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Royals rally to beat Athletics split squad 11-10 (AP)
Rick Ankiel homered and drove in four runs as the Kansas City Royals rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat an Oakland Athletics split-squad 11-10 Tuesday. The Royals trailed 5-0 after two innings and 8-3 going into the sixth when Ankiel hit a three-run homer. Ankiel also singled home David DeJesus in the fourth.

Royals Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

It is unusual for a pitcher to go three innings in his first spring training outing, but Zack Greinke did Friday. He easily could have gone four.

Greinke utilized just 27 pitches, 19 for strikes, in three scoreless innings against the Rangers. David Murphy's single on a hanging changeup with two out in the first was the only hit Greinke allowed.

"It's more getting up and down than anything," Greinke said in going out for another inning. "It's just not smart."

The Royals do not want do anything to jeopardize Greinke's golden arm after he won the American League Cy Young award last year with a major league best 2.16 ERA.

Manager Trey Hillman said that despite Greinke's low pitch total, there was no consideration of sending him out for the fourth inning in his...

Royals' C Kendall back with team (AP)
Royals catcher Jason Kendall has returned to spring training and says his divorce and child custody case won't be a distraction. Kendall missed the exhibition game Monday against Cincinnati to be in court in Los Angeles. He returned on Tuesday and told reporters he will not "dignify the ridiculous accusations" being carried by various media outlets about his divorce.

Aroldis Chapman hits 100 mph, strikes out three in Reds debut (Yahoo! Sports)
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Chris Getz confirmed what the radar gun said about Aroldis Chapman.

Chapman impresses in Reds' 14-5 win over Royals (AP)

Scouts behind home plate trained their radar guns on Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman as the left-hander prepared to throw. When the ball smacked the catcher's mitt, they'd glance back at the gun and find an eye-popping number. The left-hander hit 100 mph at least three times during his spring training debut Monday, throwing two scoreless innings during the Cincinnati Reds' 14-5 victory...

Royals' Gordon out with broken right thumb (AP)
Royals third baseman Alex Gordon is expected to be sidelined for three to four weeks with a broken right thumb. Manager Trey Hillman said Sunday that Gordon probably will miss Kansas City's April 5 opener against Detroit, but the No. 2 overall pick in the 2005 draft is optimistic about his chances of playing.

Giants-Royals spring game rained out (PA SportsTicker)
The San Francisco Giants' spring training game at the Kansas City Royals has been rained out.

Royals' first-rounder Crow pitches two scoreless (AP)

The Kansas City Royals got a glimpse of their future Saturday and had to like what they saw. Aaron Crow, a 2009 first-round pick, and Edgar Osuna, a Rule 5 draft pick from the Atlanta Braves, combined to throw three scoreless innings in their debuts as the Royals defeated the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Saturday.

Greinke's pursuit of precision begins anew (Yahoo! Sports)
Perfectionist Zack Greinke's first spring start for the decidedly non-perfect Royals seems at once familiar and new.

Greinke stellar in spring debut for Royals (AP)
Zack Greinke spent spring training last year working on a changeup and ended up with a 9.21 ERA -- then he dominated the regular season and won the Cy Young Award. What will he do this year now that he's off to a stellar start? Greinke allowed one hit over three scoreless innings in his first spring outing and the Royals beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 Friday.

Saltalamacchia leads Rangers over Royals 13-3 (AP)

This is a pitcher-catcher partnership that Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Rich Harden could like. Harden, in his Texas debut, pitched two innings of one-hit ball and Saltalamacchia and Matt Brown each hit a three-run homer, leading the Rangers to a 13-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. The Rangers pounded five KC pitchers for 21 hits in the spring opener for both clubs.

GM Moore confident Royals going in right direction (AP)
Nearly four years after Dayton Moore was hired to turn the Kansas City Royals around, they still aren't turned. Judged solely by wins and losses, last year was even a step backward. Hampered by injuries, the Royals wound up 65-97, 10 fewer wins than the year before in spite of Zack Greinke's Cy Young Award season.

Butler, Callaspo agree to sign with Royals (AP)
Billy Butler and Alberto Callaspo, the top two hitters for the Royals last season, have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with Kansas City. Butler, the Royals' player of the year, agreed to a deal worth $470,000 -- a raise from $421,000. The first baseman led the team in 2009 with a .301 average, 93 RBIs and 51 doubles.

Royals considering defense vs. offense at 2nd base (AP)
A dilemma as old as baseball is facing the offensively starved, defensively challenged Kansas City Royals. Should offense be sacrificed for improved defense? The question mark for the Royals is at second base, where Albert Callaspo in 155 games had a whopping 17 errors last season, tying for the major league lead among second basemen.

Glut of Cuban defectors seek MLB jobs (Yahoo! Sports)
A throng of players has defected from Cuba, following Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman in search of riches.

Hochevar agrees to $1.76 million deal with Royals (AP)
Luke Hochevar, the overall No. 1 draft pick of the 2006 amateur draft, agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals that will pay him $1.76 million in the major leagues. The deal includes a salary of $772,500 if Hochevar is in the minors, but he is out of options. He was coming off a $5.3 million, four-year contract that included a $3.5 million signing bonus.

Royals' Butler back after breakthrough year (AP)
If Billy Butler's breakthrough season of 2009 had come in New York, Los Angeles or Boston, the barrel-chested first baseman would likely be one of baseball's most celebrated young hitters. Fame is hard to come by in a major league backwater like Kansas City, which hasn't hosted a postseason game in 25 years -- even for young athletes who achieve a level of excellence known only to an...

Seitzer ready to improve Royals hitting (AP)
Given Kansas City's on-base percentage last season, it's hard to call Kevin Seitzer's first year as Royals hitting coach a success. It could even be called a failure. Nevertheless, Seitzer figures year No. 2 should be better for many reasons. The arrival of some savvy, experienced newcomers should help.

Guillen to play, Bloomquist will take it slow (AP)
Jose Guillen is ready to play for the Kansas City Royals. Willie Bloomquist is not. Guillen, who had ankle and lower back surgery after his final game on Sept. 2, is penciled in to play in the outfield for the Royals on Wednesday in an intrasquad game. "I talked to Jose about that today," Royals manager Trey Hillman said Sunday.

Josh Fields looking forward to playing ball, not QB, with the Royals (The Canadian Press)
SURPRISE, Ariz. - So far, Josh Fields' career as a quarterback has been more successful than his life as a baseball player.