Kansas City Royals News

News: Mark Teahen is progressing nicely from offseason shoulder surgery and has been doing strength exercises for the past week now.Impact: Despite spending a month in the minors and missing most of September with the shoulder injury, Teahen still led the club with 18 home runs and had 69 RBI. The Royals will have to [...]

DETROIT – Old friends and rivals Tony La Russa and Jim Leyland will try to outsmart one another in the World Series.

While many believe this World Series could be another quick one, Kevin Kennedy says he wouldn’t be surprised if it took seven games to decide a winner. Find out why in his complete preview of the Fall Classic.

Ken Rosenthal can already hear the grumblings about this World Series. No Yankees. No Mets. No Red Sox. No thanks. But he says if you can’t find something intriguing about this matchup, you just aren’t paying attention.

News: Jimmy Gobble qualifies for arbitration as a super-two player, something that could result in him being non-tendered this winter.Impact: If Gobble had options remaining, the Royals probably would have sent him down at some point during the year just to make sure this wouldn’t happen. As is, he was kept on the roster [...]

News: Mitch Maier went 4-for-5 with a double and a steal Wednesday to raise his AFL average to .345.Impact: He’s 10-for-29 with three doubles, one triple and three RBI. Maier made his major league debut during the second half of September, going 2-for-13. He shouldn’t be in the Royals’ plans for 2007, but [...]

An athletic middle infielder out of De La Salle High School in California, Nicholas Hom got a great deal of attention for his improved overall game in the summer of 2006. He’s shown good hands in the field and pop at the plate, a combination that intrigued colleges and pro scouts. We recently [...]

Well known among scouts as one of the toolsiest middle infielders in the country, Tim Ferguson has made a strong push to up his prospect status in recent months. Out of West Brook High School in Texas, Ferguson could sneak into the top three rounds of the draft next June. We recently sat [...]

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A promising shortstop out of Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota, Florida, Jace Brown has begun to draw more pro attention of late. He still has not made appearances on many prospect lists, but could be a big time sleeper headed into next spring. We recently caught up with Brown for a Q&A [...]