Royals lock up young ace Greinke

Right-hander Zack Greinke and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a four-year contract that avoided a salary arbitration hearing next month.

Padres 3, Royals 2(10)

Padres 3, Royals 2(10)

Kansas City Royals fantasy team preview

Christopher Harris previews the Kansas City Royals from a fantasy perspective. There isn't much fantasy value to be found in KC, but there are some names to know.

...City, Mo. Hillman comes to the Royals after managing five seasons in Japan taking over for Buddy Bell who quit at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Kansas City on the road to respectability

There is reason to be optimistic in Kansas City. The Royals are moving in the right direction, and GM Dayton Moore might have another big move in him.

Hillman joins the Royals after managing in Japan the past five years

The Royals introduced Trey Hillman as manager Monday.

...City, Mo. Hillman comes to the Royals after managing five seasons in Japan taking over for Buddy Bell who quit at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Hillman reaches multiyear deal to manage Royals

Trey Hillman was hired Friday as manager of the Kansas City Royals, taking over a long-struggling team that hasn't been to the playoffs since winning the 1985 World Series.

ChiSox hire ex-Royals manager Bell for minor league instruction job

The White Sox hired former Royals manager Buddy Bell as the organization's director of minor league instruction on Tuesday.

Hafner's two RBIs end regular season on positive note

Hafner drove in two runs to reach 100 RBIs for the fourth straight year and the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 Sunday in the final game of the regular season.

Indians fall short of home-field advantage with loss

Joey Gathright singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth, lifting the Kansas City Royals over Cleveland 4-3 Saturday night and ending the Indians' hope of getting home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.

Indians dump Royals behind Sabathia's 19th win

C.C. Sabathia picked up his 100th career win and the Indians wrapped up home field for the first round of the playoffs, beating the Royals 5-3.

ChiSox's Broadway earns first major-league win

Lance Broadway allowed two hits over six innings in his first career start and the White Sox defeated the Royals 10-0.

Chicago's Garland hurls three-hit shutout of Royals

Jim Thome hit his 505th home run and Jon Garland pitched his first shutout of the season as the White Sox stifled they Royals 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Pena homers, ties career-high with 4 hits for Royals

Light-hitting Tony Pena homered and tied a career-high with four hits as the Kansas City Royals scored eight unanswered runs to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Tuesday night.