Scouting the Draft: Rule 4 Top 50 Prospects

Scouting the Draft: Rule 4 Top 50 Prospects

1. Jonathan Gray RHP Oklahoma University          Top shelf fastball, nasty slider; promise for 3 plus pitch mix, workhorse top of the rotation ceiling. 2. Mark Appel RHP Stanford ...

Diamonds in Rough 05.18.13

Diamonds in Rough 05.18.13

After a bad day yesterday the Affiliates bounced back with power and better pitching. They had a combined record of 3-2 HR Call: Johnny Giavotella (5) , Xavier Nady (6), Orlando Ca ...

This Day In Royals History–May 18, 1980

This Day In Royals History–May 18, 1980

1980: The Royals jumped on Angels starter Frank Tanana for a five-run first inning and made it stand up for a 5-3 win at Royals Stadium. The first five hitters of the game reached ...

Diamonds in the Rough 05.17.13

Diamonds in the Rough 05.17.13

Bad pitching and very little offense lead the Affiliates to an 0-4 record. HR Call: Adam Moore (4) Willie Taveras (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Willy Taveras 2-4  R ...

This Day In Royals History–May 17, 1997

This Day In Royals History–May 17, 1997

1997: Jim Pittsley allowed three home runs in five innings as Detroit pounded the Royals 9-2 at Kauffman Stadium. Pittsley, back in the majors after having ulnar collateral ligamen ...

Series Preview – Royals at Oakland A’s, May 17-19

Series Preview – Royals at Oakland A’s, May 17-19

The Royals head to Oakland to face the A's who are a pretty weird team. When last season started, the thought was that the A's were a team with great pitching but they had an offen ...

Obstructed reView: Jodie Freaking Foster

Obstructed reView: Jodie Freaking Foster

  I don't want to do it. The idea is ludicrous; the title is stupid; the whole premise is moronic and hilarious in equal parts. I avoid every situation where I might have to s ...

Friday Notes

Friday Notes

We're really in the swing of the season and have a pretty good idea of what teams are. We know who is good and who isn't good and we'll be wrong about a couple of them as they fade ...

Diamonds in the Rough 05.16.13

Diamonds in the Rough 05.16.13

Yordano Ventura and Kyle Zimmer were on the mound as the Royals' Affiliates had a record of 1-2 tonight with a rainout. HR Call: None   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Antho ...

Batter Up and Fry: Tailgating Treats. “Perfect Margaritas”

Batter Up and Fry: Tailgating Treats. “Perfect Margaritas”

Early next week the Royals take on the Houston Astros. With its proximity to Mexico, Texas gets a huge boost in culinary influence from its neighbors to the Southwest. There’s noth ...

Diamonds in the Rough 05.15.13

Diamonds in the Rough 05.15.13

Solid staring pitching for NW Arkansas and Lexington while Jared Schlehuber continued his white hot hitting. Only 3 game today as the Affiliates went 1-2. HR Call: Jared Schlehuber ...

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Diamonds in Rough 05.18.13

After a bad day yesterday the Affiliates bounced back with power and better pitching. They had a combined record of 3-2 HR Call: Johnny Giavotella (5) , Xavier Nady (6), Orlando Calixte (1), Matt Fields (10), Brett Eibner (3),  Kenny Swab (2), Fred Ford (4)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Kenny Swab 2-3 R  3B  HR  4RBI  BB Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Brooks Pounders 5.0 IP  3 H 0 R  2 BB 4 K ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.17.13

Bad pitching and very little offense lead the Affiliates to an 0-4 record. HR Call: Adam Moore (4) Willie Taveras (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Willy Taveras 2-4  R  3B  HR RBI  Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: None as it was a bad pitching day all around.   Omaha Storm Chasers 3 Las Vegas 51s 7  Will Smith had his worst start of the Season as the 51s hit 3 home runs. Smith pitched 6.0 ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.16.13

