BRUCE CHEN RUMORS & GOSSIP

Royals 6, Indians 3

Bruce Chen overcame a rocky second inning and the Kansas City Royals scored their first five runs with two outs in a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Chen (4-5) held Cleveland scoreless after giving up three runs in the second. Alex Gordon, Johnny Giavotella, Mike Moustakas, Jeff Francoeur and Brayan Pena had run-scoring hits for Kansas City, which has won four of...
Via AP on Fox  |  9 hours ago

Chen, timely hitting lead Royals past Indians

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Bruce Chen overcame a rocky second inning and the Kansas City Royals scored their first five runs with two outs in a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Chen (4-5) held Cleveland scoreless after giving up three runs in the second. Alex Gordon, Johnny Giavotella, Mike Moustakas, Jeff Francoeur and Brayan Pena had run-scoring hits for Kansas City, which...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  9 hours ago

Indians start strong, but drop series to Royals

CLEVELAND (AP) - Bruce Chen overcame a rocky second inning and the Kansas City Royals scored their first five runs with two outs in a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Chen (4-5) held Cleveland scoreless after giving up three runs in the second. Alex Gordon, Johnny Giavotella, Mike Moustakas, Jeff Francoeur and Brayan Pena had run-scoring hits for Kansas City, which...
Via Fox Sports Ohio  |  9 hours ago

Chen wins 2nd in row, Royals Beat Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Kansas City starter Bruce Chen was changing speeds, moving pitches inside and outside. Chen kept Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers off balance while pitching into the seventh inning for the Royals to win his second start in a row, 3-1 over the AL West leaders Monday night. "Against that lineup, he was unbelievable," Royals catcher Brayan Pena...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  16 days ago

Chen gets 1st win, Royals beat Red Sox

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Bruce Chen picked up his first victory of the season, Alcides Escobar drove in the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals held off the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Wednesday night. Jonathan Broxton worked around a leadoff single and walk in the ninth inning for his seventh save in eight opportunities. Chen (1-4) gave up three runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  21 days ago

Royals' Chen seeks Moyer-esque career

Royals left-hander Bruce Chen would like to think he knows who might eventually break Jamie Moyer's record being the oldest player to win a major-league game: Bruce Chen. It would certainly be a nice goal to have, Chen told me. I'm not saying it will happen. But it would be fun to shoot for. Of course, I have a long way to go. I'll have to take care of my body and...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  April 25, 2012

Chen surprises Angels with strong outing

Friday night's Royals-Angels game in Anaheim, Calif., turned out to be Exhibit A of why you should almost never trust spring-training numbers. Royals left-hander Bruce Chen, beaten and battered by opponents most of spring training, completely baffled the Angels through six dominant innings. The Royals' offense, so powerful and productive throughout spring training, was...
Via Fox Sports Kansas City  |  April 07, 2012

Bruce Chen: The 25th Best MLB Opening Day Starter

While surfing the internet tonight, I came across an interesting article from Jon Paul Morosi. Morosi ranks all 30 MLB opening day starters. Kansas City Royals ace, Bruce Chen, comes in at #25. Morosi's comments about Chen: The Royals’ rotation is widely cited as the biggest reason why they won’t compete with the Tigers this year. Chen’s presence here explains that....
Via Crown Crazed  |  April 03, 2012

On The Mound: Bruce Chen Edition

The 34-year-old lefty has played pretty solidly for the Royals the past three years. In 20 starts last year, Bruce Chen won 12 of them and had a 3.77 ERA. In order for the Royals to have a successful season they are going to need dependable veteran players like Chen. Also you have to consider the fact that Chen only has a base salary of 2 million dollars. I believe that Dayton did...
Via Crown Crazed  |  March 27, 2012

Tipping the Cap to Bruce Chen

After thirteen years in the big leagues, the Panamanian-born Bruce Chen finally got the payday of his life. Chen signed a two year deal with the Kansas City Royals valued at $9 million with another million and a half in attainable performance bonuses. Chen has been worth (according to Fangraphs) $12.4 million to the Royals over the last two seasons and though it was better for the...
Via The Flagrant Fan  |  November 24, 2011
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers

Join the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money.

Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?

Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond.