2013 NOTES (16-17) vs. Kansas City Royals -- SS (23-7-1) Wednesday, March 27, 2013

CACTUS LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!--The Royals iced the Cactus League crown on Tuesday with an 11-6 win over the Mariners in Peoria and enter tonight with a 3 1/2 game lead over the M’s with just 3 exhibitions remaining...though it’ll mean nothing when regular season play begins next Monday in Chicago, Kansas City has established a franchise record for wins with 23, eclipsing the previous best of 22 set when the club trained in City, Florida in 1999...the win on Tuesday was KC’s sixth in a row. WINNING STREAK HALTED AT SIX--The Royals fell for the first time in a week Upcoming Probables earlier today, dropping a 9-1 affair to the Brewers in split-squad action at Maryvale... Tonight (SS) vs. Chicago Cubs @ Surprise Stadium (6:05) , making his first start since being named the fifth starter in the 2013, , Kelvin Herrera, Tim Collins (L), Aaron Crow, starting rotation, had a tough afternoon allowing 6 runs (4 earned) on 10 hits in 5.2 innings with a walk and 3 K’s...the offense, which entered today with a 28 point lead vs. in team batting over all of , was held to just 5 hits, wiht the lone Scott Feldman, Zach Putnam, Michael Bowden, Hector Rondon, run scoring on an Xavier Nady in the fourth inning, which at the time cut Cory Wade the deficit to 2-1...Miguel Tejada continued his solid spring as he attempts to return to the Majors, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Thursday vs. @ Goodyear Stadium (1:05) Ervin Santana, Bruce (L), J.C. Gutierrez, ROSTER MOVES--The Royals today optioned lefthanded Donnie Joseph to Francisley Bueno (L), Dan Wheeler, Donnie Joseph (L) Omaha, while welcoming lefthanded pitcher George Sherrill and Xavier vs. Nady back to camp...both Sherrill and Nady were released on Monday, but re-signed Mat Latos, Jose Arredondo, J.J. Hoover, Logan Ondrusek, with the organization yesterday and remain non-roster invitees to camp...Kansas Sean Marshall (L), Manny Parra (L) City now has 35 active players in camp, which does not include Felipe Paulino, Friday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (12:05) currently on the 60-day disabled list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery...the Jeremy Guthrie, Luke Hochevar, , Kelvin Herrera, breakdown includes 18 (2 non-roster), 4 (1 non-roster), 8 infielders Tim Collins (L), Aaron Crow (1 non-roster) and 5 (1 non-roster). vs. HOTTOVY TRADE COMPLETED--Kansas City has recieved minor league outfielder Ubaldo Jimenez, Matt Albers, Nick Hagadone (L), Jerry Gil, Desmond Henry from the as the player to be named in the November Rich Hill (L) 8, 2012 trade that sent left-handed pitcher Tommy Hottovy to the Texas Rangers... Henry will join the Royals extended spring training camp in Surprise...the 19-year old was Texas’ fourth round selection in the 2011 June Free Agent Draft out of Centennial High School in Compton, Calif...the 6-1, 175-pound right-handed hitter and thrower has played a combined 25 games for the Rangers’ Arizona League rookie squad in 2011 and 2012...a product of the MLB Urban Youth Academy, Henry combined to steal 85 bases in this final two seasons at Centennial High. ROTATION SET--Manager has announced that Luis Mendoza will be the fifth starter in the rotation when the season begins next week, with Mendy’s first work slated for Saturday, April 6 in Philadelphia...he joins the previously announced foursome of James Shields, Ervin Santana, Jeremy Guthrie and ...lefty will work out of the when the season commences. MATCHUPS IN CHICAGO--The 2013 regular season will begin next Monday in the Windy City, when the Royals and White Sox meet in a 3:10 game at U.S. Cellular Field...the pitching matchup for the opener will see James Shields battle southpaw ...following an off day on April 2, the clubs will meet on