After spending just 10 days in Spring Training with the Royals, Zack Greinke left camp and returned to his family's home in Florida. Greinke was back in Surprise on Wednesday, starting to work toward rejoining the Royals. He looked happy and fit with the old, sly grin playing across his face. |
Royals pitchers handed out nine walks and KC couldn't hold a late lead as the Yankees rallied to beat the Royals, 9-7, in the series opener on Tuesday afternoon. |
Come the ninth inning, Felipe Alou is counting on Armando Benitez to be San Francisco's closer. Even after an awful outing that ballooned his spring ERA to 25.41. Benitez, who has been nursing a sore left knee after missing 96 games in 2005 recovering from a serious hamstring injury, was tagged for 10 runs and nine hits in 1 1-3 innings of the Giants' 15-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Monday. "I feel good," Benitez said afterward, laughing almost in disbelief. |
Royals trainers Nick Swartz and Frank Kyte were way too busy in spring training, and the Royals will likely start the season with four players on the disabled list. They play the world champion Chicago White Sox six times in April and have three games at Yankee Stadium, where they are 0-9 the past three seasons. Another long season looms. ROTATION: 1. RHP Scott Elarton 2. RHP Joe Mays 3. LHP Jeremy Affeldt 4. |
Kansas City Royals pitcher Runelvys Hernandez will begin the year on the 15-day disabled list because of concerns about his weight and stamina. Projected to be the team's No. 2 starter, Hernandez allowed nine runs - eight earned - and five home runs in 12 innings. He also walked 10 and hit a batter. Hernandez will be dropped down to fifth in the rotation, manager Buddy Bell said Monday, a slot that's not needed until April 14. |
--OF Shane Costa, who was scratched from the lineup Sunday after having a bad reaction to a donut, played Monday and collected two hits. --CF David DeJesus, who had not played since Wednesday when he injured his hamstring in the first inning, returned to the starting lineup Monday and made a diving catch and had an assist. He also had a hit against the Giants. --3B Alex Gordon, the second overall pick in the 2005 draft, was reassigned to Double-A Wichita. |
Right-handed pitcher Stephen Andrade was claimed off outright waivers by the Kansas City Royals today. |
Infielder Tony Graffanino was claimed off waivers Tuesday by the Kansas City Royals, returning to the team that traded him to the Boston Red Sox eight months ago. "It's a place I'm going where I feel like I'm wanted and I should get decent playing time there," Graffanino said. "This wasn't a good situation for me." He batted .319 in 51 games for the Red Sox after being traded July 19, then lost his second-base job Boston obtained Mark Loretta from San Diego on Dec. |
Runelvys Hernandez will open the season on the disabled list instead of in the No. 2 slot in the Royals' rotation. The right-hander reported to camp around 30 pounds in excess on his listed weight of 250, and he pitched poorly in spring training. General manager Allard Baird said Monday that Hernandez is going on the DL because of stamina concerns. "The bottom line is where he's at is not where he needs to be," Baird said. |
