From the Royals official website: The Kansas City Royals today announced they have reached an agreement with first-round draft choice Aaron Crow, the 12th overall selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. The agreement covers a three-year Major League contract, beginning in 2010. Consistent with team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. So …

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Wow, has it really been that long since I’ve posted? Yuck. Sorry ’bout that. Before we go on, I did write a little behind-the-scenes look at some of my research for The Machine, which explains what Poz meant when I mentioned me “almost” getting an interview with George Clooney. You can read that here. – …

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Please indulge me in a shallow moment* as we all prepare for Lenny DiNardo to make his Kansas City debut. Dear whomever decides what photos to run with stories at royals.com,Here’s this lovely story about Lenny DiNardo getting all ready for his first big league start in a long time, and his very first as …

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The Royals won at every level* tonight. I’m confident that doesn’t happen often. *every level that is still active – KC and the 3 teams that reached the postseason. Major LeaguesKansas City lost the shutout late in the game, but still held on for a 5-1 win behind a surprising 6-inning 8 (!) strikeout, 3-hit …

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I’m about to do something that surprises even me – I’m going to praise Dayton Moore for trading one of my favorite Royals prospects.   You read that right. But the key word is trading – as in, getting something in return for him. While the massive off-field saga of Daniel Gutierrez was going on …

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When Oklahoma City DH Chris Davis cracked a ball to left-center field in the first inning of Omaha’s 2nd game Sunday afternoon, Kila Ka’aihue immediately said, “Whoa, that ball is gone.” He was wrong, but it still looked like a gapper for sure. Instead, Tim Raines, Jr. sprinted to the ball and brought it down …

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Last night, I sat down to ponder what the Alex Gordon demotion would do to the Omaha roster. As far as I’ve been able to tell, the post didn’t publish, then was published – it showed up in my Google Reader – but is gone again. So please head over to Getting to First Base …

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I’ve been wondering what the point of keeping Kyle Davies in Omaha was, while Sidney Ponson was in the KC roster as the “Guaranteed Loss” guy. Luckily, that’s been corrected – Ponson has been designated for assignment, and Davies has been recalled. I still don’t trust the process, but I’ll give Dayton credit for doing …

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