2016 Spring Training Game Notes Kansas City Royals (6-9) @ Cincinnati Reds (6-8-1) Tuesday, March 15, 2016

KC PLAYS LONGBALL IN WIN--, Lorenzo Cain and Travis Snider all homered, while Yorando Ventura fanned six in 4.0 innings as the Royals powered past the ChiSox, 9-3, yesterday in Surprise...Gordon led off the bottom of the first with his second roundtripper in as many days and third of the spring... two innings later, Cain followed with his first homer in Cactus League play -- a two-run shot to left-center...KC iced the game with five runs in the seventh, which was highlighted by Snider’s three-run blast to right...Clint Barmes added two hits, while Omar Infante drove in a pair with a double in the seventh...KC’s pitching staff recorded 15 strikeouts, which included six by Ventura, who picked up his first victory...Joakim Soria followed the starter by striking out the side in the fifth as KC snapped a three-game slide. Upcoming Probables

VS. REDS--Today marks the only meeting between the Royals and the Reds this spring as Today vs. Cincinnati Reds @ Goodyear Ballpark (1:05) Cincinnati’s only trip to Surprise Stadium is March 24 to face the Rangers...Kansas City swept a Ian Kennedy, Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Danny Duffy (L) four-game regular season series from the Reds last season, winning twice at Kauffman and twice Ross Ohlendorf at the Great American Ballpark vs. GEE ADDED TO 40-MAN ROSTER--Kansas City made another roster move this (L), Tony Cingrani (L), Tim Adleman, morning, selecting Dillon Gee from Triple-A Omaha, adding him to the 40-man roster...in J.J. Hoover, Keyvius Sampson, Layne Somsen a corresponding move, the Royals placed lefty Mike Minor on the 60-day disabled list as he Tomorrow vs. Chicago Cubs @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) recovers from labrum surgery last season. John Lackey, Carl Edwards Jr., Manny Parra (L), Jean Machi, ROSTER BREAKDOWN--After a flurry of transactions the last two days, the Royals now Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon have 45 players (including left-handed pitchers Mike Minor and Jason Vargas on the 60-day vs. D.L.) in camp...the roster includes 22 pitchers (5 non-roster), four catchers (one non-roster), Chris Young, Joakim Soria, , Brian Duensing (L), 12 infielders (five non-roster) and seven outfielders (one non-roster)...among the pitchers David Huff (L), John Lannan (L) remaining in camp nine of them are left-handed. Thursday vs. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Camelback Ranch (1:05) GORDY ON TRACK--After a slow start, Alex Gordon has enjoyed a tremendous week at the Kris Medlen, Kelvin Herrera, Dillon Gee, Ross Ohlendorf, plate, beginning with a 4-for-4 effort last Wednesday against Milwaukee...over his last four Peter Moylan contests, the three-time All-Star is 8-for-12 with three homers, four RBI and four runs scored... vs. overall this spring, Alex is hitting .409 (9-for-22) with an .818 slugging percentage...his three Alex Wood (L), Ross Stripling, Pedro Baez, Kenley Jansen, homers tie him for third in the Cactus League, just one off the pace of the league leaders. J.P. Howell (L), Louis Coleman EXTRA EXTRA!--Kansas City will utilize eight players from minor league camp for extra depth in today’s game...they include: left-handed pitcher Estarlin Cordero (#95), righty Clayton Mortensen (#57), first baseman/catcher Frank Schwindel (#85), catcher Chad Johnson (#92), infielders Humberto Arteaga (#86) and Balbino Fuenmayor (#99) as well as outfielders Alamani Fukofuka (#77) and Brandon Downes (#80). WE WERE HONORED--The club held its annual Minor League Awards Presentation Monday morning with six players and one executive honored for their efforts during the 2015 season...honorees included: Jonathan Dziedzic (Pitcher of the Year), Terrance Gore (Baserunner of the Year), Ryan O’Hearn (Hitter of the Year) and Bubba Starling (Defender of the Year), Elier Hernandez (Carlos Fortuna Award for improving English and work ethic) and Parker Morin (Mike Sweeney Award for best representing the organization on and off the field)...Burlington GM Ryan Keur also received an award as the most outstanding minor league employee. SPRINGING TO WORK AS THE WORLD CHAMPS--The two-time American League champion and 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals have 21 games remaining on their 2016 exhibition docket...KC’s A.L. crown last year gave the City of Surprise four of the last six American League championships, with the Rangers taking the