Yordano Ventura and Kyle Zimmer were on the mound as the Royals' Affiliates had a record of 1-2 tonight with a rainout. HR Call: None   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Anthony Seratelli  2-4   R  2B  RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Yordano Ventura 6.0 IP  3 H  2 R  0 BB  9 K Omaha Storm Chasers 5   Las Vegas 51s 4 The 51s got plenty of baserunners off starter Justin Marks, but were limited to ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.15.13

Solid staring pitching for NW Arkansas and Lexington while Jared Schlehuber continued his white hot hitting. Only 3 game today as the Affiliates went 1-2. HR Call: Jared Schlehuber (2), Parker Morin (1), Fred Ford (3)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Jared Schlehuber 3-4  2 R  2B  HR  3 RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Christian Binford 6.0 IP  5 H  2 R  1 BB  4 K   NW Arkansas Naturals 1 ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.14.13

Solid starting pitching in 3 of the 4 games lead the Affiliates to a 2-2 record. HR CALL: Johnny Giavotella (4), Chad Tracy (2), Max Ramirez (7), Jared Schlehuber (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Jared Schlehuber 3-5  3 R  HR  RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Miguel Almonte 7.0 IP  3 H 1 R  3 BB  2 K Omaha Storm Chasers 5   Colorado Springs Sky Sox 9 The Chasers were able to get the offens ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.13.13

3 games that ended in walk-offs highlighted the Affiliates 1-3 day. HR Call: Christian Colon (3), Rey Navaro (2), Alex Hudak (2), Adrian Morales (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Johnny Giavotella 3-5  2B  2 RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Brooks Pounders 5.0 IP  6 H  2 R  0 BB  4 K   Omaha Storm Chasers 6 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 7 The Sky Sox scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th t ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.12.13

Plenty of offense for the Storm Chasers, another classic Noel Arguelles start, and Kyle Smith lead the Affiliates to a 2-2 record. HR Call: Adam Moore (3), Chad Tracy (1), Roman Hernandez (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Cheslor Cuthbert 3-4  R  3 2B 2 RBI  BB Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Kyle Smith 6.0 IP 5 H 1 R  BB 4 K   Omaha Storm Chasers 14 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 4 The Chasers ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.11.13

A marathon game for the Naturals, an offensive explosion for Wilmington in a doubleheader sweep, and a Colin Rodgers great start lead the Affiliates to a 4-2 day. HR Call: Juan Graterol (1), Matt Fields (9),  Yem Prades (4), Kenny Diekroeger (3), Alex Hudak (1), Jack Lopez (2)     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Jorge Bonifacio 4-4 3 R  2 RBI  BB Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Colin Rodgers ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.10.13

2 Rain outs, a double header with plenty of Homers, and another great Will Smith performance lead the Affilaites today. HR Call: Anthony Seratelli (4), Max Ramirez (6), Matt Fields (7,8),  Angel Franco (3)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Matt Fields (2 Games)  2-6 2 R 2 HR 5 RBI   Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Will Smith 6.0 IP  6 H 1 R  1 BB 5 K     Omaha Storm Chasers 6  Reno ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.09.13

A split doubleheader, another Naturals rainout, and 2 great pitching performances lead the Affiliates to a 2-2 record today. HR Call: Johnny Giavotella (3) , Max Ramirez (5), Micheal Antonio (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Max Ramirez 3-4 2 R  HR  2 RBI Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Aaron Brooks 7.0 3 H 2 R 0 BB 7 K   Omaha Storm Chasers 2 Reno Aces 4  Game 1 The Aces scored 3 runs of ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.08.13

A bad day for the pitchers today as all of them struggled leading to an 0-2 record. HR Call: Justin Trapp (2)      Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Justin Trapp 1-3  R  HR RBI     Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: None!     Omaha Storm Chasers 5  Reno Aces 7  Blaine Boyer who had not given up an earned run all year, gave up a home run to former Royal Kila Kalaihue. The Chaser ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.07.13

