David Dennis Lough (twitter: @DLOUGHKC)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 20, 1986 in Akron, OH
High School: Green HS (Akron, OH)
School: Mercyhurst College (Erie, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2012 (Age 26)   vs. MIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Royals 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.033, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/21 Mastersball.com: LABR FAAB Report: Week of May 20: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well...
• 5/20 Kings of Kauffman: The Rookie’s Smile [Guest Post]: [The following is a guest post by Chris Kamler, a columnist for the Platte County Landmark and operator of the Rambling Morons...
• 5/20 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Alex Gordon Gets 4 Hits; Offense Strands 12; Kelvin Herrera Serves Up Homer: At least it wasn’t 2-1. On Sunday, the Kansas City Royals (20-20) dropped another 1-run game to the Oakland Athletics (23-22)....
• 5/20 Roto Think Tank: FAAB Rundown Home Leagues: May 20, 2013: NATIONAL LEAGUERick Ankiel $22. Other bids: $9, $9, $8, $3, $1.D.J. LeMahieu $21. Other bid: $5.Burch Smith $10Eric Stults...
• 5/18 Kings of Kauffman: Jarrod Dyson, Danny Duffy, Jorge Bonifacio Injury Updates: Just as he was starting to get in a groove, Jarrod Dyson went and sprained his ankle. The Royals had been mum about his condition...
• 5/18 Diamond Ring: Squandered Opportunities: James Shields threw his second complete game loss of the year as the Royals' offensive drought continues with him on the mound....
• 5/18 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Lough Leads Off, Shields Excellent, Offense AWOL: It seems whenever James Shields takes the mound the best he can hope for is a no-decision. Shields pitched an excellent eight...
• 5/17 FFLockerRoom: Kansas City Royals Make Trio Of Moves Including David Lough Recall: The Kansas City Royals recalled outfielder David Lough from their Triple-A Omaha minor league affiliate. To make room for Lough...
• 5/17 KC Kingdom: Jarrod Dyson to the DL; Lough Called Up: A sprained ankle suffered by Jarrod Dyson in the final game of a three-game series against the Angels on Wednesday has landed...
• 5/17 Kings of Kauffman: Jarrod Dyson Likely Hitting DL, David Lough To Fill In: On Wednesday night, Jarrod Dyson hopped up the center field fence for a shot at catching a Mike Trout homer and came back down...
• 5/12 Kings of Kauffman: NWA Naturals GM Eric Edelstein Talks With the Kansas City Baseball Vault: As you may have heard, Northwest Arkansas Naturals General Manager Eric Edelstein has taken a job that will land him in Reno,...
• 5/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Hitters: Anyone from your favorite MLB team on this list?  Do you want them called up and playing over your teams position player? ...
• 5/10 Kings of Kauffman: Royals May 9th Minors Recap: Omaha and Reno played two tonight, with the Aces taking Game 1 by a 4-2 final. Justin Marks took the loss, as he allowed all four...
• 5/5 KC Kingdom: The Kansas City Royals Right Field Situation: Here’s something I’m sure most Royals fans don’t want to hear.  Thus far, Jeff Francoeur has had as bad this...
• 5/5 Kings of Kauffman: Royals May 5th Minors Recap: Omaha beat Memphis 2-1 in ten innings. Irving Falu tripled for the second time in the game to lead off the bottom of the tenth....
• 5/3 Kings of Kauffman: Royals May 2nd Minors Recap: Omaha finally got on the board in the 5th inning and made that lone run stand up, as they beat Nashville 1-0 in the series finale....

