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Sportswriters love telling people how unbiased sportswriters are, and a big part of that is rooting for stories, not individual teams. That's pretty obvious. It's much easier and much more fun to write about an unusual defensive play, or a no-hitter,...

Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta's 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday.

Wade Davis pitched out of bases-loaded jams in the first two innings, Billy Butler and Jeff Francoeur homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Wednesday night to sweep the three-game series.

Royals 5, Indians 1

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Kansas City Royals right fielder Jeff Francoeur knows all about what his intriguing teammate Lorenzo Cain can do on the baseball field, and like many of us in the fantasy baseball world, he sees an exciting power-speed combination ...

Blog | March 21, 2013

Eric Karabell continues his Sleeper Tour with a look at the Kansas City Royals, particularly Lorenzo Cain, and passes along a few notes from the Cactus League.

Blog | Conversation | March 21, 2013

Royals 17, Angels 11

What would it take for the Kansas City Royals to unseat the Detroit Tigers, overtake the Chicago White Sox and hold off the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins to win the American Central in 2013? Over the past three seasons, the AL Central cham...

Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses the fantasy implications of the Rays-Royals trade involving Wil Myers and James Shields.

The odds are long for MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner. But baseball's "regular genius" will not give in to inoperable brain cancer.

One lesson to take away from the 2012 season is that parity is as strong as ever. The Baltimore Orioles, after 14 consecutive losing seasons, improved by 24 wins over last season and made the playoffs for the first time since 1997. While the Oriol...

• Tampa Bay Rays right-hander James Shields finished his season with a dominating effort against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, striking out 15 in a complete game, though he lost. Shields allowed only two hits, but one was a Chris Davis home...

Blog | October 03, 2012

US Presswire Vernon Wells, Juan Uribe and Chone Figgins (l to r) are among the bloated contracts around Major League Baseball. The Mets' first task this offseason regarding Jason Bay, and for that matter Johan Santana, likely should be to see if an...

Mike Moustakas stroked a go-ahead single in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- First baseman Mitch Moreland, who didn't start Monday against Kansas City with a left-hander on the mound, is back in the Rangers lineup for Tuesday's game. Moreland got into the series opener on Labor Day as a defensive replacem...

Want to get up and close and personal with a major league player? Try an outfield seat. From there, extroverts such as Jeff Francoeur and Nyjer Morgan are actually human.