P-P-Power Up!: AL-Only Category Helpers
If you play AL-Only roto (which you should. Points are blech.), you should know this situation. You were relying on one or two guys to supply a majority of one category and then a 3 week cold streak or a DL-stint happens and all of sudden, you’re at the bottom of a category you expected to contend in. No worries friends, here are 3 players specifically designed to help you make...
The Ideal Groundball Rate for Hitters, Featuring the Royals
Is there an ideal ground ball rate for hitters? Should they be thinking about how many grounders they hit? Armed with some spreadsheets and a couple conversations with some Royals’ hitters, let’s see what we can discover.
First off, we can write off a simple answer. There is no correlation between ground-ball-to-fly-ball ratio and team runs scored or team weighted runs created...
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 on the active roster, Kansas City placed outfielder Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list with a right ankle sprain.
In an unrelated move, the Royals have decided to release right-handed reliever Blaine Boyer after he decided to opt-out of his contract...
Royals put CF Dyson on DL, recall OF Lough
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The Kansas City Royals placed centerfielder Jarrod Dyson on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle Friday and recalled outfielder David Lough from Triple-A Omaha.
The speedy Dyson hurt his ankle Wednesday night against the Angels while attempting to scale the outfield wall and rob Mike Trout of a home run. He was forced to leave the game in the eighth...
Royals put CF Dyson on DL, recall OF Lough
The Kansas City Royals placed centerfielder Jarrod Dyson on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle Friday and recalled outfielder David Lough from Triple-A Omaha.
The speedy Dyson hurt his ankle Wednesday night against the Angels while attempting to scale the outfield wall and rob Mike Trout of a home run. He was forced to leave the game in the eighth inning and an examination...
5 things to know from Royals 11-6 loss to the Yankees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Here are the five points we take away from the Royals 11-6 loss Friday night to the Yankees.
1. Restoring order: The Royals have scored six runs in each of the two games with skipper Ned Yosts new batting order, which features Alcides Escobar leading off, followed by Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Eric Hosmer, Sal Perez and Mike Moustaksas.
Yost also...
Tinkering with the Lineup is not Enough for Royals
by John Viril—
Kansas City’s three game losing streak has suddenly made the Royals’ lack of offense apparent. The Royals have scored 3 runs or less in 18 of 30 games this season. The team is tied with the Marlins for last in home runs in major league baseball with 19. Overall, the Royals rank 9th in the American League in scoring with 4.26 runs per game.
In response to this...
Blue Jays 3, Royals 2
After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, R.A. Dickey won his first game for the Toronto Blue Jays.
The NL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and five hits in 6 2-3 innings Saturday night, and Jose Bautista backed him with a two-run homer in the Blue Jays' 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals.
James Shields (1-2) was a hard-luck loser...
Jarrod Dyson: Fastest man in baseball?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The way Royals manager Ned Yost sees it, there is fast and then there is "Dyson fast."
So while Yost acknowledges there are other players in baseball who have elite speed Peter Bourjos and Mike Trout of the Angels, Dee Gordon of the Dodgers and Michael Bourn of the Indians, for example there really isn't anyone faster than Royals' outfielder...
Royals Roster well set for National League
by John Viril—While watching Kansas City roar back from an early 4-0 deficit against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 13-4 win on Friday, it occurred to me that the Royals roster is very well constructed for National League play,
The Royals boast a deep bullpen full of young power arms. With no DH allowed in National League parks, they have a bench with right and left-handed pinch...
Hayes gets 4 hits, Royals beat Mariners 9-6
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) The Kansas City Royals set a team record for spring training wins with their 23rd victory, beating the Seattle Mariners 9-6 Tuesday behind Brett Hayes' four hits.
Hayes tripled and drove in two runs.The Royals had 18 hits, including seven doubles.
Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson and Miguel Tejada added two hits for Kansas City. The Mariners took a 4-1 lead before...
Royals 11, Mariners 6
The Kansas City Royals set a team record for spring training wins with their 23rd victory, beating the Seattle Mariners 9-6 Tuesday behind Brett Hayes' four hits.
Hayes tripled and drove in two runs.The Royals had 18 hits, including seven doubles.
Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson and Miguel Tejada added two hits for Kansas City. The Mariners took a 4-1 lead before a six-run seventh...
Fourteen Players, Three Roster Spots
For the first time in several years, the Royals lineup, starting rotation and bullpen is pretty much set, barring injuries. But opportunities exist for some players to get a spot on the bench.
It’s likely Manager Ned Yost will go with 12 pitchers and a backup catcher. Add the eight position players and the designated hitter and there’s only three reserve player spots available...
