano: So you’re watching the Home Run Derby on ESPN and Robinson Cano got booed mercilessly when he was introduced to the Kansas...
• 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | No All-Star starter since 2000: The Kansas City Royals have the longest active drought without having a starter in the All-Star Game dating back to 2000. 1B Billy...[+] Butler is their representative this season, and he'll come off the bench.
• 7/9 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: Comparisons, Winners, and the “Reallys”: Monday July 9th, 2012 Robert Whitmer:  The same thing happens every year. We sit down and watch baseball for the first 2 months...
• 7/6 i70baseball.com: A season half full: Although three games remain before the All-Star break, the Kansas City Royals concluded the first half of their season on a good...
• 7/5 i70baseball.com: Country Breakfast is being served at the 2012 All-Star GameSurprised Billy Butler is going to the All-Star Game? I was, at first....
• 7/3 i70baseball.com: The Moose is loose: The shoes that have to be filled at third base in Kansas City are rather large and may never be filled by any Kansas City Royal’s...
• 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler Left Out of Home Run Derby: Billy Butler is on pace for a career year in home runs. He’s got more home runs than Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Mark...
• 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: 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 of the roster shined...
• 7/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Biggest Small Market All-Star Snubs: We need to face facts folks. The All-Star game, with voting starting just a few weeks into the season, is a po**** contest...
• 7/2 Southside Showdown: American League All-Star Snubs:   Every year when the All-Star Game rosters are announced, there are immediate declarations that so-and-so was robbed of...
• 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: The Royalman Report Talks All-Stars and Craig Brown Talks About Royals Blogging:   While Chris Kamler was hanging out in 100 degree heat watching little league and Jeff Herr was on assignment, Troy Olsen...
• 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: All-Star Reflections: 2006:   Billy Butler was chosen as a Royals representative in the 2012 All-Star Game taking place next week. There was a clip shown...
• 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Reserves & Pitchers: Shortly after the starters were announced for the 83rd Major League All-Star Game, the reserves and pitchers were selected by...
• 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: June In A Nutshell: A steamy June brought the Royals their 2nd winning month in a row.  Unfortunately, it ended in Minneapolis with the same disappointment...
• 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler to Represent Royals at 2012 MLB All-Star Game: The American League set most of its roster for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game on Sunday and the Royals were hopeful to get multiple...
• 7/1 Royally Speaking: Billy Butler: All Star: After watching Alex Gordon get snubbed last year in favor of a relief pitcher I was expecting the same thing to happen again....
• 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler Headed For Career Power Year: Billy Butler has drawn flack in the past for being a singles hitter in a slugger’s body. A small but vocal group of fans...

• 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: 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 about who will represent...
• 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: 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 about who will represent...
• 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: 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 about who will represent...
• 6/29 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 AL All- Star Roster: The MLB All-Star break is fast approaching signaling the end of the first half and the All-Star game. Like it or not the All-Star...
• 6/29 Royally Speaking: Stop It: One year ago today Billy Butler was in the midst of a down year according to some fans and they demanded that he be traded....
• 6/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: ROYAL CANDIDATES: It is sign that the process is finally starting to show results.  Dayton Moore has verbally pounded us for...
• 6/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Trade Candidates—Zack Greinke: Name: Zack Greinke—Milwaukee Brewers Tale of the tape: Right-handed pitcher; 28-years-old (29 in October); 6’2”, 200 lbs....
• 6/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Short Hops: Joey Votto: Yesterday, I took to Twitter and asked one simple questions: Is Joey Votto currently the best hitter in baseball? Well,...
• 6/28 i70baseball.com: Royals All-Star Update: With less than two weeks until the All-Star game, the Kansas City Royals have many players deserving of a spot on the roster....
• 6/27 High Heat Stats: Wednesday mini-roundup: (“Mini-roundup” sounds like herding cats, which in a way it is. Anyway…) @Giants 3, Dodgers 0: For the first...
• 6/27 The Rays Today: Another Sweep, Just Not The Kind We Like: Posted in Ben ZobristBurke BadenhopMatt MooreThe Rays tried their hardest to keep up with the Royals today, they were able to...
• 6/25 Kings of Kauffman: Mood Swings: On Thursday, the Royals were off and things were good. A sweep of Milwaukee and road series wins at St. Louis and Houston brought...
• 6/23 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Sending Mixed Signals On Francoeur: The Royals' willingness to trade Jeff Francoeur has fluctuated greatly in recent weeks, major league sources tell Jon Paul Morosi...
• 6/23 Royally Speaking: OOTP 13: To celebrate the launch of Out Of The Park Baseball 13 the developers of the game released copies of the game to bloggers willing...
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Checked in on Starlin Castro, Billy Butler: The Seattle Mariners recently checked in on the availability of Chicago Cubs SS Starlin Castro and Kansas City Royals DH Billy...[+] Butler but the talks with each team did not go very far.
• 6/21 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Hernandez, Castro, Butler: Trading Felix Hernandez for offense would make sense for the Mariners, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports suggests. Hernandez, who’s...
• 6/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Eric Hosmer sittingKansas City Royals DH Billy Butler is starting over 1B Eric Hosmer in a National League park Wednesday, June 20....[+] Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler is starting over 1B Eric Hosmer in a National League park Wednesday, June 20.
• 6/19 i70baseball.com: All Star Celebrity Softball Game RostersGame Will Be Televised Immediately Following the State Farm Home Run Derby on ESPN on July 9th...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler expected at 1B Monday: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler is expected to be in the starting lineup at first base Monday, June 18, because the team is...[+] facing a left-handed starting pitcher.
• 6/18 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Royals 5, Cardinals 3: What I would’ve tweeted: Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads. I spent the mid-afternoon of my Father’s Day at the local swimming hole with...
• 6/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler out: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler is out of the lineup for the first game of an interleague matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals...[+] Friday, June 15.
• 6/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Wil Myers: For me, it’s always been hard to not root for the Kansas City Royals. I wanted them to win, if just because. Of course,...
• 6/14 i70baseball.com: Well That Didn’t WorkYou can’t blame Ned Yost for trying. At least I won’t on this one....
• 6/14 Baseball Musings: Night of the Pitcher: In addition to R.A. Dickey and Matt Cain, a number of pitchers hurled gems Wednesday night. Felix Doubront of Boston allowed three...
• 6/13 FanSided: 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?  The Royals 2012 season...
• 6/13 Royally Speaking: Greinke Returns To The K: The day I've been dreading since December 2010 arrived last night, and honestly, it went about as well as possible. Zack Greinke...
• 6/12 Baseball Musings: Ruining Greinke’s Return: Zack Greinke returned to Kansas City for the first time since his trade to the Brewers. He showed the old fans that he still has...
• 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Francoeur, Myers, Greinke: The Royals' offense, which ranked sixth in the American League a year ago, now sits next-to-last in scoring with 224 runs. Here's...
• 6/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Filling a Void Behind the Dish:   Nash, My catcher situation is bleak, I had Victor Martinez as a keeper (sigh) and then picked up Salvador Perez, we all...
• 6/5 i70baseball.com: Zimmer aims to continue Royals’ run of first round success: The Royals took Kyle Zimmer with their first pick in the 2012 draft, and though the team isn’t exactly in the hunt for a pennant,...
• 6/5 Royally Speaking: The Art Of Killing A Rally: Ned Yost and Dayton Moore came of baseball age in a time when batting average and RBI's were king and the sacrifice bunt was...
• 6/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Will the Kansas City Royals ever be good again?: We’ve heard it for years, the Royals will be good in 2012, 2013, 2014. Well it’s 2012, and I believe the time is now for this...
• 6/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Royals Game 53: Brandon McCarthy takes the hill for Oakland looking to get back on track this 2012 season. For the Royals they send Luke Hochevar...