title in both 2010 and 2011, the league’s last repeat winner...the Royals play eight more “home” games in Surprise Stadium, while there are three split-squad dates (March 18, 19 and 28) remaining...the five total split-squad days are four more than the 2015 spring slate possessed...this spring session will run through April 2, when Kansas City wraps up play with a pair in Chase Field against these Diamondbacks on April 1 and 2...last year’s club finished the exhibition season with a 20-10-1 mark before heading north to claim its first-ever A.L. Central crown, followed by a run through the ALDS, ALCS and then the first World Series title since 1985. QUICK TURNAROUND TO OPEN SEASON--For the first time in Major League history, the two World Series combatants from the previous season will meet to open the following year as the Royals will host the New York Mets for a segmented two-game series in “The K”...the season opener will take place on Sunday, April 3, when a national television audience will have the opportunity to watch via ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball at 7:37...the clubs will take Monday off before a “second” home opener will occur on Tuesday, April 5, at 3:15...the Royals will raise the World Series championship banner prior to the Sunday night affair, as well as present players with individual awards that were won in 2015 and then on Tuesday, each player and field staff member will receive their World Series rings. THE COMEBACK KIDS--In winning 11 games during the 2015 postseason, the Royals had to come from behind in eight of those victories, including an unprecedented seven comebacks from a multiple-run deficit...KC rallied from a one-run deficit in Game #2 of the World Series against the Mets, while coming back from two runs behind on three other occasions during the Fall Classic, capped by the two-run rally in the top of the ninth inning of the deciding Game #5, sending the game to extra innings with the Royals plating five runs in the 12th to seal the title...Kansas City also rallied from a two-run deficit in the deciding game of the ALDS vs. the Astros to advance to the League Championship Series vs. Toronto...the Royals came from three runs back in Game #2 of both the ALDS vs. Houston and the ALCS vs. the Blue Jays...the biggest comeback of the fall matched the same scenario of the 2014 Wild Card game vs. the A’s, as KC was down by four runs to Houston with six outs to go in Game #4 at Minute Maid Park, but plated five in the top of the eighth and two more in the ninth to get to a deciding Game #5 in Kauffman Stadium. WINNING WAYS--The Royals are coming off a 95-67 regular season and their first American League Central crown...the last division title won by Kansas City was the 1985 A.L. West, when the club parlayed that triumph into its first World Series crown...the 95 wins in ‘15 were the most by a KC squad since the 1980 Royals went 97-65...dating back to the start of the 2013 season, Kansas City has a 270-216 record for a .556 winning pct., the best mark in the American League and fourth most wins in the Majors behind only St. Louis (287), Pittsburgh (280) and the Dodgers (278). SPRING WORK--Kansas City is coming off a 20-10-1 exhibition ledger in 2015...the Royals have an all-time exhibition record of 657-598 with 38 ties for a .523 winning pct...the club has posted a 225-175 mark with 18 ties for a .560 mark in the Valley of the Sun...the Royals spent their first 34 seasons training in Florida, beginning with Fort Myers (1969-87), followed by a 15-year stint in Baseball City (1988-2002). A LOOK AHEAD IN 2016--KC will open its 2016 regular season at home for the second consecutive year, though the first homestand will be segmented to say the least...the Royals will battle the New York Mets on Sunday, April 3 and then again on Tuesday afternoon, April 5, in a rematch of the 2015 Fall Classic...Kansas City will then take two consecutive days off on April 6-7, before welcoming the Minnesota Twins in for a three-game weekend series...the first road trip of the ‘16 campaign will feature a stop in Minute Maid Park and a 4-game series against KC’s ALDS foe from 2015, then wrap-up with a three-game visit to Oakland...Kansas City’s Interleague work this year will be vs. the National League East, with the Mets (2), Nationals (3) and Atlanta (3) visiting “The K” while the Royals will travel to play the Mets (2), Marlins (3) and Phillies (3)...KC will also play the Cardinals in a 4-game home & home series with two in KC (June 27-28) and