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2017 Game Notes Team Venezuela (0-0) @ Kansas City Royals (7-5) Wednesday, March 8, 2017 ACE 30

ROYALS LOSE LONGBALL BATTLE--Billy Burns and Mike Moustakas each hit solo shots, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Kansas City from dropping its second-straight, 7-3 to yesterday in Goodyear...despite trailing from the fifth inning on, the Royals brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth after two hits and a walk loaded the bases...however, pinch-hitter Samir Dueñez grounded into a game-ending double play...KC broke out on top early as Moose hit his first roundtripper of the spring in the first inning, while Burns’ blast – his first since September 25, 2015 – tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth... Chris Young suffered his first defeat, despite fanning five in 3.0 innings of work...newly acquired Travis Wood made his first start as a Royal, allowing two runs on four hits over 2.2 frames. Upcoming Probables INTERNATIONAL PLAY--The Royals play host to Team Venezuela this afternoon in an exhibition tune-up prior to the World Classic...Venezuela arrived in Surprise Today vs. Team Venezuela @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) yesterday and will also take on the Texas Rangers tomorrow, before heading to Jalisco, Yusmeiro Petit Mexico for their first games of the WBC on Friday...the Venezuelan roster is made up of 28 vs. active players, with 22 of them spending time in the big leagues in 2016, including Royals Ian Kennedy, (L), Yender Cáramo, Kevin McCarthy, stars Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar, who will be competing against their Kansas Malcom Culver, Eric Stout (L), Bobby Parnell City teammates today. Tomorrow - Off Day ROSTER TRIMMED--Kansas City made its first round of cuts this morning, optioning pitcher to Northwest Arkansas (AA)...the Royals also reassigned pitchers Friday vs. @ Surprise Stadium (6:05) Jonathan Dziedzic, Luke Farrell, Eric Skoglund and Josh Staumont; catchers Xavier Jharel Cotton, Paul Blackburn, Ryan Dull Fernández and Chase Vallot; infielder Corey Toups and outfielder Alfredo Escalera to vs. minor league camp. Jason Hammel, Kelvin Herrera, Matt Strahm (L), ROSTER BREAKDOWN--Following today’s round of cuts, the Royals have 55 players in Scott Alexander (L), Miguel Almonte, Yender Caramo, big league camp...the breakdown includes 27 pitchers (10 non-roster), 6 catchers (3 non- Andrew Edwards, Jonathan Sánchez (L), Malcom Culver, Jake Junis roster), 13 infielders (3 non-roster) and 10 outfielders...among the 27 pitchers in camp, Saturday at Cleveland Indians @ Goodyear Ballpark (1:05) seven are left-handed...southpaw Brian Flynn is listed among the 55 players on the roster, Jason Vargas (L), Kevin McCarthy, Eric Stout (L), Al Alburquerque, but will open the year on the 60-day disabled list as he recovers from a low back injury Yender Cáramo, Bobby Parnell, Chris Withrow, Brandon League incurred just prior to spring training...of the 16 non-roster players in camp with Kansas vs. City, nine have previous Major League experience, including six who had time in “The Danny Salazar, Carlos Frias, Dan Otero Show” in 2016. TWO MORE JOIN THE PARTY--Mike Moustakas and Billy Burns became the 12th and 13th different Royals to go deep this spring, with both players hitting solo shots yesterday in Goodyear...as a group, Kansas City’s 16 roundtrippers are second in the Cactus League, trailing only Colorado’s Major League-leading 19 home runs...Peter O’Brien is tied with 11 other players for the Major League lead, hitting three home runs in his first four spring contests. A WORLD BASEBALL SPRING--The Royals and the rest of opened training camp early this year due to this being a WBC season... players from 16 different countries will compete in the tournament, which is underway...team USA, who will have Royals’ Eric Hosmer and has been assigned the Miami pool, which also features the defending champion Dominican Republic, Canada and Colombia...the Colombian squad will have Royals’ minor league catcher Meibrys Viloria and infielder Mauricio Ramos...also participating in this year’s WBC are: Drew Butera (Italy), Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar (Venezuela), Joakim Soria (Mexico) and minor leaguers Gabe Kramer and Jake Kalish (Israel), Allan De San Miguel (Australia)... recently re-signed pitcher