• 5/31 i70baseball.com: The Royals fans love-hate affair of Jeff FrancoeurSome Royals fans love to hate Jeff Francoeur. Why is that?...
• 5/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: When you are stuck in the fantasy baseball mud.: I thought I’d write a post to stoke the flames of the internal competition between the writers of this site (read the comments...
• 5/29 i70baseball.com: Is it time to trade Wil Myers?If you are ever looking for the definition of forcing an organization’s hand, you need look no further than Wil Myers....
• 5/28 mlbreports.com : Fantasy Baseball Report: Week of May 28th: Monday May 28th, 2012 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst – MLB reports):  In this week’s fantasy focus, I take a look...
• 5/28 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: Rays 4, @Red Sox 3: Back at ya, BoSox — The day after Salty‘s come-from-behind 2-run walk-off that broke up Fernando...
• 5/27 FanSided: Bullpen Dominates, Butler Stays Hot, Royals Win 4-2Fresh off getting some pub for being the fantastic hitter......
• 5/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Savior at Shortstop: There some local bloggers in the Kansas City area who refer to the Royals shortstop AlcidesEscobar as the Shortstop...
• 5/24 mlbreports.com : Kansas City Royals: Do They Have Enough Pitching to Become Contenders?: Thursday May 24th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: This season was all set up to finally be the year that the Royals would have a good...
• 5/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees Too Old For The Young Royals, Still Win 8-2: Tonight was test number three for Andy Pettitte, who was last seen devastating the Red’s lineup with 8.0 shutout innings...
• 5/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): Set bats to “fail,” Scotty. Yanks shut out by Royals: This is the part where I'm supposed to recap tonight's game and add a little bit of insight for your enjoyment but...that's...
• 5/21 Baseball Musings: Put the Good Bats Together: The Royals moved Mike Moustakas right behind Billy Butler in the lineup, and it paid off tonight against the Yankees. With two...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler drives in three runs Saturday: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs against the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday, May...[+] 19.
• 5/19 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Small Market Game of the Week - D-Backs at Royals: Interleague play is a debate that will never die, but for fans that love seeing match-ups that they may never get to...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler goes deep: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 1-for-3 with one home run and one RBI against the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, May 18....[+]
• 5/15 i70baseball.com: #OurTime to have more than one All-Star again?: It has been 12 years since the Royals have had multiple players in the MLB All-Star Game, but this could be the year that streak...
• 5/10 FanSided: Talking Baseball: The Kansas City Baseball Vault Debuts with Clint Robinson, Mike Hershberger
• 5/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/9: After winning falling last night 6-4, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the rubber game of a three-game...
• 5/10 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: TUESDAY: – TEX 10, @BAL 3: Are you Joshing me? And who’s that HHS nut who called Hamilton “overrated”?...
• 5/10 i70baseball.com: Johnny Giavotella joins the Royals, but for how long?Giavotella is called up and LHP Jonathan Sanchez goes on the disabled list....
• 5/10 Fragile Freddy's: Game Thirty Recap: BOS – 003 000 000 – 3 – 8 – 1KCR – 300 100 00x – 4 – 9 – 0 The Red Sox lost their third consecutive series to...
• 5/10 Fragile Freddy's: Game 29 Recap: BOS – 020 110 000 – 4 – 9 – 0KCR – 030 000 03x – 6 – 7 – 1 The Sox lost a tough one as the combination of Daniel...
• 5/10 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/9: After winning falling last night 6-4, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the rubber game of a three-game...
• 5/10 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/9: One big fat meatball pitch from Matt Albers was the final difference from keeping Daniel Bard from picking up his second win...
• 5/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: An Exception to the Fantasy Baseball Rules: I believe that Clave, Dixon and I have made our feelings known about how much more valuable hitters are than pitchers in fantasy...
• 5/8 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/8: The Boston Red Sox might want to think about moving all of the rest of their home games to the road. With their 11-5 win last...
• 5/8 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/7: After being swept at home by the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox head back out on the road for a brief...
• 5/7 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Kansas City RoyalsThe Advanced Scout wipes the barbecue sauce from his face and analyzes the Kansas City Royals....
• 5/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/7: After being swept at home by the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox head back out on the road for a brief...
• 5/4 Royally Speaking: Is This Really Chris Getz?: Remember during spring training when we were told, despite no results to prove the claim, that the new batting stance being...
• 5/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Hitting Woes Continue In Third Straight Loss: Lets start a terrible day in the Yankees world with a positive outing from David Phelps‘ first major league start. The righty’s...
• 5/3 i70baseball.com: The Royals are playing better, but they still need to improveThe Royals are finally winning games, but they have some issues they need to overcome....
• 5/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yanks vs. Royals. Glad it’s not August: I’m posting this every time the Yankees play the Royals (NSFW; language). The Yankees make their first trip to the midwest...

• 4/30 Kings of Kauffman: Escobar is Surprise All-Star Candidate of the Kansas City RoyalsWe’re now five games into the current Royals road trip, and Billy Butler has … [visit site to read more]...
• 4/30 Kings of Kauffman: Hosmer’s Struggles: About two weeks ago there were enough Royals fans on Twitter and other places bemoaning the struggles of Gold Glove left fielder...
• 4/30 Kings of Kauffman: Tracking Billy Butler’s PowerThrough 21 games in April, Billy Butler looks like he may be on track for a … [visit site to read more]...
• 4/29 Baseball Musings: The Double Letter Wrecking Crew: When I look at a Royals box score, especially when they perform well, two names usually stand out; Billy Butler and Mike Moustakas....
• 4/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The Most Underappreciated Royal: George Brett is undeniably the greatest hitter in the history of the Kansas City Royals.  Brett accumulated...
• 4/29 i70baseball.com: Turning Point: Maybe it only makes sense that the Kansas City Royals would have to overcome a 12-game losing streak before making their first...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler drives in three runs FridayKansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs against the Minnesota Twins Friday, April 27....[+] Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs against the Minnesota Twins Friday, April 27.
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler displaying early power: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler hit his third homer in three nights Friday, April 27. He's hitting .309 with five homers and...[+] 15 RBIs on the season.
• 4/28 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Mets and Rockies played a slugfest in Denver, Colorado scoring 11 times in the fifth inning and going on to an 18-9 win over...
• 4/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: KC Bats Around In 5th To Drop Tribe; Royals 4, Indians 2:   This afternoon’s contest at Progressive field showed all the signs of a gloomy day in Cleveland. Even the weather didn’t...
• 4/26 Baseball Musings: Is Two Wins a Streak?: The Royals win again, beating Cleveland 4-2. Royals pitchers walked five in the game, but the Indians managed to go just one for...
• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler hits two outKansas City Royals DH Billy Butler hit two homers Wednesday, April 25....[+] Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler hit two homers Wednesday, April 25.
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Royals Lead: The Royals are off to a good start in trying to break their 12-game losing streak. Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler each hit a two-run...
• 4/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #15 – Kansas City Royals (3-13) vs. Cleveland Indians (8-6): By Matthew Van Wormer The Indians are returning to the s**** of Lake Erie after an outstanding road trip where the Indians did...
• 4/24 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Michael Engel Talks Kansas City Royals: The Cleveland Indians return home as conquering heros Tuesday night after an incredibly successful 7-2 road trip. They’ll...
• 4/24 i70baseball.com: OK, So Who Is Responsible For This?The Kansas City Royals are off to a horriffic 3-12 start and fans are demanding some answers....
• 4/24 FanSided: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City RoyalsThe Cleveland Indians make their long awaited return to Progressive Field tonight after ...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Going to Eleven: The Blue Jays defeat Kansas City 4-1 to send the Royals to their 11th loss in a row. It’s the eighth time in this streak...
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Yuniesky Betancourt, Billy Butler shuffled in batting order: Kansas City Royals 2B Yuniesky Betancourt served as the leadoff hitter for the first time in his career Saturday, April 21, against...[+] the Toronto Blue Jaus. DH Billy Butler was moved from the cleanup spot to the No. 3 spot in the batting order. 'We tried to make some minor adjustments, shake things up a little bit,' manager Ned Yost said. 'It's a different look to see if we can't get some offense going. Every once in a while it's good to make an adjustment especially when you're struggling a little bit offensively.'
• 4/21 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: A Disastrous Start: I know, I know.  There are still a lot of games before we even get out of April.  I know there shouldn’t...
• 4/19 Royally Speaking: Production By Position - 2012 vs 2011: If I told you on the morning of April 6th that the rotation would allow three runs or less in nine of the first twelve...
• 4/19 i70baseball.com: Royals Gordon to be spokesperson for Fanfest: Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon has been named spokesperson for 2012 MLB All-Star FanFest, which will be held at the...
• 4/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Henderson Alvarez!: Henderson Alvarez, a right hander in the Toronto Blue Jays organization is 22 today. The Venezuelan signed as an undrafted fee...
• 4/15 i70baseball.com: Distaster strikesIt started around 11:30 AM as I pulled into Lot F and checked my phone to see Ned Yost’s Opening Day lineup....
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler has another multi-hit game: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 2-for-6 with a double, home run and two RBIs Wednesday, April 11, against the Oakland...[+] Athletics. It was his third multi-hit game in his past four starts.
• 4/10 i70baseball.com: Is One Series Enough To Begin Raising Expectations For The Royals?: The Kansas City Royals are only 3 games into the season, however, they have already given fans much reason to believe things could...
• 4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | First four batters struggle mightily: Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost got zero production out of his first four hitters Friday, April 6, in the team's opener against...[+] the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Leadoff hitter OF Alex Gordon and two-hole hitter OF Lorenzo Cain were each hitless in four at-bats with three strikeouts, while 1B Eric Hosmer and DH Billy Butler were both hitless in four at-bats with two strikeouts apiece.
• 4/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Opening Day Royal Predictions: Making predictions before the season starts is kind of a worthless endeavor but as baseball fans, it sure is fun. ...
• 4/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Kansas City Royals: The Kansas City Royals probably aren’t going to factor into any playoff scenarios this season but many of their young players...
• 4/5 i70baseball.com: Brett to serve as Ambassador for All Star Game: Brett to Parti**** in All-Star FanFest, Taco Bell All-Star Sunday Events and MLB All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run Presented...
• 4/4 i70baseball.com: Spring Stats: Hitters Heat Up in Arizona: With the desert in the rear view mirror and the Cactus League preseason in the books, it’s about time to get things going for...
• 4/3 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Signings For the Future: The Royals’ General Manage Dayton Moore seems to be taking a page out of John Hart’s General Managing handbook. ...

• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
• 3/23 i70baseball.com: Closing the door: Many fans were wondering what Kansas City Royals closer, Joakim Soria, would pitch like coming off of a not so Soria-like season...
• 3/18 FanSided: Defining "Royals Nation": [caption id="attachment_12565" align="alignright" width="218" caption="May 04, 2011; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals...
• 3/17 Royally Speaking: Contention Hopes Take An Early Hit: Before spring training began if you would have polled everyone in the Royals front office about which player would be the most difficult...
• 3/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Auction league hidden gems: If you have spent much time playing auction draft fantasy baseball leagues, then you understand the value of finding an inexpensive...
• 3/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Where to now, Vladimir Guerrero?Vladimir Guerrero hit .290 last season and he can't find a job? Hard to believe....
• 3/13 MLB Dirt: 2012 Kansas City Royals Preview2012 Kansas City Royals Preview...
• 3/6 Release Points: Is it Time to Close the Book on Brett Wallace?: Brett Wallace is 25-years-old, a former first round pick, thirteenth overall, and owns a career minor league .308/.381/.487 line...
• 3/6 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Designated Hitter: In the American League, how you spend at designated hitter is just as dependent on the quantity of hitters at the position as...
• 3/6 Obstructed View: Are some players rushed to the Major Leagues: The guy I used to run The Hawkeye State with and who now helps run The High Porch Picnic, another Hawkeyes blog, asked me a question...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler's defense impresses: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler impressed with his glove at first base in an intrasquad game Thursday, March 1, and he also...[+] doubled, singled and drove in a run. Butler is expected to see more time at first base this year to spell 1B Eric Hosmer.

• 2/29 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – 9th Edition (81-90): Over the course of the season, bounces and breaks will go for you and against you. Games get rained out. Players get tossed. Games...
• 2/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Kila Ka’aihue in Haiku and Then Some:   On yesterday’s episode of TarpTalk: An Oakland A’s Podcast I sarcastically said that I would be writing about...
• 2/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IT'S AN AJ BURNETT TRADE WEEKEND EXTRAVAGANZA: So many things swirling around in Yankeeland and Pittsburgh and even some cities in between as we have learned that other teams...
• 2/1 Fire Brand of the American League: Five Questions with the Enemy: An Interview with Matt Imbrogno of Yankee Analysts: Today, I’m releasing the first installment of a new series I’ll be starting here at Fire Brand.  From time to time,...

• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: Benched? What’s After the Royals starters.: Can you name the last American League World Series champion? Sure.  It was two years ago when the New York Yankees won their...
• 1/31 Kings of Kauffman: A Captain Among Them: Steak sauce. Photo Credit: Peter G. Aiken-US PRESSWIRE In today’s world, nothing seems to get done without a capable leader....
• 1/28 Yankees Fans Unite: An interview with Seedlings 2 Stars: Our friends over at Seedlings 2 Stars were kind enough to answer a couple questions about the 2012 Prospect list they put out. ...
• 1/27 Yankees Fans Unite: 7 Calls Cashman needs to make for a Hitter: In recent days , there have been three general stories coming from Yankee camp – all involving the excess starting pitching...
• 1/26 i70baseball.com: Future Royals Game Night Promotions… Or Should BeThe 2012 Royals game night promotions are good, but they could be better....
• 1/26 Dropped Strike Three: Saying Goodbye to the Double Play Machine That Was Wilson Valdez: Finally, some news worth commenting on! In their biggest splash of the off-season, the Phillies have traded away Wilson Valdez....
• 1/25 Royally Speaking: Single Season Home Run Leaders Since 2004: The general consensus is that either Eric Hosmer or Mike Moustakas will eventually break Steve Balboni's franchise record of 36...
• 1/25 Yankees Fans Unite: 7 Calls Cashman needs to make for a Hitter: In recent days , there have been three general stories coming from Yankee camp – all involving the excess starting pitching...
• 1/24 Kings of Kauffman: Giving Extensions: Since the Royals’ game has become developing good-to-great players and then keeping those players around to build a strong...
• 1/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY BURNETT CAN BE TRADED FOR DUNN: The Burnett trade rumors are everywhere. It is amazing that so many Yankee blogs are talking about it. People really have had...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Ordonez, Eckstein, Rays: One year ago today, the Royals and Billy Butler agreed to a four-year, $30MM extension. Butler responded with another strong...
• 1/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breakout candidate 2012: Kansas City Royals’ Eric Hosmer: Many people look at the Kansas City Royals’ 71-91 record last season and quickly ignore everything about them heading into...
• 1/20 Royally Speaking: Been There, Done That: This isn't another Billy Butler post, except it kind of is. I was talking about the Royals with a friend of mine who believes...
• 1/20 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY NOT TRADE AJ BURNETT FOR BILLY BUTLER?: The Yankees will trade AJ Burnett...it’s no secret anymore. Once it was clear that the Yankees would receive Michael Pineda...
• 1/19 i70baseball.com: The 2012 Royals Caravan Visits Springfield, MissouriThe Royals Caravan serves up excitement and optimism for Southwest Missouri Royals fans....
• 1/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEE RUMORS & BYB: PART 26: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 1/18 The Captain's Blog: Butler Would Serve Yanks Need at DH, but Royals May No Longer Be Looking to Flush Away Talent: The names most often mentioned as candidates for the Yankees’ DH opening read like a who’s who from the early part of the...
• 1/16 Royally Speaking: Royals Caravan - St. Joseph: The Royals comeback tour rolled into St. Joseph yesterday with Billy Butler, Greg Holland, Danny Duffy and John Mayberry...
• 1/16 i70baseball.com: Breaking Down The Royals RotationTaking a look at the Royals rotation as it compares to the rest of the American League Central....
• 1/16 i70baseball.com: “Dominating” Left FieldTaking a look at the left fielders in the American League Central....
• 1/13 The Captain's Blog: Yanks Resurrect Rotation, Trade Montero for Pineda: Pitching, Pitching, Pitching in deed! In the span of a couple of hours, the Yankees went from having a rotation full of question...
• 1/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Questionable Baseball MVPS; 1970-1979: 1979 NL Willie Stargell tying Keith Hernandez Despite receiving just four first place votes, "Pops" managed to finish in a...
• 1/9 i70baseball.com: To Trade Butler Or Not To Trade ButlerI keep changing my mind on whether the Kansas City Royals should or should not trade Billy Butler....
• 1/8 Royally Speaking: The Consistently Good Billy Butler: Nothing gets the Royals section of twitter raging like a good old fashion Billy Butler debate. Due to his great second half the...
• 1/6 i70baseball.com: Line ‘Em UpWith Spring Training looming in the curtains, the stage of the 2012 season is soon going to be a reality....
• 1/2 i70baseball.com: Fixing The Front Of The RotationI believe the Royals are in desperate need of a frontline starting pitcher...

• 12/29 i70baseball.com: A Royal Blue Island In A Sea of Cardinal RedRoyals fans can be anywhere, but when they are stuck in Cardinal country, it gets a bit tough....
• 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Darvish, Latos, Gio, Danks: On this date in 1975, arbitrator Peter Seitz made his landmark ruling that allowed baseball players to become free agents upon...
• 12/17 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Come Up Empty-Handed at the GIBBYs: Until recently, I wasn’t all that familiar with the “GIBBYs”. After doing some research, I found out that a...
• 12/12 The Golden Sombrero: Top 50 Prospects: #28 – Jake Odorizzi: #28 Jake Odorizzi Kansas City Royals DOB: 3/27/1990 Previous Rank: 35 ETA: 2013 As the highest ceiling player moved for Zack Greinke...
• 12/9 MLB Dirt: Locking Up Moore is Huge for Him and the Rays: The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with top prospect Matt Moore on a guaranteed $14M over five years and the entire deal...
• 12/5 Baseball Musings: Money for Nothing: The average MLB salary went up to $3.1 million in 2011. The players making the most money, however, are also the most one-dimensional:...

• 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Kansas City Royals 2012 lineup preview: It’s hard to believe a team that finished 20 games below .500, fourth in their division and hasn’t been to the playoffs...
• 11/17 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Kansas City Royals: 71-91, 4th place, 24 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Kansas City Royals.  Each day...
• 11/17 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 2.0: Lucas Giolito projects first: The 2012 MLB amateur draft will be held on June 4-6.While most college players will have to wait until spring to play again, many...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: **** Kimbrel Named Top Rookies: Over the next week the BBWAA will announce the recipients of baseball's key awards, starting with today's release of 2011's Rookies...
• 11/14 Tyler's Think Tank: **** Kimbrel Named Top Rookies: Over the next week the BBWAA will announce the recipients of baseball's key awards, starting with today's release of 2011's Rookies...
• 11/10 Mastersball.com: Fallacy, Fun and Folly of November Drafts - Part 1: Fallacy is defined by the dictionary as a misleading notion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning. In a nuts**** that’s...
• 11/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offseason Swap Series: Kansas City Royals:   By Matt Van Wormer The Kansas City Royals are a team much like the Cleveland Indians.  They rely on their strong farm...
• 11/7 i70baseball.com: In Sanchez We Trust?A starting outfielder gone, Jonathan Sanchez may very well be the ace of the Royals 2012 pitching staff....
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Butler, Sizemore, Orioles: The latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports... The Phillies have serious interest in free agent Michael Cuddyer, although...
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent And Trade Market For Designated Hitters: Supply always seems to exceed demand for designated hitters. Only 14 jobs exist, which tends to create a late-developing buyers'...
• 11/3 SpreadStumpers: 2012 World Series Champion Odds: After taking a look at the 2012 MLB World Series Champion odds, a few things jumped out at me. Here is the complete list, courtesy...

• 10/25 i70baseball.com: Royals And Gordon Team Up: The Kansas City Royals and outfielder Alex Gordon are hosting an online auction featuring unique autographed memorabilia to benefit...
• 10/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Rich Harden’s HR%: What Is To Blame?: A few days ago I looked at Rich Harden‘s 2011 campaign and came to the conclusion that it in fact wasn’t as good as...
• 10/18 i70baseball.com: 12 Reasons to be Excited for 2012Twelve reasons that Royals fans should already be getting fired up for 2012....
• 10/15 Kings of Kauffman: Prospect Review: Clint Robinson: Clint Robinson has bad timing. Had he entered professional baseball years earlier, he’d likely have been the Royals starting...
• 10/13 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals: The Royals' offseason revolves around their search for top-of-the-rotation pitching. Guaranteed Contracts Billy Butler,...
• 10/7 i70baseball.com: Fun With Royals CompsSearching for insights into key Royals by looking to similar players from the past....
• 10/4 i70baseball.com: 2011 Royals’ AwardsTaking a look at this writer's picks for the best of the Royals 2011....

• 9/29 Royally Speaking: And Now, Leading Off for the Kansas City Royals...: ..?Alex Gordon has been nothing short of terrific this year. He's been amazing at home; he's been solid on the road. His May...
• 9/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Acquire Kila Ka’aihue:   When I saw Kila Ka’aihue designated for assignment, I felt that it would be a reasonable move for Oakland to try...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB Draft Preview: Who will your team draft?: The 2012 amateur draft is still 9 months away, but it’s never too early to start thinking about who the top prospects are, especially...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB Draft Preview: Who will your team draft?: The 2012 amateur draft is still 9 months away, but it’s never too early to start thinking about who the top prospects are, especially...
• 9/16 B-R Blog: Quick recap for Thursday 9/15/11: Rays win, but will they run out of time?: -- Evan Longoria kick-started Tampa's assault on Fenway with a 2-out, 3-run HR in the 3rd. A couple weeks ago, the Mets' outstanding...
• 9/12 B-R Blog: Recap for Sunday 9/11/11: Seventeen days and three races left!: -- Rays 9, Red Sox 1 (wild-card gap down to 3 in the loss column): With Jon Lester on the hill, Boston was banking on the adage...
• 9/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Similar Royal Stats: The Kansas City Royals are mired in another lost and forgettable season, buried deep in the AL Central Standings and on pace for...
• 9/9 i70baseball.com: A Relative Onslaught: 2011 Royals OffenseExamining some encouraging signs from the Royals offense....
• 9/7 Baseball Musings: Rock’em-Sock’em Royals: Kansas City hitter started to go on a tear on August 20th, the day they scored nine runs against the Red Sox. Before that date,...
• 9/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Royals Wash Away Chances; Royals 5, Indians 1: By Mike Brandyberry Bull Durham said, “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains.” In a strange season...
• 9/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (69-66) vs. Kansas City (57-82): By Matt Van Wormer Last night, the Indians guaranteed the Royals a season that will be under .500 by figuring out Bruce Chen,...

• 8/30 i70baseball.com: Alex Gordon 2.0What a ride it has been so far for Alex Gordon....
• 8/25 Kings of Kauffman: Balance of Power Revisited: About six weeks ago, I was curious about the possibility of four Royals reaching 20 homers or more in 2011, which has happened...
• 8/22 MLBTradeRumors: Why Your Team Won't Sign Prince Fielder: Scott Boras isn't likely to send client Prince Fielder to play for the St. Paul Saints next year; obviously he'll wind up with...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 8/21: After falling last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid a spilt of the series in the finale of a four-game set with the Kansas...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/21: Just when things were looking up for the Boston Red Sox in helping starting pitcher Tim Wakefield get career win No. 200, the...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 8/21: After falling last night, the Boston Red Sox look to avoid a spilt of the series in the finale of a four-game set with the Kansas...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/21: Just when things were looking up for the Boston Red Sox in helping starting pitcher Tim Wakefield get career win No. 200, the...
• 8/20 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/20: After winning for the second night in a row, the Boston Red Sox look for a third straight win in the third-game of a four-game...
• 8/20 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/20: After winning for the second night in a row, the Boston Red Sox look for a third straight win in the third-game of a four-game...
• 8/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I’M MIFFED GIRARDI WAS MIFFED…AND DID NOTHING: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 8/19 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/19: After a solid team win last night, the Boston Red Sox look to make it two in a row tonight against the Kansas City Royals at...
• 8/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY YANKEES NEWS IS TAKING OVER BYB: (Photo: Getty) Freddy Garcia: Freddy threw a bullpen session the other day to test his cut finger, but he only threw his fastball...
• 8/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HOW THE YANKEES BEAT THE YANKEES LAST NIGHT: The Yankees, like every MLB team, play 162 regular season games. And every year there are usually a handful of games that have...
• 8/18 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/18: With the offense taking a vacation over the past three-game homestand, the Boston Red Sox will have to hope it comes back to...
• 8/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Hating Frenchy—The Jeff Francoeur Experience: The Royals signed outfielder Jeff Francoeur to a 2-year contract extension worth $13 million. This eliminates a $4 million mutual...
• 8/18 The Captain's Blog: Double Trouble: Failure to Protest Compounds Umpire’s Costly Error: Every time an umpire blows a significant call, there is the usual clamoring for instant replay. However, even that fail safe proved...
• 8/18 NY Baseball Digest: Protest, Yanks Playoff Opponent, Dillon Gee & Ron Darling, Sesame Street, Big Hurt Beer, Worst Dressed Met: The Yankees were robbed by the umpires last night as they blew the Billy Butler home run call in the third inning. The Yanks should...
• 8/18 My Pinstripes: Blue Makes Yankees See Red: It was only a matter of time today before Major League Baseball admitted the umpires blew it when they didn't overturn a home...
• 8/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankee comeback falls short in 5-4 loss to Royals: So close. The Yankees managed to load the bases in the ninth against Royals closer Joakim Soria, making the righty throw 40 pitches...
• 8/17 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Royals Game 121 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Andruw...
• 8/17 Yankees Daily: Jeter and Cano help Yankees and Nova beat Royals 9-7: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer into the Kauffman Stadium fountains, Russell Martin and Derek Jeter...
• 8/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 120: Yankees 9, Royals 7: New York opened their series in Kansas City with a win, but the Royals took the early lead on Tuesday.  The Yankees battled...
• 8/16 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Royals Game 120 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Andruw...
• 8/16 My Pinstripes: The Burnett Rollercoaster Continues: The A.J. Burnett debate continues - despite a shaky 5.2 IP outing, the Yankees erratic right-hander won his first game in the...
• 8/16 Yankees Daily: Derek Jeter drives in three Runs as Yankees beat Royals 7-4: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Derek Jeter had three hits and drove in three runs, including two with a go-ahead triple in the sixth...
• 8/15 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Royals Game 119 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Brett Gardner LF Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano 2B Nick...
• 8/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Royals II: Revenge is a dish best served by obliterating the opposition: The Yankees only get the Royals six times all season, and the final three of those games begins tonight at Kaufman Stadium. As...
• 8/6 i70baseball.com: Red Hot HittingThe Royals are swinging a hot bat and driving the ball, winning games, and playing good baseball....
• 8/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview: Indians at Red Sox: By Matt Van Wormer The Indians begin a key seven game road trip tonight at Fenway Park in Boston taking on a team that, just...
• 8/1 Royally Speaking: Billy being Billy: The fans that have been unimpressed with Billy Butler's lofty on-base percentage all year were finally silent last week when Billy...

• 7/31 Kings of Kauffman: The Royalman Report LIVE Sunday 7/31/2011 at 7 p.m. CST: Tonight, Kings of Kauffman presents another episode of the Royalman Report at 7 p.m. CST. We’re going to talk about the...
• 7/31 Baseball Moves: Player of the Week: Billy Butler: If you go back even just a week with Billy Butler you’ll realize why fantasy owners were cursing themselves for acquiring...
• 7/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Not Ready For A Pennant Race:   By Mike Brandyberry Your schedule might say the Indians have two months left in the season, and the trade deadline is...
• 7/30 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/29: If it weren't for a rare one bad inning from Josh Beckett on Thursday afternoon, the Boston Red Sox might have beaten the Kansas...
• 7/29 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/29: If it weren't for a rare one bad inning from Josh Beckett on Thursday afternoon, the Boston Red Sox might have beaten the Kansas...
• 7/28 Fragile Freddy's: Game 103 Recap: KCR – 000 400 000 – 4 – 8 – 0 BOS – 002 000 010 – 3 – 8 – 0 A beautiful Thursday afternoon went to **** in a hand...
• 7/28 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 7/28: After two straight nights of offensive explosions, the Boston Red Sox look to wrap up the four-game set with the Kansas City...
• 7/27 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/27: After yet another offensive explosion last night at Historic Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox look to make it two wins in a row...
• 7/27 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/27: After yet another offensive explosion last night at Historic Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox look to make it two wins in a row...
• 7/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/26: After falling in extra innings last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track tonight in game two of a four-game set...
• 7/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/26: After falling in extra innings last night, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track tonight in game two of a four-game set...
• 7/26 Boston Globe: Postgame wrapup: Royals 3, Red Sox 1: The start of last night's game was delayed more than two hours by rain. Marco Scutaro struck out in the bottom of the 14th to...
• 7/26 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/25: After sweeping the Seattle Mariners over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox will now play their next 14 games against foes from...
• 7/25 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/25: After sweeping the Seattle Mariners over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox will now play their next 14 games against foes from...
• 7/25 Fragile Freddy's: Series Preview - Kansas City Royals: Pitchers:Monday – Jon Lester (10-4, 3.31) vs. Kyle Davies (1-9, 7.32)Tuesday – Andrew Miller (4-1, 4.65) vs. Danny Duffy (2-4,...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: Notes for Saturday 7/23: Dog days’ journey into night: -- Season debut for Tampa's Desmond Jennings: 3-2-2-1, 2 walks, 3B, 2B, SB, field littered with comic-book "swoosh!" lines. In...
• 7/22 Royally Speaking: Team Billy: One of the more inexplicable storylines being played out this season is the hostility a section of the fanbase has directed at...
• 7/21 B-R Blog: Sergio Santos & consecutive appearances with a strikeout: Going into last night's games, here are the longest streaks in 2011 where the pitcher recorded at least one strikeout in each...
• 7/17 Royally Speaking: Sunday observations: I had started a post on Luke Hochevar but lost interest in it by the second paragraph. What else is there to say about him really?...
• 7/12 mlbreports.com : MLB All-Star Futures Game 2011: World Team Preview: Thursday, July 7, 2011   Rob Bland (Intern Candidate for MLB Reports):   Since its inception in 1999, the Futures Game,...
• 7/12 Royally Speaking: Trading Billy Butler: Last night on twitter the topic of trading Billy Butler once again reared its ugly head. This flares up every now and then because...
• 7/5 The Process Report: Does Jose Reyes Make Sense For The Rays?: Last week I wrote about the Rays trade deadline strategy, but I wanted to go case-by-case on some po**** objects of rosterbation....
• 7/4 Royally Speaking: Mile high madness: Yesterday wasn't Alex Gordon's day, first he got snubbed and then he got hurt. He apparently wasn't the All-Star lock that I thought...