two in St. Louis (June 29-30). AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost begins his sixth full season with the club, after taking the reins on May 13, 2010...he has a 468-469 regular season record at the helm for the Royals, surpassing Whitey Herzog’s previous team mark of 410 wins (1975-79)...Yost is the 16th full-time manager in franchise history and enters this year sixth among active managers is games (1,896) and wins (925)...this is his second stint as a big league manager after nearly six full campaigns at the helm for the Milwaukee Brewers (2003-2008)...he compiled a 457-502 record with the Brew Crew including a 166-146 mark in his last two seasons. THE WEEK AHEAD--Kansas City will continue this three-game swing against National League opponents, hosting the Chicago Cubs tomorrow at 1:05, before making the short trip to Glendale to battle the Dodgers Thursday at Camelback Ranch...the Royals will then split for San Antonio Thursday afternoon, opening a two-game split-squad series against the Rangers at the Alamodome Friday (7:05 CT) and Saturday (2:05 CT)...the remainder of the club stays in Surprise to host A.L. West members, Seattle (Friday) and the Los Angeles Angels (Saturday). ON THE AIR--Today’s game will be televised by Fox Sports Kansas City with Ryan Lefebvre and Jeff Montgomery calling the action, while 610 Sports and the Royals Radio Network will also carry the contest with Denny Matthews, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart behind the mic...the Royals are slated for eight more TV games on FSKC this spring, which also includes both games in San Antonio this weekend. ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: DANNY DUFFY (L) – 27, has made two Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S appearances this spring, allowing four earned runs Scott Alexander 3/14 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Miguel Almonte 3/13 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 - IAN KENNEDY– 31, is scheduled to make his on seven hits, one walk and two hit batsmen in 5.0 Christian Binford 3/7 2.2 3 4 3 1 3 1 L third start of the spring today…in two previous IP…is in his sixth season with the Royals…made Malcom Culver 3/7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S Wade Davis 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - starts (both against the White Sox), has allowed two six relief appearances in the 2015 postseason, going Brian Duensing 3/13 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - earned runs on six hits and one walk in 5.0 IP with 1-0 with a 6.00 ERA (4 ER in 6.0 IP) with no walks Danny Duffy 3/10 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 W four strikeouts…spent last season with San Diego, and nine strikeouts…spent majority of 2015 in the Jonathan Dziedzic 3/7 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 - Brian Flynn 3/13 1.0 6 5 5 0 1 1 L where he went 9-15 with a 4.28 ERA (80 ER in starting rotation, where he pitched to a 4.35 ERA Dillon Gee 3/11 3.0 4 1 1 1 3 0 - 168.1 IP) and .258 opponents’ average in 30 starts… (62 ER in 128.1 IP) in 24 starts…was moved to Kelvin Herrera 3/12 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - has recorded 30 starts or more in six straight seasons, the bullpen for the last two weeks of the season and Luke Hochevar 3/13 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - David Huff 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - becoming one of nine Major League pitchers to recorded 8.1 scoreless innings in six appearances… Ian Kennedy 3/10 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 - accomplish that feat…ranks tied for seventh among held left-handed hitters to a .239 average (26-for- John Lannan 3/14 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 - ML pitchers with 192 starts since 2010…posted a 109) and a .303 slugging percentage…missed 24 Kris Medlen 3/12 3.0 6 3 3 1 2 1 L Alec Mills 3/9 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 3.41 ERA (49 ER in 129.1 IP) with a 9.53 SO/9 from games with left biceps tendonitis (May 25-June 24). Peter Moylan 3/11 1.0 2 3 3 2 0 0 - June through the end of the 2015 season…missed 14 Aroni Nina 3/9 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - games last year after being placed on the 15-day DL ROSS OHLENDORF – 33, is tied for second on Ross Ohlendorf 3/13 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - Brooks Pounders 3/9 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 L with a strained left hamstring on April 10. the team with five appearances this spring (6 ER in Sam Selman 3/9 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 S 5.0 IP), including scoreless innings in his last two Joakim Soria 3/14 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - WADE DAVIS – 30, has made two scoreless outings…is in his first camp with the Royals… Matt Strahm 3/14 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 - Yordano Ventura 3/14 4.