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Royals' Hosmer hoping to build off postseason success
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Eric Hosmer hit a basketball, football and volleyball for a PlayStation commercial at Surprise Stadium, the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals.
Hosmer said the basketball was the easiest to hit because "it's so big."
A baseball must have looked basketball-sized to Hosmer in the postseason last year.
Hosmer hit .351 and set a franchise record with 12...
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The 2015 Kansas City Royals and The Hangover
So here we are, Kansas City Royals fans. Spring Training started. Are you ready for 2015? I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how much energy and emotion I put into the Royals in 2014-especially after September ended. It was unforgettable; it was unbelievable. It is probably un-repeatable. Once the 2014 World Series ended […]
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A Possible Royal Snub??
The inevitable happened this week when long time Kansas City fan favorite Mike Sweeney was announced as the 26th member of the Royals hall of fame. This is an honor which was greatly deserved for a player who was one of the lone bright spots during some of the worst stretches of baseball the Royals fan base has ever had to endure. He wrote bible verses with his autograph...
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Kansas City Royals: Mike Sweeney’s arrival to the Royals Hall of Fame
February 15, 2015 was a long awaited day in the life of former Royals all-star Mike Sweeney. The Royals Hall of Fame inducted one of the most decorated ballplayers to ever step foot in Kauffman stadium in a Kansas City uniform. The five time all-star spent a total of 16 seasons in the major leagues, 13 of those in which he spent with the Royals.
Sweeney originally landed in Kansas...
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2 days ago
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Kansas City Royals Announce Mike Sweeney Elected To Team Hall Of Fame
KANSAS CITY, MO (February 25, 2015) — The Kansas City Royals have announced that First Baseman Mike Sweeney has been voted into the Royals Hall of Fame. He will become the elite group’s 26th inductee this season with a ceremony before a game at Kauffman Stadium, which will be announced at a later date.
Sweeney was elected in his first ballot appearance in a vote of living...
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3 days ago
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2015 Fantasy Baseball Team Preview: Kansas City Royals
The following is a team preview for the Kansas City Royals from a fantasy baseball perspective, contributed by Brian Dunshee.
Offseason Review
It would be an understatement to say that the Royals made their franchise relevant again last year. For the first time since 1985, the Royals made the playoffs and they took advantage of it; ultimately coming within one game of taking...
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Mike Sweeney joins Royals Hall of Fame
It will be hard for any Royal, past, present or future, to nudge George Brett off the Royals' throne. But at least when it comes to fan favorites, Mike Sweeney may well deserve the spot sitting at Brett's right hand.
Sweeney was the most most popular player on a lot of losing Royals teams from 1995-2007. The five-time All-Star batted .299 in his Royals career (six points behind Brett...
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3 days ago
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Kansas City Royals: 2015 Outfielders; a force to be reckoned with
As Spring Training inches closer and closer, the Kansas City Royals are gearing up for the 2015 season in hopes of repeating last years post-season success. Kansas City has many different aspects of their roster in which they have success, but the position in which they may have the most is the outfield. Led by ALCS MVP Lorenzo Cain in centerfield, the Royals are considered, by some...
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4 days ago
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Kansas City Royals Prospect Profile: Kyle Zimmer
The Kansas City Royals picked Kyle Zimmer fifth overall in the first round of the 2012 draft. He has all the potential to be an ace or at the very least the number two starter in any big league rotation once he has made his way through the minors.
Unfortunately, Zimmer has been plagued by shoulder problems for over the past year and he has logged just 14 1/3 innings in the last...
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4 days ago
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Jeremy Guthrie Channels MJ In Announcing His Retirement From Collecting Sneakers
On Monday, Jeremy Guthrie shook the sneaker collecting world when he “formally” announced his retirement as an active sneakerhead. The Kansas City Royals pitcher has always been well known for his large sneaker collection but it now appears that Guthrie will be taking a break from the heartbreaking game that is sneaker collecting. Speaking at
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Why Royals' Ned Yost doesn't need social media
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5 days ago
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A Look at the Royals Defense in 2015
Durham Bulls fictional manager Joe “Skip” Riggins once said, “This is a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball.”
The 2015 Royals will definitely be expected to catch the ball. When Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Eric Hosmer all take the field it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these guys can play a little defense. All...
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Finnegan ready for whatever role Royals have for him
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Brandon Finnegan would have to do quite a lot to top what he accomplished in 2014.
He helped pitch TCU into the College World Series in June, the same month the Kansas City Royals drafted him in the first round.