• 6/30 COSFBA: Playing the Name Game: Who's Who: This edition of "Playing the Name Game" is the third time this season I'll be comparing nameless player's statistics  and...
• 6/24 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (30-44) vs Kansas City Royals (31-44): For a while there it looked like the Royals might contend in the weak AL central. Much like the Cubs they got off to a decent...
• 6/21 Yankees Daily: Gordon Should Be Royally Considered for All-Star Game: I am not going to lie, the Kansas City Royals have been a fun group to watch play baseball. They have top prospects Eric Hosmer,...
• 6/21 Motor City Bengals: Episode 11 of the Royalman Report – 6/19/2011: Royalman was finally back in the Royalman Report studio after a couple weeks of family and other commitments and we were glad...
• 6/20 COSFBA: The Knurve To Say: June 20th, 2011: **** to all the COSFBA readers, and thank you for allowing me into your wonderful homes.  I'd first like to start off by...
• 6/13 Motor City Bengals: Don’t Put Billy In A Corner: A little house-cleaning before we get started. In honor of Father’s Day the staff at KoK wanted to do something a bit different,...
• 6/2 PaulLebowitz.com: The Perils Of Prospects: The Royals oft-repeated “embarrassment of riches” in prospects took a hit today as it was reported that Double A lefty...
• 6/2 Royally Speaking: A Butler comp from the glory years: If there's a 30+ home run monster lurking inside Billy Butler's body it has yet to manifest itself. I'm not going to try and convince...
• 6/1 Baseball Musings: Jeeves Takes Charge: The Angels and Royals played a scoreless game until the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon. The Angels went 1 for...
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler hits walkoff bomb: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler hit a walkoff two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels...[+] of Anaheim Wednesday, June 1. Butler went 2-for-4 and now has four homers on the season.

• 5/25 Motor City Bengals: Will the Real Billy Butler Please Stand Up?: I feel like we’ve been down this road before. After 47 Royals games this year, Billy Butler has three homers and 18 RBI....
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler has two hits in loss: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 2-for-4 with an RBI Tuesday, May 24, against the Baltimore Orioles. He now has at least...[+] one hit in 121 consecutive series, which is the second-longest active streak in the majors behind Orioles OF Nick Markakis (155).
• 5/24 Motor City Bengals: It’s All Good: Fresh off a 9-8 extra inning loss to the Cardinals on Sunday, a game in which Royals pitchers walked 13(!) batters, the unraveling...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler has two more doubles: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of runs scored Sunday, May 22, against the St. Louis...[+] Cardinals. Butler is tied for fifth in the majors with 14 doubles.
• 5/19 COSFBA: Waiver Saviors: May 19th, 2011: Waiver Saviors is a regular feature on COSFBA looking for players available in a majority of leagues (ESPN and/or Yahoo!) who...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler extends club record: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler had a double in the fourth inning Saturday, May 14, against the Detroit Tigers, marking the...[+] 116th straight series in which he has collected at least one hit. That extends his own club record.
• 5/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Royals throttle Yankees 11-5; win first series at Yankee Stadium since 1999: Remember when I said that “anything less than two out of three against the Royals at home would have to be considered a...
• 5/12 Motor City Bengals: Billy Butler, Eric Hosmer Lead Bronx Bombing: Eric Hosmer hit the first pitch of the second inning into the seats in right field for his second home run in as many days and...
• 5/12 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 35: Royals 11, Yankees 5: Ivan Nova had seemed to turn his season around with three impressive starts, but Thursday was not his night, as he got hit...
• 5/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: : Take a shot of BorbonHot Fantasy Picks just posted a list of 10 waiver wire adds for you to consider and while some of the...
• 5/12 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 34: Royals 4, Yankees 3 (11 innings): In a game where the Yankees should have cruised to victory, they continually failed to convert their many opportunities into...
• 5/10 The Daily Catch: The Bizarro Division: The AL Central standings are looking more like a Bizarro division than those of a division in Major League Baseball in this decade....
• 5/10 MLB Fantasy Recon: Has the well run dry?: Vernon Wells (OF Anaheim Angels) For the years following Wells’ massive contract in 2006, I’ve heard – and contributed...
• 5/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Royals I: The Royals are in second place?: Following a much needed day off after playing 16 straight games, the Yankees get back to business tonight at the Stadium for a...
• 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler gets the day off: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler got a scheduled day off Sunday, May 8, against the Oakland Athletics. 'It's a good time to...[+] take a day off,' manager Ned Yost said. 'He's been struggling a bit. He's been fighting it. We got an off-day tomorrow so it gives us the benefit of two days to kind of rest and relax and to be ready to go again Tuesday.'
• 5/8 Royally Speaking: Predictable Ned: Billy Butler .847 OPS, Mike Aviles .844 OPS, Wilson Betemit .822 OPS, Chris Getz .592 OPS One of these players is not like...
• 5/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Royals Game 34: 7:08PM CDT: Eric Hosmer gets his first MLB hit (and another standing ovation) and that breaks up Brandon McCarthy‘s perfect...
• 5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Waiver Wire Flier - Eric Hosmer: The Last Word on Hosmer Flowers is rather down on the rookie, projecting James Loney, Justin Smoak, and Daric Barton to all...
• 5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Top 25 Prospect Update from MLB Dirt: Temper your expectationsEric Hosmer was the big name this week with the call up.  The 21 year old destroyed AAA pitching...
• 5/3 The Writer's Journey: Everybody was All-Star Voting: To the tune of “Kung Fu Fighting,” of course. Doesn’t it seem WAY too early to do this? If you’re using...
• 5/1 Baseball Musings: The .500+ Club: With the action over in the American League, there are only six teams above .500 at the end of April. The Kansas City Royals are...

• 4/29 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up: A.L. Week 5: May 2-8, 2011: Rising UpAlex White (4% owned last week, 13% this week)In non-carryover leagues, White might not be owned. But even in keeper...
• 4/27 Wahoo's Warriors: Pestano earning larger role in Tribe pen: As Tony Sipp continues to melt down (just as I predicted) Vinnie Pestano is starting take on a more significant role in the Indians...
• 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler extends interesting streak: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 1-for-4 with a double and RBI Tuesday, April 26, against the Cleveland Indians. He now...[+] has at least one hit in a franchise-best 112 consecutive series. It is the second-longest active streak in the majors behind Baltimore Orioles OF Nick Markakis, who has a hit in 145 straight series.
• 4/25 Nolan Writin': Kansas City Royals (12-9) at Texas Rangers (13-7) Series Finale Preview: The Texas Rangers host the Kansas City Royals today for the series finale of this three-game series in Arlington. The Rangers...
• 4/25 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Opening Day Win.: Start the ticker-tape parade! Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers was a success by any measure. The weather was a bit chilly,...
• 4/22 The Helmholtz Way: Weekly MLB Review: April 14th -20th Meltdown in Twin City? Joe Nathan, who was one of the most dominant closers in baseball, showed that he is not...
• 4/19 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Royals 3 (10) The Cleveland Indians...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Last Players Under Contract: When signing players to long-term deals, teams are forced to look many years into the future.  Let's take a look at which player...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Two get three hits: Kansas City Royals OF Jeff Francoeur went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs against the Seattle Mariners Friday, April 15,...[+] according to The Associated Press. 1B Billy Butler had three hits and an RBI.
• 4/11 Baseball Musings: Early Season Surprises: A little over a week into the season, there are some pleasant surprises in the game. The first two are the offenses of the Indians...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler extends hitting streak: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 1-for-4 against the Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 10, to extend his hitting streak to eight...[+] games, reports Noah Trister, of The Associated Press.
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Known for his Solos: The Royals down the Tigers 8-5 Sunday afternoon, despite the Tigers out-homering them 3-0. Luke Hochevar allowed all three, all...
• 4/9 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Opening Day Win.: Start the ticker-tape parade! Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers was a success by any measure. The weather was a bit chilly,...
• 4/8 Call to the Pen: The Smallest of Sample Sizes: The Four 2-HR Minor Leaguers: We've had all of one day of minor league games, and here I am writing my second article based on 2011 minor league stats. Hopefully,...
• 4/8 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Fan Pack Challenge: Kansas City Royals: In addition to the Oakland fan pack in the mail today, the Kansas City Royals also sent some goodies my way. Here’s their score:...
• 4/7 The Golden Sombrero: The Return of Alex Gordon: As I mentioned a couple of pieces ago, my 1B in the Denslow Cup this season is Billy Butler.  I currently...
• 4/6 Baseball Musings: Last AB Chance: The Royals looked like they might win their game against the White Sox easily. They took a 6-3 lead into the ninth with Joakim...
• 4/6 B-R Blog: 2011 On Base 10+ Times Through 4/5/11: This is just one of the fun little things you can do with Play Index' Game Finder - how many players, to date this season, have...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Kansas City Royals: The Royals are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Jeff Francoeur, RF: one year, $2.5MM. Bruce...
• 4/5 Cut Four: 2011 Projections: Kansas City Royals: The Kansas City Royals have been so bad for so long that fans are no longer frustrated with the team. They just laugh at the entire...
• 4/5 Call to the Pen: Aaron Crow to the Royals’ Bullpen–Right or Wrong?: Of all the controversial moves made as teams set their rosters a few days ago, few inspired more debate than Kansas City installing...
• 4/4 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 5 The Dodgers took...
• 4/4 B-R Blog: Is it better to got 1-for-4 with a homer or 4-for-4 with 4 singles?: Loyal reader BSK posed the question in the title on an earlier thread, and I decided to research it. In 2010 alone, there were...

• 3/29 The Golden Sombrero: My Denslow Cup Draft: Explanation of picks: Last Tuesday evening was the annual Denslow Cup draft.  Luckily I was back home in Farmington so that Griff...
• 3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL Central – Kansas City Royals: Royals Designated Hitter Billy Butler Kansas City Royals (2010 record: 67-95) Kansas City is one more year away from beginning...
• 3/25 Call to the Pen: The All-Underrated Performance Prospects Team–Position Players: I started out this idea wanting to highlight a rather specific group of prospects. I thought I'd call it the "All-Performance...
• 3/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Special - Kila Ka'aihue: Kila has been catching some deep sleeper list for the past two years and from someone who sees him play day to day in Omaha, the...
• 3/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: A Look at the 2011 Kansas City Royals: Our previews of the teams in the American League march on. Click here to see the other posts in this series. It almost seems a...
• 3/24 MLB Fantasy Recon: Position by Position Breakout Candidates: Is Travis Snider finally ready to breakout?Absolutely fantastic piece from Fake Teams with Breakout Candidates for each position....
• 3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Kila Ka'aihue to see more time at first: Kansas City Royals 1B Kila Ka'aihue will see more time at first base than 1B Billy Butler, according to Bob Dutton of The Kansas...[+] City Star. This means Butler will see more designated hitter time.
• 3/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Extending Daric Barton: As anyone who is a frequent reader would know, I love Daric Barton. He is my favorite position player member of the team and I...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: A's Could Extend Daric Barton: "It's a good bet" that A's pitcher Trevor Cahill "will be signed through at least his arbitration years soon," according to Susan...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Lineup shaping up: Kansas City Royals 3B Mike Aviles is slated to lead off for the team, followed by either 2B Chris Getz or SS Alcides Escobar,...[+] DH Billy Butler, 1B Kila Ka'aihue and OF Melky Cabrera in the fifth spot, The Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton reports. OF Alex Gordon projects to hit sixth, followed by OF Jeff Francoeur, the catcher's spot and either Getz or Escobar.
• 3/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: At the Corners:   Now that the stats-scarce middle infielders are out of the way, we get to move on to the big guns. Power is the featured category...
• 3/21 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Kansas City Royals: A big year with the bat by Kila Ka'aihue will raise the Royals runs expectations. Photo: Icon SMI The series on team offense...
• 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2012: Kendrys Morales, Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Geovany Soto, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, and Phil Hughes...
• 3/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Will Billy Butler's Power Ever Develop?: Fantasy owners have been waiting.  Waiting on the power a 6'2" 240 pound is supposed to have.  Billy Butler came to...
• 3/14 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Over Valued Players - Production vs. ADP: Don't expect Butler to be overrated in 2012Brian Wilson was one of the most colorful characters in baseball last year....
• 3/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Players to Watch: A.L. Central: Fifth and penultimate post in the series. AL West NL West NL Central NL East In 2008 and 2009, the A.L. Central produced a one...
• 3/11 Mastersball.com: Cactus League Notes (3/10): Wil Myers Appears: {jcomments on}The bad part of the Royals split squad appearing at Phoenix Muni**** Stadium on Thursday was Mike Moustakas was...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler is a student of the game: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler is a student of the game, who has an almost fanatical interest in radar gun readings of opposing...[+] pitchers, reports Bob Dutton, of The Kansas City Star. 'That goes back to timing,' Butler said. 'And the timing from 91 (mph) to 93 is a lot different for me getting my foot down. I have a little bit of foot movement, so I want to know.' Hitting coach Kevin Seitzer says Butler is incredibly disciplined in his preparation. Butler's .299 career average ranks third in franchise history among players with at least 500 games played.
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler might steal more in 2011: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler might be asked to steal more in 2011, reports Dick Kaegel, of MLB.com. 'You can pick your spots...[+] in those situations, and we're looking to do that whenever we can,' manager Ned Yost said. Yost wants to upgrade the team's baserunning this year, taking an extra base on hits and getting more steals -- even from an unlikely source like Butler.
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Legacy Sports Group Brokers Over $300MM: Quick, what agency came in second in total dollars brokered this offseason behind the Boras Corporation?  The answer is Legacy...
• 3/8 PAAPFLY: Giants trade Catfish Hunter for A.J. Pierzynski: Don’t let the title throw you. Stick around until the end and you’ll see why. ----My better half is a psychologist, so...
• 3/3 MLB Fantasy Recon: Fantasy Baseball Overrated and Underrated Draft Picks for 2011: We're all looking for those sleepers as draft time pulls into full gear and Fantasy 411 offers some up in their Overrated / Underrated...
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Next Winning Royals Team: They've had a winning season more recently than the Pirates, but the last quarter century has not been kind to the Royals. The...
• 3/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Kila Ka'aihue homers Wednesday: Kansas City Royals 1B Kila Ka'aihue was 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and strikeout Wednesday, March 2, against the Los Angeles...[+] Dodgers, reports Dick Kaegel, of MLB.com. Despite the fact Ka'aihue figures to bounce back and forth between first base and designated hitter with 1B Billy Butler, Ka'aihue isn't taking anything for granted. 'I'm still trying to make the team, still tryint to earny my way on it,' he said.
• 3/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler off to a torrid startKansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler was 1-for-3 with his fifth RBI of the spring Wednesday, March 2....[+] Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler was 1-for-3 with his fifth RBI of the spring Wednesday, March 2.
• 3/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Developmentally Disoriented: You need only look at Mets camp with Jason Isringhausen or Yankees camp with Mark Prior to see the pitfalls of prospects carting...

• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Moore On Butler, Moustakas, Hosmer, Ka'aihue: Royals GM Dayton Moore told John Sickels of Minor League Ball that it takes time to develop prospects and turn them into major...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Clint Robinson competing in camp: Kansas City Royals 1B Clint Robinson is in spring camp and is in competition for a job this spring, according to MLB.com's Dick...[+] Kaegel. Robinson's competitors include 1B Billy Butler, Kila Ka'aihue and Eric Hosmer.
• 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler, Kila Ka'aihue to split time between first and DH: Kansas City Royals Manager Ned Yost said 1B Billy Butler and 1B Kila Ka'aihue will shuttle back and forth between first base and...[+] designated hitter, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel. 'There'll be competition among the two,' Yost said. 'It won't be for playing time, (because) the other will probably be DH-ing. We'll let 'em get out there and get after it, and see what happens. But I don't imagine one of them getting the majority of time at first base where one's just a solid DH. So we'll be able to tell through the spring in the next six weeks.'
• 2/18 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Notes: Moustakas, Hosmer, Ka'aihue, Young: Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star answered a number of Royals-related questions during an online chat with fans today.  Here...
• 2/16 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Fantasy Baseball Cafe has a great article on Sleeper Candidates for 2011.  Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Chris Davis,...
• 2/16 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Fantasy Baseball Cafe has a great article on Sleeper Candidates for 2011.  Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Chris Davis,...
• 2/15 Royally Speaking: Best Case Scenarios: Part II: In moving on to the second part of this series, it is time to discuss some best case scenarios for the young position players...
• 2/15 Mastersball.com: Life and Death in the Transactions #23: This time, Casey Fossum and Ryan Shealy found their names on the transaction list today, two players who have haunted my roster...
• 2/13 Call to the Pen: Breaking Down the Non-Roster Invitees: Kansas City Royals: On this, the first day of pitchers and catchers reporting, there's obviously lots of intrigue around baseball. But few franchises...
• 2/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: First Base Rankings: 1. Albert Pujols - Eternally #1 2. Miguel Cabrera - Always hits. 3. Ryan Howard - A little under the radar this year, expect...
• 2/12 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of their Franchise? AL Central Edition: Next up in my look at each organization’s Face of the Franchise is the AL Central… White Sox – I think that...
• 2/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Fantasy Man: Regarding the title, I mean that in all possible connotations in relation to me. I don’t play fantasy sports. I don’t...
• 2/10 Royally Speaking: WAR and Age and Royals: Now that I know the top seasons by age I decided to look at the 2011 roster and their ages this year, basically I just wanted...
• 2/8 The Process Report: PECOTA Likes Robinson Chirinos: As you may have gathered from the mentions elsewhere, Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projections are out. One of the first projections...
• 2/8 Call to the Pen: The Extreme Rarity of First Base Prospects: When we think of first basemen, we think of big guys with lots of power and little defensive skill, like Ryan Howard or Prince...
• 2/7 The Golden Sombrero: Will 2011 be Billy Butler’s “breakout” season?: Everyone has a vice.  If you’re like me, you have multiple vices.  My favorite vice, fantasy baseball, is...
• 2/2 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - First Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -Shortstops -Outfielders 1 -Outfielders...
• 2/1 Royally Speaking: Splash: Dayton Moore made an interesting comment on the radio last week, well two really, the first was he expects Alex Gordon to hit...