Wednesday, April 3, at 1:10, with Ervin Santana toeing the slab against Chicago’s Jake Peavy...the opening series will conclude at 1:10 on Thursday, April 4, with Jeremy Guthrie taking on righthander Gavin Floyd...Kansas City will then shift its attention to interleague play for a 3-game series in Philadelphia as the Phils open the home half of the slate...KC will send Wade Davis, a still to be named starter and Shields to the hill at Citizens Bank Park...Santana is slated to make the start in the Kauffman Stadium opener on April 8 vs. Minnesota. RADIO ADDITIONS--Now that the Kansas NCAA tournament basketball schedule is set, the Royals and 610 Sports have finalized the broadcast slate for the rest of spring training...the Royals and 610 have added tomorrow’s game in Goodyear against Cincinnati, with first pitch slated for 3:05 p.m. (KC time) and Friday’s spring finale with Cleveland can be heard on 1660 AM in Kansas City at 2:05 p.m. DEFICITS REMAIN SCARCE--The Royals trailed for seven of the nine innings in today’s loss to the Brewers, which is an unusual set of circumstances given the way the club has played this spring...Kansas City has now been behind in only 71 of the 281 innings played during this exhibition season, or only 25% of the time. VS. CUBS--Tonight is the second and final meeting of the spring season between the Royals and Cubs...Chicago recorded an 8-3 win over Kansas City on March 16 in Ho-Ho-Kam Park...these clubs are not slated to meet during the regular season. OFFENSE CONTINUES TO PACE MLB--With 18 more hits yesterday, the Royals entered today leading all 30 MLB clubs with a .338 average, 28 points higher than the next closest club, the ...the Royals are first in baseball with 207 runs, 374 hits, 80 doubles, a .390 on-base pct. and .900 OPS, while ranking tied for third in triples (15)...individually, Lorenzo Cain is third among all A.L. hitters with a .442 mark, while is fifth (.419) and sixth (.413)...Cain is first among AL hitters in on-base pct. with a .525 mark, while Gordon is sixth at .479 and Moustakas tenth at .455...Moose and Gordo are tied for second in hits with 26 each...’s 18 RBI are tied for the top spot among all hitters on both sides of the country...Gordo is tied for fourth in home runs with 5. MLB NETWORK APRIL TELEVISION--The MLB Network has announced its April schedule of Major League action and the Royals are ticketed for a trio of appearances...the first will be a national telecast on April 6 from Philadelphia, though that broadcast will be blacked out in KC since it will also be carried by Fox Sports Kansas City...the April 13 affair when Toronto visits Kauffman Stadium is the backup game for the Network and then on April 17 when KC visits Atlanta, the 12:10 start vs. the Braves will be on MLB Network...the game in Atlanta is not on the FSKC slate, thus Kansas Citians will be able to watch the MLB Network feed. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN--The Royals have 3 games remaining in the 2013 exhibition slate including this evening’s battle with Chicago... tomorrow is a 1:05 affair vs. the Reds in Goodyear and spring training 2013 ends with a noon affair in Surprise vs. the Indians on Friday. SPRING WORK--Kansas City is 23-7-1 entering tonight’s contest, with 3 games remaining in this 34-game spring slate, minimized due to two rainouts...the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 615-563 with 34 ties for a .522 winning pct...since coming to Arizona in 2003, Kansas City has posted a much better 185-140 mark with 14 ties for a .569 mark...the Royals spent their first 34 seasons training in Florida, starting in Fort Myers (1969-87), followed by a 15-year stint in Baseball City (1988-2002). LITTLE HELP PLEASE--The Royals have brought over eight players from minor league camp to assist with tonight’s split-squad tilt: rigthanded pitchers Sam Runion (#96) and Anthony Ortega (#95); catchers Ryan Jenkins (#76) and Kenny Swab (#82); infielders Anthony Seratelli (#69) and Alex McClure (#84); outfielders Tim Ferguson (#79) and Yem Prades (#84). NED’S THIRD FULL SEASON BEGINS--The 16th full-time manager in franchise history, Ned Yost, was named to his post on May 13, 2010 and recorded a 198-253 ledger since taking the reins...included was a 72-90 mark a year ago...