ROYALS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Grading the Royals' Acquisitions
The Kansas City Royals finished the 2013 regular season with their first winning season since 2003, posting a respectable mark of 86-76. They missed out on the second AL wild card spot by just 5.5 games – not all that much considering how lowly the Royals organization has been in the last decade.
In the years that followed 2003, they posted win totals of 58, 56, 62, 69, 75, 65...
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Orioles send INF Valencia to Royals in exchange for OF Lough
The Orioles have obtained outfielder David Lough from the Kansas City Royals for infielder Danny Valencia.
As a rookie this year, the 27-year-old Lough batted .286 with five homers and 33 RBIs in 96 games. He played all three outfield positions.
He was originally selected by the Royals in the 11th round of the 2007 amateur draft. He made his major league debut in 2012, playing...
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Valencia for Lough Helps Royals Bench; more deals coming
by John Viril—
The Kansas City Royals dealt outfielder David Lough Wednesday afternoon to the Baltimore Orioles for corner infielder Danny Valencia. Lough was caught in a numbers game in the Kansas City outfield, after the Royals acquired RF Norichika Aoki from Milwaukee. With Justin Maxwell, Jarrod Dyson, and Lough on the Kansas City roster as backup outfielders, something had...
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Royals get IF Danny Valencia for OF David Lough
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Royals general manager Dayton Moore had a difficult decision as he tried to complete the deal for Baltimore corner infielder Danny Valencia.
Moore had always coveted Valencia, a solid defender with pop in his bat, but the guy the Orioles wanted in return was someone Moore hated losing -- outfielder David Lough.
"But David was the guy that they kept insisting...
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Royals Make Trade With Orioles to Acquire Danny Valencia
The Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles completed a trade today swapping outfielder David Lough for third baseman Danny Valencia.
Lough has a career slash line of .278/.308/.396 over two major league seasons and 400 plate appearances. The left-handed hitting Lough can play all three outfield positions.
Among all outfielders that played 500 or more innings in 2013, Lough...
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Lorde’s Hit Song Royals Was Inspired By George Brett
Sports teams and players, in general, have not been known to cause musings of any artistic value. However, if you’re a fan of the Kansas City Royals you must be pleased with your team this year. First, you had the random drunk guy doing the Truffle Shuffle, and then Royals fans were treated to Fountain Girl. But, you rarely see chart-topping hits sparked to fruition by your favorite...
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No doubt Royals improved offensively with Infante, Aoki
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When the 2013 season ended for the Royals, they had four glaring weaknesses in their batting order:
Royals second basemen last season combined to hit .243 with a .296 on-base percentage.
Royals right fielders: .258 average with a .304 on-base percentage.
Shortstop Alcides Escobar: .230 average with a .255 on-base percentage.
Third baseman Mike Moustakas...
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Grading Kansas City Royals’ Moves so Far This Offseason
The Kansas City Royals have been uncharacteristically active this offseason.
Rumors have circled around the team, and many eyes have been focused on what Kansas City would do on the heels of a winning season. Seeking the opportunity to capitalize and improve, general manager Dayton Moore set his sights on being involved in a big way.
The Royals have reportedly been actively...
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Grading the Kansas City Royals on the 2013 MLB Winter Meetings
The Kansas City Royals had a short list of items to accomplish at this year’s Winter Meetings. It is likely that the main focus of the meetings for the Royals was to gather information and lay the groundwork for acquisitions yet to come.
The Royals front office would arrive in Orlando with a few clear goals. They were heavily rumored to connections with an elite outfielder...
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MLB News and Rumors: Infante lands in Kansas City
With the offseason now in full spring, news will continue to become more and more frequent. In this MLB News and Notes segment, I will be giving occasional reports on the latest news and rumors throughout the MLB. I also will try to tweet news and rumors as I see them, so feel free to follow me on Twitter: @ajnicholsIBI.
Here are the stories from Friday, December 13th.
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Kansas City Royals rumors: Omar Infante edition
Second baseman Omar Infante would be a great addition to the Royals in 2014.(yahoo.com)
The Kansas City Royals have had a relatively quite offseason up to this point. The most noise that has come out of Kansas City was the potential signing of Carlos Beltran, but failed to as he signed with the Yankees. It’s time to make a splash though, and second base seems to be the spot that...
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Tigers taking a look at Ervin Santana?
According to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN out of Minneapolis, the Tigers are reportedly interested in free agent pitcher Ervin Santana.
I'm told to count the #Tigers in on FA pitcher Ervin Santana. Nothing there w/ the #MNTwins because of the draft pick compensation involved.
— Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) December 11, 2013
The 30-year old right hander has spent 9 seasons...
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Ned Yost says Luke Hochevar, Wade Davis in line for jobs in 2014 Royals rotation
The working plan for putting together the Royals’ rotation, two weeks prior to Christmas, is to give a long spring look to Luke Hochevar and Wade Davis for the final two slots.
Both pitched effectively last season in the bullpen — Hochevar for the entire year — after struggling as starters.
“I’m anxious to see Hoch give it a shot as a starter again,” manager Ned Yost...
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With Aoki, Royals solidify leadoff spot and move Gordon to RBI role
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Acquiring Norichika Aoki may not be the final piece to the Royals' offensive puzzle by any means, but it does solve one lingering problem for manager Ned Yost.
Yost now won't have to carry out any more auditions for the leadoff role.
Last year, you'll recall, Yost flipped back and forth with Alex Gordon in that role, after having tried out just about...
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Moves Kansas City Royals Must Try to Pull off at the 2013 MLB Winter Meetings
The Kansas City Royals have taken a swift approach to the offseason thus far. So far, they signed Jason Vargas to bolster their rotation, non-tendered Chris Getz and traded catcher George Kottaras to the Chicago Cubs.
Baseball’s annual conference known as the Winter Meetings will convene next week at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando. Here, general...
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