• 1/31 The Golden Sombrero: Fantasy Outlook: Paul Konerko vs. Player B: Everyone has a vice.  If you’re like me, you have multiple vices.  My favorite vice, fantasy baseball, is...
• 1/31 The "Mc" Effect: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview - First Basemen Rankings: Introduction -Catchers -First Basemen -Second Basemen Third Basemen -ShortstopsIt's time to start thinking...
• 1/31 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Damon & Manny, Vernon Wells, KC Royals, Owings, Harper, Trout and more…: Today on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and I discuss recent trades and headlines...
• 1/31 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: First Base Options on Draft Day: Votto overcame anxiety and depression to win the NL MVP in 2010. (Getty) Public Service Announcement:Today’s entry continues...
• 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Wells, Butler, Weeks, Cubs: The Brewers signed Jim Edmonds to a minor-league contract one year ago today, even though the outfielder did not play at all...
• 1/23 Royally Speaking: Some Billy Butler comps you will like and some you won't: I was at Royals fanfest when I first heard the news that KC had signed Billy Butler to a four year/30 million dollar contract...
• 1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/16/11 - 1/22/11: Another Sunday closer to Spring Training and Opening Day 2011. Let's recap the last week: In an astonishing move, Toronto...
• 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler financial details: Updating previous reports, Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler will make $3 million during the 2011 season and $8 million annually...[+] from 2012 to 2014, according to Bob Dutton of The Kansas City Star. The team holds a $12.5 million club option for the 2015 season with a $1 million buyout. Butler also received a $2 million signing bonus.
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: January 21st: Contract Extension Day: Two multiyear contracts were given out today (to Billy Butler and Jason Hammel), but they came a day late compared to recent...
• 1/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler signs four-year contract extension: The Kansas City Royals have agreed to a four-year, $30 million contract extension with 1B Billy Butler, according to MLB.com's...[+] Dick Kaegel. 'I just get to worry about playing baseball, and it's what's best for me and my family,' he said. 'That's what it's all about. I didn't want to have to worry about going to arbitration every year, and this is where I want to be. The city's great, and we love it here. I can't express how happy we are right now.'
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Royals, Butler Agree To Long-Term Contract: The Royals and Billy Butler have agreed to a four-year, $30MM contract according to MLB.com's **** Kaegel (on Twitter). ...
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler exchanges arbitration figures: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler filed for a $4.3 million salary next season, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel, while the...[+] Royals asked for $3.4 million as the arbitration process gets underway.
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Figures: Tuesday: Today is the deadline for players and teams to submit arbitration figures. Let's keep track of those figures here, with the latest...
• 1/18 The Biz of Baseball: Salary Arbitration Watch: Davies, Barmes, Keppinger, Bourn, Paulino, Bray: The deadline for signing players without exchanging figures came and went at 1pm Eastern Time. We're still tracking all the...
• 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Players To Avoid Arbitration: Monday: Teams and players exchange arbitration figures tomorrow if they haven't already come to terms for 2011. That means plenty of players...
• 1/15 The Biz of Baseball: Arbitration Watch: Kyle McClellan, Ben Francisco, Alex Gordon and Luke Hochevar All Sign: Cardinals Keep McClellan with One-Year Deal Cardinals GM John Mozeliak cleared the Cardinals arbitration slate agreeing on...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Royals, Alex Gordon Avoid Arbitration: The Royals and Alex Gordon agreed to a one-year deal for 2011, avoiding arbitration, the team announced. Gordon made $1.15MM...

• 12/30 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: The Expectations Game: I can’t believe how many times I get asked what would be a win in the debates. At this point I feel like if – and...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: What's In Store For January: Here's what to expect as we prepare to enter 2011... Boras Clients Will Find Homes Last January, Matt Holliday, Adrian Beltre,...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Fits For Manny Ramirez: Agent Scott Boras intends to find Manny Ramirez a one-year deal as a full-time designated hitter for 2011.  ESPN's Keith Law...
• 12/26 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 12/19/10 - 12/26/10: People all around baseball took it easy during the holidays this week, but we here at MLBTR pumped out plenty of original content....
• 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Greinke, Rangers, Pavano: On this date five years ago, the Nationals and lefty reliever Mike Stanton agreed to a one-year contract worth $1MM, making him...
• 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Discussion: Billy Butler's Future In Kansas City: With Zack Greinke now a Milwaukee Brewer, the last thing Royals fans want to think about is another of their team's few established...
• 12/8 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Kansas City Royals: First off, these are not your father's Kansas City Royals of the 1980s. Unfortunately, in the broken economics of Major League...
• 12/1 Call to the Pen: Pen Polls: Zack Greinke and His Future With the Kansas City Royals: What should the Royals do with Zack Greinke? It’s become a hot topic not just in Kansas City but across the landscape of...

• 11/29 Baseball Reality Tour: Best Players in Their Prime: We introduced the topic of players in their prime this past weekend.  We analyzed 109 position players, younger than 29 at...
• 11/18 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - First Basemen: The Royals have fantasy worthy options in 2011. (AP) Baseball Press presents a new mini series titled "Three Up, Three Down"...
• 11/11 The UpperCard Network: Blue Jays Inquire On Greinke, Gordon: The Blue Jays have inquired about the availability of Zack Greinke and Alex Gordon of the Royals writes Bob Elliott of the Toronto...
• 11/10 Sabernomics: 2010 Most Valuable Players (Position Players): Here are the most valuable position players in the leagues, according to my estimates. AL Rank Player Team $-Value (MRP) 1 Jose...

• 10/28 Call to the Pen: Cesar Izturis and Ineptitude: Cliff Lee should be ashamed of himself. It’s merely a coincidence that I say that a day after he imploded on a national...
• 10/12 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Nakajima, Butler, Managers: On this date six years ago, the Dodgers released a 20-year-old righty named Joakim Soria, who was recovering from Tommy John surgery. ...
• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler changes agents: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler has changed agents and is now with Greg Genske and Legacy Sports, according to ESPN.com's Jerry...[+] Crasnick.
• 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler leads majors in twin killings: Kansas City Royals 1B/DH Billy Butler has grounded into a major league-leading 32 double plays this season, tied with four other...[+] players for third place on the all-time list, according to The Associated Press. The record is held by former Boston Red Sox OF Jim Rice, who hit into 36 double plays in 1984.

• 9/29 Baseball Musings: Kila Monster: Kila Ka’aihue hits two home runs and a triple, raising his slugging percentage over 60 points as the Royals down the Twins...
• 9/24 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 22: Home Run of the Day: Jose Lopez, Seattle Mariners #3 (Trot Time: 21.89 seconds) [video] The big news in home runs yesterday...
• 9/23 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 22: Home Run of the Day: Jose Lopez, Seattle Mariners #3 (Trot Time: 21.89 seconds) [video] The big news in home runs yesterday...
• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler goes deep Wednesday: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler hit a two-run home run in a losing effort Wednesday, Sept. 22, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler collects four hits Friday: Kansas City Royals DH Billy Butler went 4-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs against the Cleveland Indians Friday, Sept....[+] 17, according to The Associated Press.
• 9/16 Call to the Pen: The Top 100 MLB Prospects 2010: #100-91: Welcome to the September 16, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects! This is the second installment (the intro/honorable mentions...
• 9/14 Call to the Pen: Notable Numerals: Paul Konerko, Feliz Hernandez and More: As we wind down closer and closer to the end of the 2010 regular season, the playoff picture begins to come into focus. Most teams...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler sets club record: Kansas City Royals 1B/DH Billy Butler has established a franchise record with at least one hit in 97 consecutive series, according...[+] to The Associated Press.
• 9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler undergoes X-ray: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler (hand) underwent further X-rays Wednesday, Sept. 8, which showed no bruise or break in his...[+] hand, according to The Associated Press. Manager Ned Yost is hoping Butler can return by Friday, Sept. 10.
• 9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler aggravates injury: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler (hand) aggravated his bruised right hand after a ball struck it in the field, and he was forced...[+] to leave the game Tuesday, Sept. 7, The Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton reports. X-rays were negative, but he's likely to miss some time.
• 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Hill, Sampson, Butler, Lewis: On this day in 1977, Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th career home run, passing Hank Aaron for the (known) all-time professional record. ...