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 W appearances this spring, yielding just one hit in 2.0 appeared in 21 games with the Rangers last season, Edinson Volquez 3/13 4.0 5 3 3 2 6 1 - IP with two strikeouts…is in his fourth season with his first action in the Majors since 2013…made three Chien-Ming Wang 3/14 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - Chris Young 3/11 2.0 6 4 4 0 3 2 L the Royals…was named an All Star for the first time scoreless appearances for the Rangers during the 3/12 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - in 2015…named Royals’ Bruce Rice Pitcher of the 2015 ALDS vs. Toronto, including a save in Game Year for the second straight season by the Kansas City 2…pitched to a 3.72 ERA (8 ER in 19.1 IP) with SPRING TRANSACTIONS Chapter of the BBWAA…went 8-1 with a career- 19 strikeouts during the regular season, including a Date Player Transaction high 17 saves in 18 opportunities…led Major League 3.86 ERA in 13 appearances following his September 2/18 LHP-Brian Duensing Signed to a minor league contract relievers with a 0.94 ERA (7 ER in 67.1 IP), the call up. INF-Clint Barmes Signed to a minor league contract RHP-Ross Ohlendorf Signed to a minor league contract lowest mark by a reliever in franchise history, topping 2/19 LHP-Mike Minor Signed to a Major League contract the previous record he set in 2014 (1.00)…made eight PETER MOYLAN – 37, has made five appearances LHP-Jason Vargas Placed on 60-day D.L. scoreless appearances during the 2015 postseason, this spring (5 ER in 5.0 IP), recording six walks and 3/1 C-Salvador Perez Signed a five-year extension (thru 2021) 3/14 RHP-Christian Binford Reassigned to minor league camp recording four saves in 10.2 IP. six strikeouts…is in his first Major League camp LHP-Jonathan Dziedzic Reassigned to minor league camp with the Royals as a non-roster invite after spending RHP-Aroni Nina Reassigned to minor league camp KELVIN HERRERA – 26, has made three the 2015 season in the Braves’ organization…made RHP-Brooks Pounders Reassigned to minor league camp appearances this spring, yielding one earned run on 22 appearances (10.1 IP) for Atlanta last season… LHP-Sam Selman Reassigned to minor league camp INF- Reassigned to minor league camp three hits in 3.0 IP…is in his sixth season with the also made 27 appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett, INF-Balbino Fuenmayor Reassigned to minor league camp Royals…was named an AL All Star for the first time in pitching to a 3.14 ERA (10 ER in 28.2 IP) with 24 C-Zane Evans Reassigned to minor league camp his career in 2015…made 11 appearances during the strikeouts and six saves while holding opponents to C-Cam Gallagher Reassigned to minor league camp 2015 postseason, going 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA (1 ER a .217 batting average…signed as a minor league RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Omaha (AAA) RHP-Kyle Zimmer Optioned to Omaha (AAA) in 13.2 IP) and a 7.3 SO/BB ratio…his 22 strikeouts free agent on January 27, 2016…would become the OF-Brett Eibner Optioned to Omaha (AAA) marked the second-highest total in a single postseason, third Australian-born player to appear for the Royals, OF-Jose Martinez Optioned to Omaha (AAA) trailing the Angels’ Francisco Rodriguez (28 in joining Graeme Lloyd (2003) and Liam Hendriks INF-Cheslor Cuthbert Optioned to Omaha (AAA) 2002)…went 4-3 with a 2.71 ERA (21 ER in 69.2 (2014). RHP-Alec Mills Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) LHP-Matt Strahm Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) IP) in 72 appearances during the regular season…had INF-Ramon Torres Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) streak of 105.1 innings without a allowed OF-Jorge Bonifacio Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) snapped on May 5, ending the second longest such OF-Bubba Starling Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA) streak in club history (Wade Davis, 125.2 IP). 3/15 RHP-Dillon Gee Contract selected from Omaha (AAA) LHP-Mike Minor Placed on 60-day D.L.