He began his pro career in Class A, was promoted to the majors in September and then got a couple of big outs for the Royals in the World Series.
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7 days ago
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The Royals, Alex Rios, and Hitting Everything in Sight
You might expect the Kansas City Royals to have a big offseason after their fabled run to the World Series that reignited a love of baseball in the entire region of Missouri which doesn’t root for the Cardinals. Maybe they would sign someone to fill the offensive power void and boost run production, or try […]
Royals Sign Franklin Morales To Minor League Contract
Morales pitches for the Royals in 2014. Karl Gehring, The Denver Post.
The Kansas City Royals announced on twitter that they have signed left-handed pitcher Franklin Morales to a minor league contract. Morales served as the Colorado Rockies swingman last year, but ended up starting 22 games in 38 appearances out of necessity. The 28-year-old lefty joined the spotty Rockies rotation...
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8 days ago
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Royals manager hopes to cut workload for Sal Perez
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Salvador Perez set major league records last year, catching 158 games and 1,389 2/3 innings, including 15 games and 141 innings in the playoffs.
After the World Series, Perez joined a major league all-star team in November touring Japan, adding to his record number of knee bends.
Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost vows Perez's workload will be reduced this season...
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9 days ago
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GMDM stays perfect, but at what cost?
When it comes to arbitration hearings Dayton Moore must shutter like a KU fan come football season. To date, as General Manager of the Kansas City Royals, Moore has signed every arbitration eligible player to a deal before reaching arbitration.
What is arbitration? This is an excellent question and one many baseball fans do not understand. Arbitration is a right...
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9 days ago
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Royals head to spring training with high expectations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- That old, familiar baseball refrain made famous by fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers took on an entirely different meaning for the Kansas City Royals this offseason.
No longer was "Wait `til next year!" the battle cry of a beleaguered franchise grasping at hope. The slogan had become quite literal: After snapping a 29-year playoff drought with a trip to the World Series...
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10 days ago
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Kansas City Royals: Defensive outlook
Left fielder Alex Gordon is known for his strong play in the outfield (rantsports.com).
The Kansas City Royals look to build off of their success they had in 2014 by improving areas of weakness and building off of their defense and pitching that led them to an American League Pennant. The Royals outfield is arguably the best in the league and combined with the solid play from Gold...
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11 days ago
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2015 ZiPS Projections – Kansas City Royals
After having typically appeared in the very hallowed pages of Baseball Think Factory, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections have been released at FanGraphs the past couple years. The exercise continues this offseason. Below are the projections for the Kansas City Royals. Szymborski can be found at ESPN and on Twitter at @DSzymborski. Other Projections: Arizona / […]
How James Shields Could Now Maximize His Earnings
Well, this whole James Shields situation sure is bizarre. Back in October, the FanGraphs Crowd collectively projected that Shields would be the fourth-highest-paid free agent of the winter, in line for something like a 5-year/$90M contract. And now, this week, Tony Blengino took a look around the league, found very few teams who both had […]
This new Kansas City Royals billboard is awesome
In recent years, the Kansas City Royals have created some pretty cool billboards in the Kansas City area. This year’s billboard doesn’t even have a player’s face on it, yet it’s pretty fantastic.
Burning up the basepaths? That’s what speed do! Drive by #Royals billboard on I-35S @ Cambridge Circle. #ForeverRoyal pic.twitter.com/Avsog4QSNW
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals...
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What's James Shields' free agency future?
The run of James Shields on the free agent has begun to reach a marathon-like duration at this point. The durable righty sits as the last of the premiere open.....
The post What Does James Shields’ Free Agency Future Look Like? appeared first on The Sports Fan Journal.
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Grading The Kansas City Royals Offseason
The Kansas City Royals had a lot to be proud of as they walked off the field last season. Regardless of the fact they didn’t win the World Series, they were a team that was projected to be close to making the playoffs, and in fact did make it to the World Series.
After a team has so much success, should they alter their lineup and bullpen to improve, or keep it relatively the...
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26 days ago
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James Shields need to adjust his contract expectations
We’re just a few days away from the beginning of February, and James Shields is still a free agent. Shields is far and away the best free agent left on the market, and while we’ve seen pitchers dangle in the wind this deep into the offseason before (Matt Garza, Ubaldo Jimenez, Kyle Lohse, Ervin Santana to name four), they all had more red flags than Shields.
Yet, Shields...
Via The Outside Corner
January 27, 2015
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