• 8/31 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Kansas City Royals: A look at the Royals players who will be eligible for arbitration after the season... First time: Luke Hochevar, Billy Butler,...
• 8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler makes appearance as pinch hitter Saturday: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler (hand) did not start for the second consecutive game Saturday, Aug. 28, against the Cleveland...[+] Indians, according to The Associated Press. He flied out as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.
• 8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler bothered by hand soreness: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler (hand) did not play against the Cleveland Indians Saturday, Aug. 27, because of a sore right...[+] hand, according to The Associated Press. 'He's been playing with it for weeks and it's just time to let him heal and maybe have a big September,' manager Ned Yost said. Butler has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games, batting .341 (15-for-44) during that stretch.
• 8/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler could miss weekend series: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler (hand) could miss the team's weekend series because of inflammation in his right hand, which...[+] is affecting his swing and limiting his power, according to The Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton. 'I'm going to give him at least two days off,' manager Ned Yost said, 'and I might give him the whole series off. He's really struggling. His hand is really sore.' 2B Willie Bloomquist will likely replace Butler in the lineup and play third base, with 1B Kila Ka'aihue starting at first base. 3B Wilson Betemit will become the designated hitter.
• 8/26 Call to the Pen: TWiP (8/26): Austin Romine, Kelvin De La Cruz, Johermyn Chavez, and More!: Welcome to the August 26, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects! This is going to be the second-to-last week of this format,...
• 8/15 Bus League Baseball: Forty is the New Thirty: 2010 Update #2: As promised in mid-June, here is the second update on the six teams that have gone the longest without a forty-homerun hitter....
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Kila Ka'aihue to see more time: Kansas City Royals 1B Kila Ka'aihue is slated to split playing time at first base and designated hitter with 1B Billy Butler after...[+] the team cut OF Jose Guillen Thursday, Aug. 5, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel.
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Kila Ka'aihue starts Wednesday: Kansas City Royals 1B Kila Ka'aihue received the start at first base Wednesday, Aug. 4, according to MLB.com's Dick Kaegel. C...[+] Jason Kendall and 3B Wilson Betemit took the day off, with C Brayan Pena catching and SS Mike Aviles starting at third base. 1B Billy Butler served as the designated hitter with OF Jose Guillen in right field.
• 8/2 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 31: Sorry for the lateness of the post today. I made mention of it yesterday, but I've been pretty busy this weekend preparing for...
• 8/1 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 31: Sorry for the lateness of the post today. I made mention of it yesterday, but I've been pretty busy this weekend preparing for...

• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Royals Open To Making More Deals: Several clubs were ‘kicking the tires’ on Scott Podsednik this summer, but until 24 hours ago, the Dodgers weren’t one...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Rumors: Soria, Dunn, Lilly: SI's Jon Heyman dished Yankees rumors in yesterday's column... The Yankees "made a big proposal" for Royals closer Joakim...
• 7/23 El Maquino: The Woes of the Royals: I live near KC, so sometimes I’ll fit in some Royals stuff.  But unlike a true KC fan, I can leave all of the mess behind...
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler collects 100th hit: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler collected his 100th hit of the season Monday, July 5, making him the 33rd player in franchise...[+] history to reach 100 hits before the All-Star break, according to The Associated Press.
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Zack Greinke, Billy Butler untouchableThe Kansas City Royals aren't willing to trade SP Zack Greinke or 1B Billy Butler, SI.com's Jon Heyman reports. ...[+] The Kansas City Royals aren't willing to trade SP Zack Greinke or 1B Billy Butler, SI.com's Jon Heyman reports.
• 7/2 The UpperCard Network: MLB Trade Market: Astros, Royals, Nationals: Some key points from the latest of Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman on the MLB trade market, where you can also read more...
• 7/1 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 30: Home Run of the Day: Luke Scott, Baltimore Orioles (Trot Time: 35.76 seconds) [video] I detailed this about as much as it could...
• 7/1 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 30: Home Run of the Day: Luke Scott, Baltimore Orioles (Trot Time: 35.76 seconds) [video] I detailed this about as much as it could...

• 6/30 Baseball Musings: Guillen is Fundamental: Jose Guillen complains about the Royals fundamentals: “Fundamentally, this is one of the worst teams in all of baseball....
• 6/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler struggling with DPs: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler has hit into a league-leading 21 double plays so far this season and is on pace to hit into...[+] 44 double plays this season, reports Daniel Paulling, of The Kansas City Star. The Royals' record for hitting into double plays is 26 and the MLB record is 36.
• 6/24 TetreaultVision: Bannister Tops Strasburg, **** Freezes Over: Brian Bannister is the answer to 2035's Hall of Fame trivia challenge. The question? "Who first bested Baseball Jesus?" Of...
• 6/23 Baseball Musings: Royals Score: Kansas City picks up three straight singles with two out in the fifth to score the first run of the game. Stephen Strasburg got...
• 6/23 Baseball Musings: Better Contact: With two out in the third inning, Jason Kendall and David DeJesus make the first solid contact of the game against Stephen Strasburg,...
• 6/16 MLBTradeRumors: 2004 Draft Throwdown: Now that six years have passed since the 2004 draft, let's take a look at a few of the choices teams made between prospects at...
• 6/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Off-Day Trade Fantasy: Alex Gordon: We all know that if the Dodgers are making a big splash on the trade market this summer (spoiler alert: they won’t be),...
• 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler changed approach: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler made an effort to hit the ball to right field Sunday, June 13, and came away from the game...[+] with four hits and four RBIs, according to The Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton. 'I don't think I've been getting pitches to drive,' Butler said. 'Pitchers have been tough on me. They've been locating balls. They've been either hitting the corner or being (just) off. I think I stayed back on some off-speed pitches today.'
• 6/14 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 13: Forty-one home runs, seven multi-home run games, one inside-the-park home run and one walkoff. It was a busy, busy day yesterday. Home...
• 6/14 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 13: Forty-one home runs, seven multi-home run games, one inside-the-park home run and one walkoff. It was a busy, busy day yesterday. Home...
• 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler knocks in four: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler had four hits, including a homer, and four RBIs Sunday, June 13, The Associated Press reports....[+]
• 6/8 MLBTradeRumors: Christian Colon "Ready To Go" At Short Or Second: Fourth overall pick Christian Colon says his game is polished enough to take him to the majors before long and he's not the only...
• 6/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler struggles during series: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went hitless in four at-bats Thursday, June 3, and went 1-for-15 in the series against the...[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, according to The Associated Press.
• 6/3 WasWatching: Teixeira Peer Comparison: I thought it would be interesting to look at all the “regular” first basemen in baseball ranked by OPS+ (to date)....

• 5/27 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 26: Home Run of the Day: Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox #2 (Trot Time: 21.98 seconds) [video] I'm giving Beltre the Home Run of the...
• 5/27 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back fromt eh Ballgame May 26 2010: Sixteen recaps, thanks to Tuesday's suspended Yankees-Twins game. 1 W: A.J. Burnett L: Brian Duensing Sv: Mariano...
• 5/27 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 26: Home Run of the Day: Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox #2 (Trot Time: 21.98 seconds) [video] I'm giving Beltre the Home Run of the...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler goes deep Wednesday: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 2-for-3 and hit a home run in a winning effort Wednesday, May 26, according to The Associated...[+] Press. He raised his average to .348, which is second in the American League. Butler now has five home runs this year.
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: The Butler Did It: With the game tied in the bottom of the sixth, Billy Butler led off the bottom of the inning against Texas with his fifth home...
• 5/20 Baseball Musings: Fast for a Dozen Runs: The Royals complete a 9-3 victory over the Indians in just 2:25. Luke Hochevar goes the distance for the Royals, throwing just...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/17 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/16 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/16 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: May 15: Home Run of the Day: Willy Aybar, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 25.04 seconds) [video] Down 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth...
• 5/14 B-R Blog: Not As Easy As 1-2-3: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder...players this season with 145+ PA and 3 HR or less... Rk Player HR PA Year Age Tm G AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG Pos 1 Nyjer...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Batting order switched Wednesday: Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman altered his batting order Wednesday, May 12, against the Cleveland Indians. The Associated...[+] Press reported Hillman moved OF David DeJesus from leadoff to the third slot. OF Scott Podsednik, who had been hitting second, hit first. 1B Billy Butler, who had hit in the third slot for 27 games, hit cleanup.
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | No interest in trading Alex Gordon: The Kansas City Royals have made it known that they have no interest in trading 3B Alex Gordon, according to ESPN's Jayson Stark....[+] The team is projecting 3B Mike Moustakas at third base, 1B Eric Hosmer at first and 1B Billy Butler as their full-time designated hitter by 2012. If Gordon can adapt to playing left field, he can still fit himself into the team's long-term plans.
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: 2011 Contract Issues: Kansas City Royals: The Royals face four contractual options after the season: Right fielder David DeJesus has a $6MM club option with a $500K...

• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Billy Butler collects four hits Saturday: Kansas City Royals 1B Billy Butler went 4-for-6 Saturday, April 24, against the Minnesota Twins, with a double, RBI and run scored,...[+] according to The Associated Press.
• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: First Time Arbitration-Eligibles: More than 80 players project to be eligible for arbitration for the first time after the 2010 season.  It's a big step in a...