Peter Moylan is also slated to appear for Australia. .500 IN ‘16 FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPS--After consecutive American League crowns, capped by a World Series title in 2015, the Royals recorded an 81-81 ledger last season, finishing third in the American League Central...Kansas City has gone 351-297 in its last four seasons, tying the Baltimore Orioles for the second best record in the American League in that span, just one-half game behind Cleveland (351-297)...this four-year stretch marks the first time the Royals have finished at .500 or better in four consecutive campaigns since going six straight from 1975-80...last year’s club navigated through the first three months with a 42-36 ledger, but scuffled to a 7-19 month of July...the Royals recovered with a 20-9 August, but then slipped and finished the campaign with a 12-17 record over September and October. SPRING WORK--Kansas City has gone 7-5 through the first 12 games of exhibition play...despite back-to-back losses, the Royals are still tied for the most wins in the Cactus League with Colorado, the Angels and Seattle...the Royals were 14-21 in 2016, but 10-5 in Surprise, closing with eight consecutive home wins...the club drew a Surprise home record 126,108 last year for a per game average of 8,407....KC has an all-time exhibition record of 672-615 with 38 ties for a .522 winning pct...the club has posted a 240-192 mark with 18 ties for a .553 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). THE SEASON AHEAD--The 2017 campaign will begin on Monday, April 3 in Target Field, as the Royals and Twins face-off in the first of a three-game series...all three games in Minneapolis will be day affairs, with an off day on Tuesday, April 4, sandwiched between games one and two...Kansas City will then head to Houston for a three-game weekend set before the home half of the schedule opens on Monday, April 10 against the Oakland A’s...KC will host the Athletics for a three-game set, also separated by an off day on April 11, then visits from the (3) and (2) will wrap-up the initial stay of the season...Kansas City will have a stretch from April 28-May 18 when it will play 16 of 20 games in Kauffman Stadium, separated only by a four-game journey to Tampa Bay on May 8-11...as evidenced by the two-game visit from the Giants during the opening homestand, the Royals will battle the N.L. West in Interleague play in 2017, also making trips to San Francisco (2), Dodger Stadium (3) and San Diego (3), while the Giants, Rockies (3) and Diamondbacks (3) pay a visit to “The K”, with the D’Backs series wrapping up the regular season on September 29-October 1. AT THE HELM--The winningest manager in franchise history, Ned Yost begins his seventh full season with the club, taking the reins on May 13, 2010... he has a 549-550 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 seventh among active managers is games (2,058) and wins (1,006)...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...Yost, a catcher during his playing days, began his coaching career in the Atlanta organization, including 12 straight seasons on Starts by Position Bobby Cox’s big league staff (1991-2002). 1B -- Hosmer (6), O’Hearn (2), Dozier (2), Dueñez (1), Merrifield (1) ON THE RADIO--Today will be one of 20 scheduled radio broadcasts on KCSP (610 2B -- Merrifield (4), Mondesi (4), Colón (2), Cuthbert (2) Sports) and the Royals Radio Network...throughout the spring, , Ryan 3B -- Cuthbert (6), Cecchini (2), Colón (2), Dozier (1), Lefebrve, Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart will call the action...the games not on 610 will Moustakas (1) be carried on the web with Stewart providing the play-by-play, with the next web cast SS -- Escobar (6), Colón (2), Mondesi (2), Torres (2) scheduled for Friday vs. Oakland. LF -- Soler (3), Gordon (2), Moss (2), O’Brien (2), Orlando (2), Bonifacio (1) PLENTY OF TV TIME--The Royals will have their first of 10 exhibition broadcasts on CF -- Cain (6), Orlando (3), Starling (2), Burns (1) Fox Sports Kansas City this Friday, when they host Oakland at 6:05...that contest will be the first of three telecasts in as many days, as KC will also be on FSKC on Saturday against RF -- Gordon (4), Soler (4), Bonifacio (2), Orlando (2) Cleveland from Goodyear, then again on Sunday when the Royals host the Los Angeles C -- Perez (5), Gallagher (3), Peña (3), Butera (1) Dodgers...there will be two telecasts in which KC will share the production with the P -- Duffy (2), Karns (2), Vargas (2), Hammel (1), Kennedy (1), opposing club, March 16 vs. San Diego in Peoria and April 1 vs. the Rangers in Arlington... Staumont (1), Wood (1), Young (1), Zimmer (1) , Steve Physioc, and Joel Goldberg will be along for the eight DH -- Moustakas (5), Moss (2), O’Brien (2), Gordon (1), Soler (1), telecasts provided by the FSKC crew. Vallot (1) ROYALS NOTES (Page 2) LAST TIME OUT TODAY’S PITCHERS: Player Date IP H R ER BB SO HR W/L/S BRANDON LEAGUE – 34, veteran right-hander who will Al Alburquerque 3/6 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 - IAN KENNEDY – 32, makes his second start of the spring make his fourth spring appearance this afternoon…most Scott Alexander 3/7 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - today after recording 2.0 hitless innings Friday against the recently pitched a scoreless inning in Saturday’s split-squad Miguel Almonte 3/7 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 - Yender Cáramo 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Dodgers, yielding just one walk…matched a career high with game in Goodyear vs. Cincinnati…a 12-year Major League 33 starts last season, his first in Kansas City…went 11-11 with Malcom Culver 3/5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 S veteran, who is attempting to come back after missing the Danny Duffy 3/5 3.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 - a 3.68 ERA and 184 strikeouts in 195.2 innings…topped 30 last two Major League seasons…placed on the Los Angeles Jonathan Dziedzic 3/4 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 - starts for the seventh consecutive season, one of five MLB Dodgers’ DL following Spring Training in 2015 with right Andrew Edwards 3/7 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - pitchers to accomplish this feat, along with Cole Hamels, Jon shoulder impingement and was released on July 10… Luke Farrell 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - Lester, Max Scherzer and James Shields…among qualifying in 2014, went 2-3 with a 2.57 ERA (18 ER in 63.0 IP) with Kelvin Herrera 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - AL hurlers, tied for fourth in starts, eighth in hits per 9.0 the Dodgers…an All-Star in 2011 with the , Jake Junis 3/6 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - Nathan Karns 3/6 3.0 2 2 2 1 3 0 L innings (7.96), ninth in opponents’ average (.236) and 10th in when he set a career high with 37 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 65 strikeouts…named Royals Pitcher of the Month twice (May, Ian Kennedy 3/3 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 W appearances. Brandon League 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - August)…signed a five-year deal with the Royals on Jan. 29, Kevin McCarthy 3/5 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 W 2016. KEVIN McCARTHY – 25, will pitch for the fifth time this Mike Minor 3/4 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - spring, most recently earning the win with a 1-2-3 inning Peter Moylan 3/2 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - MIKE MINOR (L) – 29, scheduled to make his third on Sunday vs. San Francisco in Scottsdale…made his MLB Bobby Parnell 3/4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 S appearance of the spring, most recently recording 2.0 flawless debut with the Royals on Sept. 9 last season at U.S. Cellular Reid Redman^ 3/4 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 - innings Saturday vs. San Francisco…signed with Kansas City Jonathan Sánchez 3/4 0.0 5 7 7 2 0 0 L Field…earned his first victory the following night, fanning Tim on Feb. 19, 2016 and made 10 combined minor league starts Joakim Soria 3/5 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 - Anderson to end the sixth inning before Kansas City rallied last season at Northwest Arkansas (AA) and Omaha (AAA), Josh Staumont 3/3 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 - for three runs in the seventh…tabbed an All-Star in the Texas recovering from shoulder surgery…spent the previous six Eric Stout 3/6 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - League (AA) last season, but did not pitch in the game after Matt Strahm 3/5 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - seasons with the Atlanta Braves (2009-15)…from the 2012 being promoted to Omaha (AAA) on June 16. Jason Vargas 3/4 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 - All-Star break to the end of 2014, his 3.52 ERA ranked 11th Chris Withrow 3/4 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - in the National League. BOBBY PARNELL – 32, scheduled to make his fourth Travis Wood 3/7 2.