10 Players Who Made the Most of Their Time
Most of these guys were hot names off the waiver wire as the season wound down. I was only able to add Mike Fiers and A.J. Griffin as I was in a league with savvy owners, but if the MLB managers of these players are also savvy, the following guys will see much more time in 2013. 10. Scott Diamond, MIN, SP Beck once said “In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.” If the 2012...
FSKC to televise Royals marathon on Christmas Eve
FOX Sports Kansas City will replay five of the best Royals games of 2012 in a marathon of Royals programming on Christmas Eve.
The 10 hours of baseball will start Monday, Dec. 24 at 12:30 p.m. with a replay of Royals Rewind: Season Review, a 30-minute look at the 2012 season.
Replays of five of the most compelling games televised on FSKC in 2012 will start at 1 p.m. The full schedule...
Hudler comfortable after a year in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It took awhile for Rex Hudler to feel this way, but after his first year -- a sometimes rocky year -- in the Royals' television broadcast booth, he now feels like he belongs.
"I feel comfortable and I feel at home," Hudler said by phone Thursday. "I love Kansas City. And now I want to officially make it home."
So much so that Hudler intends...
Lat ailment keeps Royals' Dyson on bench
Jarrod Dyson has not started since Aug. 29, and it appears iffy he will start again this season. The Kansas City Royals outfielder has a strained right lat that restricts him from throwing. He can still be used as a pinch runner or pinch hitter. "Hopefully before the end of the season, I'll be back to throwing," Dyson said Thursday before the Royals lost 5-4 to...
Lat strain limits Dyson's throwing ability
Jarrod Dyson can still run, but throwing is out for a while. A MRI exam Friday detected that the Kansas City Royals outfielder has a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle. "That's what it shows," manager Ned Yost said. "We'll shut him down from throwing." Dyson said he believes the injury occurred Monday when he banged into the Fenway Park wall...
Slumping Francoeur rides the pine
Jarrod Dyson was in center field, Lorenzo Cain was in right field and Jeff Francoeur was back on the bench Wednesday. For the second time in three games, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost did not write Francoeur's name into the starting lineup. Francoeur is hitless in his past 18 at-bats, dating to an Aug. 22 single at Tampa Bay. He batted .105 on the seven-game trip to...
White Sox activate Konerko from DL
The Chicago White Sox made a series of roster moves Friday, including activating first baseman Paul Konerko from the seven-day disabled list, MLB.com reported. Konerko was on the DL for concussion symptoms from taking an unintentional elbow to the head from Kansas City Royals Jarrod Dyson on a play at first base on Aug. 7. He was placed on the DL on Aug. 10. The first baseman is...
Royals' Gordon bumped from leadoff to third in order
Alex Gordon has thrived as the Kansas City Royals' leadoff hitter, but for the remainder of the season he will be hitting third. Gordon was moved to the third slot in the order Thursday against the Athletics, while Jarrod Dyson batted first. Gordon went 0-for-4 and struck out in the 3-0 loss to the A's. "We felt the time was right to go ahead and put Alex in that...
5 Weeks Left For Fantasy Baseball: Waiver Wire HELP!
There are five weeks left in fantasy baseball’s regular season so let’s get right to this week’s waiver wire pickups…
Jarrod Dyson- OF-Royals- The team might no longer be relevant, but this speed merchant has been on fire and made himself so noticed that manager Ned Yost has decided to start him in center vs righties while veteran Jeff Francoeur will bat vs lefties. Dyson...
Royals' Dyson sprains left ankle
Centerfielder Jarrod Dyson can turn singles into doubles and doubles into triples with his blazing
speed. Dyson, however, hit what would have normally been a triple for him, but had to settle for a single in
the eighth inning. Dyson sprained his left ankle on his swing that carried the ball over the head of Orioles centerfielder
Adam Jones. Dyson limped to first base....
Konerko placed on seven-day DL with concussion
Manager Robin Ventura said that it was a "tough list to get on," but yet White Sox first baseman Paul
Konerko happened to find his way on it. The Sox announced before the 4-3 win over Oakland on Friday, that
their team captain was placed on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion. "He seems fine, but again in talking to him and how he plays is two different...
Konerko goes on 7-day concussion DL
The White Sox placed first baseman Paul Konerko on the seven-day concussion disabled list.
The 36-year-old Konerko has been feeling concussion symptoms since Tuesday when he was elbowed in the head by Kansas City's Jarrod Dyson during a close play at first.
Konerko finished the game but didn't play Wednesday. The White Sox were off on Thursday and made the move to place...
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