The offenses were silent throughout the Affiliates today as they combined to 1-2 with a Omaha Rainout. HR Call: None   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day:  Jorge Bonifacio 3-3  R  BB   Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Kyle Smith 6.0 IP  2 H 0 R  3 BB  3 K   Omaha Storm Chasers  Reno Aces  PPD The Chasers game in Reno tonight was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Thur ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.06.13

A bad 12 th inning for Omaha prevented an undefeated day for the Affiliates. Two great pitching performances lead to a 2-1 record HR Call: Max Ramirez (4)     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Angel Franco 4-5 2 R   Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Yordano Ventura 6.0 IP 2 H 0 R 2 BB 10 K   Honorable Mention pitcher of the Day: Bryan Brickhouse 6.2 IP 2 H 0 R  2 BB 9 K   Omaha Sto ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.05.13

A walkoff win, offensive explosions, and a comeback win highlighted a 3-1 day for the Royals' Affiliates. HR Call: Rey Navarro (1), Angel Franco (2), Kenny Swab (1)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Angel Franco 2-5  R  2B  HR  5 RBI   Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Chris Dwyer 6.1 IP  2 H  0 R  4 BB  6 K     Omaha Storm Chasers 2  Memphis Redbirds 1  F/10 David Lough hit a single ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.04.13

The Affiliates had 3 really good starts tonight, but came away with a 1-2 record HR Call: Matt Fields (6), Cheslor Cuthbert (2)   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Cheslor Cuthbert 3-4  R  2B  HR RBI     Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Daniel Stumpf 6.0 IP 5 H 0 R  3 BB  8 K     Omaha Storm Chasers  Memphis Redbirds  PPD Due to inclement weather the Chasers game was postponed and ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.03.13

The offenses were mostly quiet today for the Affilaites, but the pitching picked them up as the teams combined to go 2-1. HR Call: None     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Bubba Starling 2-5 2 RBI     Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Aaron Brooks 6.0 IP 2 H 0 R 1 BB 5 K     Omaha Storm Chasers 1  Memphis Redbirds 3 Memphis scored 2 unearned runs off Chasers' pitchers to tak ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.02.13

A good day from the Affiliates as they put up a perfect record going 3-0. HR Call: None   Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Anthony Seratelli 2-3  R  BB     Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Everett Teaford 4.0 IP  0 R  0 H  0 BB 4 K   Omaha Storm Chasers 1  New Orleans Zephyrs 0  Everett Teaford made a spot start and was at his very best as he and 4 other Chasers' pitchers combined on ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 05.01.13

A Cheslor Cuthbert game winning homer and a dominant pitching performance from Miguel Almonte lead the Affiliates to a 2-1 record. HR Call: Matt Fields (5), Manny Pina (1), Cheslor Cuthbert (1)    Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day: Humberto Arteaga 2-4  3B  3 RBI     Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day:  Miguel Almonte 6.0 IP 1 H  0 R  3 BB 9 K     Omaha Storm Chasers   New Orleans Zep ...

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Diamonds in the Rough 04.30.13

Thanks to some great pitching by Yordano Ventura and John Lamb the affiliates went 2-1. HR Call: Yem Prades (3),  Jorge Bonifacio (1)     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day:  Jorge Bonifacio 2-3  2 R HR  3 RBI 2 BB         Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Yordano Ventura 5.0 IP  1 H 0 R 3 BB 10 K       Pine Tar Press Honorable Mention Pitcher of the Day: John Lam ...

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Diamonds in Rough 04.29.13

The Affiliates struggled today going 0-4. HR Call: Bubba Starling (4)     Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day:  Bubba Starling 2-4 R HR 2 RBI        Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day: Bryan Brickhouse 7.0 IP  2 H 2 R 0 BB 5 K           Omaha Storm Chasers 3  New Orleans Zephyrs 6 For the second consecutive start Nate Adcock struggled. He gave up 6 runs (5 earne ...

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