• 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 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 29th Minors Recap: Omaha opened their road series in New Orleans with a 6-3 loss. Nate Ad**** allowed all six runs (five earned) on 11 hits and two...
• 4/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 18th Minors Recap: Omaha gave up seven runs over the first two innings, as they lost their finale at home to Iowa, 10-6. The Storm Chasers now head...
• 4/28 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 27th Minors Recap: Omaha scored six runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back, as they beat Iowa, 13-2. They scored in every inning but...
• 4/27 Obstructed View: JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-27-13: Iowa Cubs 2 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 12 This one was ugly. The Cubs walked twice and mustered only 5 hits. They were: Logan Watkins: 2-4,...
• 4/24 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 23rd Minors Recap: Omaha jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning and never looked back in their 7-1 win in Nashville. The Storm Chasers...
• 4/23 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 22nd Minors Recap: Omaha erupted for nine runs in the top of the 6th inning to pull away from host Nashville, 12-3. In the sixth, the Storm Chasers...
• 4/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 21st Minors Recap: Omaha received another solid starting performance en route to their 8-3 win in Nashville. Chris Dwyer got the start and allowed...
• 4/21 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 20th Minors Recap: Omaha scored five runs over the final two innings, but still lost at Nashville, 11-5. The Sounds scored in all but the second,...
• 4/20 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 19th Minors Recap: Omaha beat Albuquerque in both games of their doubleheader by a final of 3-2. In Game One with the game tied at 2-2, Xavier Nady...
• 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...
• 4/14 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 13th Minors Recap: Despite giving up five runs in the top of the third, Omaha still fought back to tie the game. However, their bullpen could not...
• 4/11 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 10th Minors Recap: After last night’s postponement, Omaha played two in Albuquerque in just 46 degree weather to start. The Storm Chasers won...
• 4/9 Kings of Kauffman: Royals April 8th Minors Recap: Omaha and Albuquerque battled into the tenth inning when Omaha erupted for four runs to win 8-7. It all started with a leadoff...
• 4/5 Kings of Kauffman: Opening Night for Royals Minor League Affiliates: Happy Opening Day, for the minor league season that is. It was not a great start to the minor league season for the four KC Royals...

• 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....
• 3/26 KC Kingdom: Royals Name Luis Mendoza The 5th Starter: On the heels of the disappointing decision yesterday of sending David Lough to AAA instead of platooning him with Jeff Francoeur,...
• 3/26 Kings of Kauffman: Lough optioned to Omaha; Nady, Sherrill released: The Royals continued to trim the big-league roster Monday night. One of the more interesting decisions was to option outfielder...
• 3/26 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Davis Strong; Gordon, Escobar, Cain, Francoeur All Have 2 Hits: It is one thing to read about baseball, or even to listen to the Kansas City Royals on radio. It is quite another to get to watch...
• 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...
• 3/22 KC Kingdom: Royals Right Field: Jeff Francoeur or David Lough: It is coming down to decision time for the Kansas City Royals concerning the final make up for the Opening Day roster. Specifically,...
• 3/21 i70baseball.com: Royals Roster Breeds Little SuspenseThere's some roster spots up for grabs, but they're more set than the Royals let on....
• 3/20 Kings of Kauffman: Exploring Additional Right Field Options: It’s no secret Jeff Francoeur has had his struggles at the plate.  Last season he hit a dismal .235 and drove in 49 runs...
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tuiasosopo, Indians, Royals: IF/OF Matt Tuiasosopo won a spring training invite with the Tigers after emailing GM Dave Dombrowski his resume, MLive.com's...
• 3/19 Kings of Kauffman: After Royals Monday Night Loss, Five More Players Reassigned: After losing to the Texas Rangers on Monday night, the Royals sent five more players to minor league camp. Earlier on Monday,...
• 3/18 Kings of Kauffman: Battle For Right Field: Why Lough Deserves His Chance: Imagine you’re Royals’ manager Ned Yost and attempting to fill out his roster for the upcoming season. Most of the...
• 3/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Getz & Giavotella Double Up, Guthrie’s Rocky Start, Lough Still Hot: The Kansas City Royals are still rolling, winning their 15th Spring Training game out of 18 contests. The Royals beat the Cleveland...
• 3/12 KC Kingdom: KC Headlines: Free Agency Begins, David Lough Emerging, K-State Celebrates (But Not KU): Free agency begins today in the NFL. Here is a breakdown of what the Chiefs need to get done before the draft. Tom Watson has...
• 3/10 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Ventura, Giavotella, & Lough Shine: The Kansas City Royals bounced back from losing their first spring game on Thursday and suffering through two Friday Arizona rain...
• 3/8 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Streak Ends, Gordon & Lough Stay Hot, Santana Looks Good: The streak is over but let’s no panic. The Kansas City Royals were thumped yesterday by the Seattle Mariners 12-2, halting...
• 3/5 MLB Injury News: Royals rumors: Kansas City seeking outfielder: The Kansas City Royals would like to add an outfielder this spring, according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports, and the club will...