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the (2003-2008)...he compiled a 457-502 record with the Brew Crew including a 166-146 mark in his last two seasons...Yost, a during his playing days, began his coaching career in the Atlanta organization, including 12 straight seasons on Bobby Cox’s big league staff (1991-2002). ON THE AIR--Tonight’s game is being televised on Fox Sports Kansas City, the television home for Royals baseball, with Ryan Lefebvre, Rex Hudler and Joel Goldberg...Monday in Chicago will kickoff 140 telecasts on FSKC, with Ryan and Rex providing the call from U.S. Cellular Field...the first 13 games of the season will be aired on FSKC before a day game in Atlanta on April 17, which will be shown nationally on the MLB Network...all told, the only game from Opening Day thru May 21 that will not be televised will be April 25 from Detroit. ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S TONIGHT’S PITCHERS: Francisley Bueno 3/22 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Bruce Chen 3/26 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - JAMES SHIELDS make his fifth official start as a Royal, also working March 17 in a minor league Louis Coleman 3/26 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - contest, tossing 6.0 shutout innings (23 batters retired) with 2 hits, 1 walk and 8 K’s...the current SI cover Tim Collins 3/26 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 2 - boy and Royals’ Opening Day starter last pitched in a Cactus League affair on Friday at Tempe vs. the Aaron Crow 3/25 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Wade Davis 3/25 5.0 4 2 1 3 1 0 W Angels, allowing 9 runs (8 earned) on 11 hits in 5.0 innings...has 11 K’s on the spring against 3 walks... Jeremy Guthrie 3/24 6.0 6 2 2 0 8 1 W acquired in a 7-player trade from the on December 9, 2012...the 31-year-old was 15-10 J.C. Gutierrez 3/25 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - Kelvin Herrera 3/26 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - with a 3.52 ERA in 33 starts last season, striking out 223 in 227.2 innings...the Californian has tossed Luke Hochevar 3/25 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - six-straight 200-inning seasons and has recorded 448 over the last two years, the third-most Greg Holland 3/26 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Donnie Joseph 3/24 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - in baseball...in 2012, he worked at least 6 innings in 29 of 33 starts and posted six double-digit Luis Mendoza 3/17 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 - games...leaves the Rays organization as the club’s all-time leader in wins, starts, innings and strikeouts. Ervin Santana 3/23 6.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 - Atahualpa Severino 3/25 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - James Shields 3/22 5.0 11 9 8 3 2 0 W KELVIN HERRERA returns to Royals camp with a WBC title after recording 4.1 shutout frames Dan Wheeler 3/25 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - for the Dominicans over 3 outings...today is his seventh Cactus League outing, fourth since his return... SPRING TRANSACTIONS he worked an inning yesterday in Peoria vs. Seattle, striking out 1, and now has 6.0 shutout innings on his resume...the 23-year-old had a terrific rookie season in 2012, posting a 4-3 record with a 2.35 ERA in Date Player Transaction 3/8 LHP-Noel Arguelles