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 - Chris Young 3/7 3.0 3 3 3 1 5 2 L AL ALBURQUERQUE – 30, scheduled to make his fifth appearance of the spring today, most recently recording the Kyle Zimmer 3/4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - save with a 1-2-3 inning in Saturday’s split-squad game vs. appearance today…had retired nine of the 11 batters he faced ^-Minor League camp addition in his first three outings, before yielding two runs on three San Francisco…spent the 2016 season in the Detroit Tigers’ hits, one walk and a hit-by-pitch on Monday vs. Arizona… organization, posting a 6.75 ERA (4 ER in 5.1 IP) in six Major spent a majority of 2016 in Triple-A with Salt Lake (Angels) League appearances…a fixture in the New York Mets’ bullpen SPRING TRANSACTIONS and Tacoma (Mariners), going 1-1 with a 3.74 ERA in 34 for six years, making 323 appearances for the club between appearances…also made two appearances in the Majors with 2009-2015…had ‘Tommy John’ surgery to wipe out all but Date Player Transaction the Angels in June…from 2013-15, made 192 relief appearances one appearance in 2014, but pitched in 30 games the following 2/13 RHP-Seth Maness Signed to a minor league contract which ranked 11th in the American League in that span. year. 2/15 LHP-Travis Wood Signed to a two-year contract LHP-Brian Flynn Placed on 60-day D.L. ERIC STOUT (L) – 23, scheduled to pitch for the fifth time YENDER CÁRAMO – 25, scheduled to make his fifth Cactus 2/17 RHP-Peter Moylan Signed to a minor league contract this spring…has recorded four scoreless innings, most recently League appearance today, after posting a scoreless inning on 3/3 RHP-A.J. Puckett Assigned to minor league camp on Monday vs. Arizona…spent the entire 2016 season at Monday against the Diamondbacks…has worked 4.0 scoreless 3/8 RHP-Kyle Zimmer Optioned to NW Arkansas (AA) Northwest Arkansas (AA), where he posted a 6-4 mark with a frames this spring, including saves on Feb. 25 at Texas and Feb. LHP-Jonathan Dziedzic Assigned to minor league camp 28 at Milwaukee…pitched at Northwest Arkansas (AA) last 3.86 ERA (31 ER in 72.1 IP)…tied for fifth in the Texas League with 42 appearances, while his six wins tied for fourth among RHP-Luke Farrell Assigned to minor league camp season…led the Texas League in ERA (2.45), while ranking LHP-Eric Skoglund Assigned to minor league camp second in WHIP (1.09) and walks per 9.0 innings (1.82)…in the league’s relievers. RHP-Josh Staumont Assigned to minor league camp 511.0 career innings in professional baseball, has yielded just C-Xavier Fernández Assigned to minor league camp 69 walks (1.22 per 9.0 innings)…named Dominican Royals CHRIS WITHROW – 28, has recorded two scoreless outings C-Chase Vallot Assigned to minor league camp Pitcher of the Year in 2011. this spring: March 1 vs. the Cubs and Saturday in Goodyear vs. Cincinnati…made a career-high 46 appearances with Atlanta INF-Corey Toups Assigned to minor league camp MALCOM CULVER – 27, scheduled to make his fifth last season, going 3-0 with a 3.58 ERA and 12 holds…missed OF-Alfredo Escalera Assigned to minor league camp appearance of the spring today, last working a scoreless inning 22 games in August with right elbow inflammation…held left- on Sunday vs. San Francisco in Scottsdale…non-roster invitee handed hitters to a .192 batting average last season and just one to camp this year after spending the 2016 season at Omaha extra-base hit – a solo shot to Philadelphia’s Jimmy Parades on (AAA)…went 4-5 with a 3.86 ERA (29 ER in 67.2 IP) and July 31…originally selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the six saves…posted a 2.42 ERA in 17 appearances after the first round of the 2007 Draft…traded to Atlanta in 2015, in a All-Star break…selected in the eighth round of the 2008 First- deal that also included infielders Alberto Callaspo (going to the Year Player Draft…converted from pitcher to infielder for two Dodgers) and Juan Uribe (going to the Braves). seasons (2009, 2010), before returning to the mound in 2011.