2016 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT March 2#* Wednesday TEXAS SURPRISE L, 2-6 0-1 Faulkner Huff (0-1) Klein 8,993 March 3* Thursday TEXAS SURPRISE L, 0-10 0-2 Holland Volquez (0-1) --- 5,025 March 4*MLB Friday at San Diego Peoria L, 1-3 0-3 Guerrero Moylan (0-1) Dominguez 9,054 March 5 Saturday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE L, 6-7 0-4 Danish Ohlendorf (0-1) Lollis 8,337 March 6* Sunday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe W, 6-1 1-4 Gee (1-0) Alburquerque --- 9,097 March 7*MLB Monday at Chicago Cubs Mesa W, 3-2 2-4 Huff (1-1) Acevedo Culver (1) 11,937 at Oakland Mesa L, 4-6 2-5 Santos Binford (0-1) Thompson 4,615 March 8* Tuesday COLORADO SURPRISE W, 3-2 3-5 Volquez (1-1) Lyles Ohlendorf (1) 5,816 March 9* Wednesday MILWAUKEE SURPRISE W, 7-5 4-5 Flynn (1-0) Houser Selman (1) 4,786 at Seattle Peoria L, 7-5 4-6 Sampson Pounders (0-1) Aro 5,921 March 10 Thursday at Chicago White Sox (ss) Glendale W, 9-2 5-6 Duffy (1-0) Lamb (0-1) --- 4,464 March 11 Friday ARIZONA SURPRISE L, 3-12 5-7 Corbin Young (0-1) --- 10,110 March 12TV Saturday at Arizona Scottsdale L, 0-3 5-8 De La Rosa Medlen (0-1) Collmenter 13,514 March 13 Sunday CLEVELAND (ss) SURPRISE L, 4-9 5-9 Bauer Flynn (1-1) --- 8,715 March 14* Monday CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURPRISE W, 9-3 6-9 Ventura (1-0) Turner --- 8,243 March 15*TV/MLB Tuesday at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 16*MLB Wednesday CHICAGO CUBS SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 17 Thursday at Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale 1:05 p.m. March 18TV Friday at Texas (ss) San Antonio 7:05 p.m. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (ss) SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 19TV/MLB Saturday at Texas (ss) San Antonio 2:05 p.m. SEATTLE (ss) SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 20MLB Sunday at Chicago Cubs Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 21 Monday OFF DAY March 22*MLB/TV Tuesday LOS ANGELES DODGERS SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 23*MLB Wednesday at Cleveland Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 24TV/MLB Thursday at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 p.m. March 25 Friday at San Francisco Scottsdale 1:05 p.m. March 26TV Saturday OAKLAND SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 27 Sunday at Oakland Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 28 Monday SAN DIEGO SURPRISE 1:05 p.m. March 29*MLB/TV Tuesday SAN FRANCISCO SURPRISE 6:05 p.m. March 30* Wednesday at Texas Surprise 12:05 p.m. March 31 Thursday OFF DAY April 1*TV Friday at Arizona Chase Field 6:40 p.m. April 2 Saturday at Arizona Chase Field 12:10 p.m.

# Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League) Record Attendance * Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March) Home: 3-5 Home: 60,025 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 3-4 Home avg.: 7,503 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/4, 3/22, 3/29; Delayed: 3/7, 3/15, 3/16, 3/19, 3/23, 3/24 ) vs. A.L.: 3-6 Road: 58,602 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 3-3 Road avg.: 8,372