Optioned to Northwest Arkansas a KC rookie-record 76 appearances...he did not allow a home run over his final 69 outings, covering 76.0 LHP-Ryan Verdugo Assigned to minor league camp innings...Herrera was the Royals’ Award winner in 2011 as the organization’s top pitcher. RHP-Sugar Ray Marimon Assigned to minor league camp C-Manuel Pina Assigned to minor league camp C-Julio Rodriguez Assigned to minor league camp TIM COLLINS (L) will make his fifth appearance since returning from the World Baseball Classic... OF- Assigned to minor league camp Tim worked yesterday at Seattle, allowing a pair of solo home runs in an inning...for the Americans, he 3/12 LHP-Chris Dwyer Optioned to Omaha made two official WBC appearances, combining for an inning of work on March 8 vs. Mexico and March LHP-Justin Marks Optioned to Omaha LHP-John Lamb Optioned to Northwest Arkansas 14 vs. the Dominicans...spends his third season in Major League camp, his second straight as a member of 3/13 RHP-Guillermo Moscoso Requested Unconditional Release Waivers the 40-man roster...last season, he was 5-4 with a 3.36 ERA in 72 outings, leading all A.L. relievers with 93 3/15 RHP-Guillermo Moscoso Claimed on Waivers by Toronto 3/18 LHP- Optioned to Omaha strikeouts, the most-ever by a southpaw reliever in club history...Collins was acquired from the Braves on LHP-Will Smith Optioned to Omaha July 31, 2010 in a five-player deal. RHP-Nate Adcock Optioned to Omaha RHP-Blaine Boyer Assigned to minor league camp RHP-Michael Mariot Assigned to minor league camp AARON CROW, a mainstay in the Royals bullpen, officially makes his ninth Cactus League RHP-Brian Sanches Assigned to minor league camp appearance...he pitched back-to-back games on Sunday and Monday, combining for 1.1 innings...he also RHP- Assigned to minor league camp C-Adam Moore Assigned to minor league camp tossed a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout on March 8 against the Rockies, but the contest was washed out by INF-Christian Colon Assigned to minor league camp rain...Crow enters his third season with the big league club...he spent his entire rookie season of 2011 in the INF-Anthony Seratelli Assigned to minor league camp Royals bullpen, representing the Royals at the All-Star Game in Phoenix...the 26-year-old ended the 2012 INF-Brandon Wood Assigned to minor league camp OF-Will Taveras Assigned to minor league camp campaign with a 3-1 record and a 3.48 ERA in 73 outings...the club’s first-round selection (12th overall) 3/20 OF-Endy Chavez Released from minor league contract in 2009 began his Major League career in 2011 with 13 consecutive scoreless outings, equaling a franchise 3/23 2B-Johnny Giavotella Optioned to Omaha 3/25 OF-David Lough Optioned to Omaha record...born and raised in Topeka, Kan., Crow attended the University of Missouri and now resides in LHP-George Sherrill Released from minor league contract Kansas City, Mo. OF-Xavier Nady Released from minor league contract 3/27 OF-Desmond Henry Acquired as player to be named in November 8, 2012 trade with Texas LUKE HOCHEVAR makes his eighth outing of the spring and fifth since officially being moved to LHP-George Sherrill Signed to minor league contract with the bullpen...tossed a 1-2-3 frame with 2 strikeouts to close out Monday’s win vs. the Dodgers and has invitation to spring training 8.0 shutout innings of relief this spring (5 H, 1 BB, 10 K’s)...Hochevar, 29, is looking to bounce back from OF-Xavier Nady Signed to minor league contract with invitation to spring training a tough 2012 season that saw him post an 8-16 record with a 5.73 ERA in 32 starts despite career highs in LHP-Donnie Joseph Optioned to Omaha strikeouts with 144 and strikeouts per nine at 7.0...the 16 losses were the second-most in the Majors...the

6-foot-5 right-hander was the club’s first-ever first-overall pick after his selection in 2006.