2017 SPRING SCHEDULE (all times local) Date Day Opponent Site Time/Result Record WP LP Save ATT February 25# Saturday at Texas Surprise W, 7-5 1-0 Stout (1-0) Bass Cáramo (1) 5,134 February 26* Sunday TEXAS Surprise L, 4-6 1-1 Darvish Zimmer (0-1) Reyes 4,556 February 27* Monday at Seattle Peoria W, 14-3 (7) 2-1 Vargas (1-0) Gallardo - 3,400 February 28*MLB Tuesday at Milwaukee Maryvale W, 6-3 3-1 Moylan (1-0) Burgos Caramo (2) 1,806 March 1* Wednesday CHICAGO CUBS Surprise L, 3-7 3-2 Butler Junis (0-1) - 7,593 March 2* Thursday COLORADO Surprise W, 3-1 4-2 Wood (1-0) Senzatela Edwards (1) 3,897 March 3* Friday at Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale W, 7-2 5-2 Kennedy (1-0) Hill - 6,536 March 4 Saturday SAN FRANCISCO Surprise W, 2-0 6-2 Alexander (1-0) Sitton Parnell (1) 8,006 at Cincinnati Goodyear L, 7-9 6-3 Luetge Sánchez (0-1) Astin 3,043 March 5* Sunday at San Francisco Scottsdale W, 4-3 7-3 McCarthy (1-0) Suarez (0-1) Culver (1) 11,197 March 6* Monday ARIZONA Surprise L, 1-4 7-4 Ray Karns (0-1) Davis 4,824 March 7* Tuesday at Cincinnati Goodyear L, 3-7 7-5 Chacin Young (0-1) - 2,752 March 8* Wednesday TEAM VENEZUELA Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 9 Thursday OFF DAY March 10TV Friday OAKLAND Surprise 6:05 p.m. March 11TV MLB Saturday at Cleveland Goodyear 1:05 p.m. March 12TV* Sunday LOS ANGELES DODGERS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 13 Monday at Colorado Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 14* MLB Tuesday LOS ANGELES ANGELS Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 15* Wednesday at Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 p.m. March 16TV Thursday SEATTLE Surprise 1:05 p.m. at San Diego Peoria 1:05 p.m. March 17 MLB Friday at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 p.m. March 18TV Saturday CLEVELAND Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 19 Sunday at Chicago Cubs Mesa 7:05 p.m. March 20TV MLB Monday CINCINNATI Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 21* Tuesday at Arizona Scottsdale 1:10 p.m. March 22TV* MLB Wednesday SAN DIEGO Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 23 Thursday OFF DAY March 24 Friday at Seattle Peoria 1:10 p.m. March 25TV MLB Saturday MILWAUKEE Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 26 MLB Sunday at Los Angeles Angels Tempe 1:10 p.m. March 27* Monday at Oakland Mesa 1:05 p.m. March 28TV* MLB Tuesday CHICAGO WHITE SOX Surprise 1:05 p.m. March 29 Wednesday TEXAS Surprise 12:05 p.m. March 30 Thursday OFF DAY March 31* Friday at Texas Arlington 7:05 p.m. April 1TV MLB Saturday at Texas Arlington 1:05 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: 2-3 Home: 28,876 TV Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City Road: 5-2 Home avg.: 5,775 MLB Broadcast on MLB Network (Live broadcasts: 3/17, 3/20; Delayed: 2/28, 3/11, 3/14, 3/22, 3/25, 3/26, 3/28, 4/1) vs. A.L.: 2-1 Road: 30,825 NOTE: All games webcast on royals.com vs. N.L.: 5-4 Road avg.: 4,404