• 2/23 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Spring Training 2/22: Rangers Tie Royals in Spring Opener: Finally. More than just drills. More than just intrasquad games. The Royals played a real-life spring training game on Friday...
• 2/21 KC Kingdom: Royals Sign Twelve Pre-Arbitration Players: The Kansas City Royals announced yesterday they had signed twelve of their young, pre-arbitration players. Major League Baseball...
• 2/21 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Royals Spring Training 2/20: Salary Agreements and Ned Yost’s Gall Bladder: On Tuesday, the Royals first intrasquad game of the year ended in a tie. On Wednesday, early rains threatened the second scheduled...
• 2/18 KC Kingdom: Royals Lorenzo Cain Suffers Another Injury: In baseball, health is a skill.  Certain players, for whatever reason, tend to be prone to injuries.  Some, like George Brett...
• 2/14 i70baseball.com: Fourteen Players, Three Roster SpotsThe starting lineup is pretty much set, but opportunities exist for some players to get a spot on the bench....
• 2/12 KC Kingdom: Could Trayvon Robinson be a Piece to the Royals Puzzle?: Right before the weekend hit, the Baltimore Orioles announced that they had designated 25-year old outfielder Trayvon Robinson...
• 2/7 i70baseball.com: The Royals “Come To Play,” but will they have “game” this season?The Royals are an improved team, but there's still some questions coming into Spring Training....

• 1/12 Kings of Kauffman: Market Fresh: Thomas Neal: When the Cleveland Indians signed Nick Swisher, they made room for him on the 40 man roster by designating Thomas Neal for assignment....

• 12/13 KC Kingdom: Meet the New Royals: Willy Taveras: On Tuesday the Kansas City Royals signed three veterans to minor league contracts. Joining the organization are OF Willy Taveras,...
• 12/13 Kings of Kauffman: How James Shields Can Change My Mind: I went through all the stages. There was denial (“No way they’d trade six years of Wil Myers for two of James Shields“),...
• 12/11 Kings of Kauffman: Processing The Wil Myers/James Shields Trade: So many reactions. So many opinons. So much chaos. The Royals and Rays put themselves into the spotlight today after their Sunday...

• 11/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Lorenzo Cain plans to strengthen legs: Kansas City Royals OF Lorenzo Cain plans to put in plenty of work this winter to strengthen his legs in order to avoid a repeat...[+] of the injuries he dealt with to his lower half this season. 'I'm going to drive up here once a month and stay here for a few days and just try doing stuff to strengthen my legs to prevent some of these injuries,' Cain said. 'That's my main focus, just to come here and work on certain areas that I'm weak in, and continue to do it throughout the season and stay healthy.' OFs Wil Myers, Jarrod Dyson and David Lough will all be competing with Cain next spring for starting spots in the outfield.

• 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...
• 9/27 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 Kings of Kauffman: A Look Back at the Royals Top 31 Prospects: #30 David Lough: Outfielder David Lough was ranked by Baseball America as the Kansas City Royals 30th prospect heading into the 2012 season. All...
• 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: Fourth Outfielders: Every team needs one. Some teams need a fourth and a fifth outfielder. These guys are usually pretty good defenders that can play...
• 9/20 Diamond Ring: Fourth Outfielders: Every team needs one. Some teams need a fourth and a fifth outfielder. These guys are usually pretty good defenders that can play...
• 9/16 Kings of Kauffman: The Future’s so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades: A few days ago, I spoke to the class I teach about this very lyric: “The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades.” I used...
• 9/14 Kings of Kauffman: Lorenzo Cain’s Diagnosis: Hamstring Strain: Last night, Lorenzo Cain dove for a ball in the bottom of the tenth inning and stayed down after the play, then left the game....
• 9/10 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: September 10: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid...
• 9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | David Lough available Kansas City Royals OF David Lough (hamstring) is available to play Friday, Sept. 7....[+] Kansas City Royals OF David Lough (hamstring) is available to play Friday, Sept. 7.
• 9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | David Lough has hamstring strain: Kansas City Royals OF David Lough (hamstring) was held out of the lineup with a mild right hamstring strain Thursday, Sept. 6....[+] He was injured while running to first base Wednesday, Sept. 5.
• 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: More Mixed Signals, More Awkward Logic: For the third straight game Monday, David Lough started in right field and batted leadoff. Lough, a 26-year-old whose minor league...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: Who Is Your # 1?: Power Rankings Current Team Previous 1 Washington Nationals 1  The...
• 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...
• 9/3 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (79-54) @ Kansas City Royals (60-73): A lot of people had the Kansas City Royals as a sleeper pick in the American League much like many people had the Washington Nationals...
• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Two promoted: OF David Lough and C Manny Pina were called up by the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Sept. 1, the first day that rosters could...[+] be expanded for the remainder of the season.