2013 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP ATT #*February 22 Friday at Texas Surprise T, 5-5 0-0-1 - - - 7,985 February 23 Saturday TEXAS SURPRISE W, 4-2 1-0-1 Verdugo (1-0) Brigham - 3,428 *February 24 Sunday at Texas Surprise W, 7-5 2-0-1 Coleman (1-0) Lindblom Mariot (1) 3,302 *February 25 Monday ARIZONA SURPRISE W, 16-4 3-0-1 Dwyer (1-0) Delgado - 2,617 February 26 Tuesday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 4-1 4-0-1 Davis (1-0) Albers Wheeler (1) 1,577 February 27 Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE W, 3-2 5-0-1 Collins (1-0) Manzanillo Mariot (2) 3,049 *February 28 Thursday at San Diego Peoria W, 5-4 6-0-1 Smith (1-0) Ross Adcock (1) 1,648 March 1 Friday CINCINNATI SURPRISE W, 3-2 7-0-1 Lamb (1-0) Stevens Wheeler (2) 3,141 March 2 Saturday SAN FRANCISCO (SS) SURPRISE W, 9-5 8-0-1 Mendoza (1-0) Heston - 5,362 *March 3 Sunday at Cincinnati Goodyear W, 8-1 9-0-1 Davis (2-0) Cingrani - 2,691 March 4 Monday OFF DAY *March 5 Tuesday OAKLAND (SS) SURPRISE W, 8-2 10-0-1 Chen (1-0) Colon - 2,647 March 6 Wednesday at Arizona Scottsdale W, 8-1 11-0-1 Shields (1-0) Cahill - 8,115 *March 7 Thursday SEATTLE (SS) SURPRISE L, 2-12 11-1-1 Iwakuma Moscoso (0-1) - 4,026 March 8 Friday CLEVELAND SURPRISE 1:05 (Rained Out) *at Colorado Scottsdale 7:10 (Rained Out) March 9 Saturday at San Francisco Scottsdale W, 13-2 12-1-1 Ventura (1-0) Petit - 11,647 *March 10 Sunday LOS ANGELES ANGELS SURPRISE W, 17-11 13-1-1 Hochevar (1-0) Hanson - 7,417 March 11 Monday OFF DAY *March 12 Tuesday at Oakland Phoenix L, 3-6 13-2-1 Neshek Shields (1-1) Scribner 4,789 March 13 Wednesday SEATTLE SURPRISE W, 4-2 14-2-1 Adcock (1-0) Wilhelmsen Crow (1) 6,029 March 14 Thursday at Cleveland Goodyear W, 5-3 15-2-1 Guthrie (1-0) McAllister Mariot (3) 3,684 March 15 Friday SAN DIEGO (SS) SURPRISE W, 7-5 16-2-1 Adcock (2-0) Stauffer Wheeler (3) 4,051 at (SS) Glendale L, 1-8 16-3-1 Fife Ventura (1-1) -- 8,125 MLBMarch 16 Saturday at Chicago Cubs Mesa L, 3-8 16-4-1 Takahashi Chen (1-1) -- 9,918 *March 17 Sunday SURPRISE W, 10-0 17-4-1 Mendoza (2-0) Stewart -- 6,090 MLBMarch 18 Monday at Texas Surprise L, 2-8 17-5-1 Lowe Santana (0-1) -- 7,280 *March 19 Tuesday COLORADO SURPRISE L, 2-7 17-6-1 Nicasio Guthrie (1-1) -- 6,151 *March 20 Wednesday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE W, 7-2 18-6-1 Davis (3-0) Harang -- 5,709 March 21 Thursday OFF DAY MLBMarch 22 Friday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe W, 13-9 19-6-1 Shields (2-1) Cabrera -- 9,682 *March 23 Saturday ARIZONA SURPRISE W, 11-10 20-6-1 Coleman (2-0) Bonine -- 6,669 MLBMarch 24 Sunday at Chicago White Sox Glendale W, 8-2 21-6-1 Guthrie (2-1) Purcey -- 7,148 *TVMLBMarch 25 Monday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE W, 8-2 22-6-1 Davis (4-0) Greinke -- 5,936 *March 26 Tuesday at Seattle Peoria W, 11-6 23-6-1 Marimon (1-0) Bonderman -- 6,098 *March 27 Wednesday at Milwaukee Maryvale L, 1-9 23-7-1 Gallardo Mendoza (2-1) -- 3,657 TVMLB CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE 6:10 *March 28 Thursday at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 *March 29 Friday CLEVELAND SURPRISE 12:05

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Record Attendance * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (March 29 on 1660 AM in KC) Home: 13-2 Home: 72,322 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 10-5-1 Home avg.: 4,821 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (3/16, 3/18, 3/24 and 3/27 reaired) vs. A.L.: 11-3-1 Road: 97,355 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 12-4 Road avg.: 6,085