Kansas City Royals News

News: Royals designated second baseman Donnie Murphy for assignment.Impact: Ruben Gotay reached Kansas City as a 21-year-old in 2004 and Murphy made his debut as a 22-year-old the following year. At the time, both looked like legitimate second base prospects. However, neither made any progress after his major league debut and the Royals [...]

Eric Duncan may have struggled in the minors recently, but the Yankees love his big-time power potential. …[more]

RC today concludes our Top 50 prospect list with reports on the top ten prospects in the Royals’ organization. The Royals have several of the best prospects in baseball, highlighted by Alex Gordon, and several are very close to the Major Leagues. The top ten prospects offer Royals fans a good deal of [...]

The Kansas City Royals are looking for two starting pitchers for 2007 and beyond, but they know they have to be…

Ask any American what’s wrong with the game of baseball, and the issue of runaway salaries is more likely than not to top the list. Unless, of course, it’s your own team handing out the money. Then it’s simply a prudent investment. That’s why the news that the Red Sox are prepared to spend [...]

News: Andrew Sisco fell to 1-2 for Mazatlan of the MPL after giving up six earned runs in two innings on Tuesday.Impact: Sisco has a 5.27 ERA and a 24/14 K/BB ratio in 27 1/3 innings. We’re pleased to see him starting games again, but it seems unlikely that the Royals will seriously consider [...]

With baseball’s free-agent marketplace open for business, the spending will get stupid. Some franchises will overspend on the latest hot name, while others will find some real values. To help sort out all the players on the market, Jeff Gordon has a free-agent shopping guide.

RC’s Bryan Cisler recently sat down with Dean Taylor, Royals VP of Baseball Operations and Assistant General Manager, to discuss some of the pressing issues facing the club as it heads into 2007. What’s the status of Zack Greinke? Will Justin Huber have a shot at making the team out of spring training? Which free [...]

RC today reports on the prospects who are ranked #11-20 on our Top 50 list. Despite a perceived lack of pitching depth in the organization, the bottom half of our Top 20 list is largely populated by pitchers, most of whom are coming off excellent 2006 campaigns. Some are obviously closer to the [...]

News: Leo Nunez retired all five batters he faced Saturday for the Aguilas of the DWL.Impact: Nunez has allowed an unearned run and one hit in 5 2/3 innings. Two years removed from making his major league debut, the 23-year-old Nunez might finally be ready to help the Royals as a reliever next season. [...]