Topic: Kansas City Royals
(Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs signed free agent outfielder David DeJesus to a two-year contract, the National League club said Wednesday in the first significant move by their new chief baseball executive Theo Epstein.The 31-year-old DeJesus, who has spent his first eight ...
(Reuters) - The Kansas City Royals have agreed to a one-year contract with former Los Angeles Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton, the American League team said Tuesday.The deal is pending a physical exam of the right-hander, who missed most of the 2011 Major ...
Pitcher Jonathan Sanchez, who threw a no-hitter in 2009, was dealt by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Melky Cabrera on Monday.The 28-year-old left-handed starter was key part of the Giants' rotation when they beat the Texas ...
(Reuters) - The Kansas City Royals traded outfielder Melky Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants for left-handed pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and minor league prospect Ryan Verdugo, the Major League Baseball teams said on Monday.Cabrera, 27, hit .305 in his only season with ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Umpires blew a call on a home run ball that helped the slumping Kansas City Royals beat a New York Yankees team battling for top spot in the American League East, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Thursday.The ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kansas City Royals have released injured pitcher Kyle Davies, who had been in their starting rotation for most of the past four years, the team said on Wednesday.The right-hander, 27, is currently on the disabled list with ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - A second straight offensive burst carried the American League-leading Boston Red Sox to a punishing 12-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.A day after piling on the runs in a 13-9 win over Kansas City, Boston's bats ...
DALLAS (Reuters) - Elvis Andrus stroked a game-winning RBI single with two outs to complete a ninth-inning comeback in the Texas Rangers' 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.The Royals had taken a 6-5 lead in the top of the ...
Paul Splittorff, who played his entire 15-year career with Kansas City, died on Wednesday aged 64 of cancer.The left hander died at his home in a Kansas City suburb a week after it was revealed that he was suffering from melanoma and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paul Splittorff, who won more games than any other Kansas City Royals pitcher, died of complications from skin and oral cancer Wednesday, the American League club said. He was 64.Splittorff, a bespectacled left-hander, spent his entire 15-year Major ...