Dayton Moore

KANSAS CITY, Mo. That didn't take long. Less than 100 hours after his selection by the Royals in the first round of the draft, shortstop Hunter Dozier was under contract and already preparing for life as a professional. Not only that. He already had a...

KANSAS CITY, MO. The Royals opened the second day of the First-Year Player Draft by grabbing a right-handed pitcher from one of the nation's top prep pitching factories: The Woodlands High School near Houston. Friday's selections began with the third...

Even genius seems replaceable in sports, including baseball. Tony Gwynn and George Brett go into the Hall of Fame, and along come Ichiro Suzuki and Miguel Cabrera. Greg Maddux retires, and up pops Clayton Kershaw. Tony La Russa steps away, and the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH George Brett, who turned 60 in May, has a new job -- Royals hitting coach. Brett has been a Royals front office executive -- vice president-baseball operations) -- since he...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals said Thursday that George Brett and Pedro Grifol will assume the interim hitting coach and major league special assignment coach roles, respectively, effective immediately. In a corresponding move, the Royals...

ST. LOUIS It was as if Hollywood had transported another comic book action scene to the big screen Thursday night when George Brett, clad again in his familiar No. 5 Royals uniform, strolled onto the field at Busch Stadium. Look hard enough, Royals fans,...

ST. LOUIS Desperate times call for desperate measures and with the Royals mired in a 4-19 collapse, they pulled off a whopper prior to Thursday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Hall of Fame slugger George Brett returned to...

Robinson Cano finally hit a home run at Kauffman Stadium, Vernon Wells went deep for the second straight game and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday to wrap up a three-game sweep. Hiroki Kuroda (5-2) allowed only a sacrifice...

The Royals expect James Shields to be a difference maker. But were they close enough to being a playoff team before they added him? That's the question about the deal in which the Royals sent future All-Star Wil Myers to the Rays. It's too early to...

Rick Hahn and Dayton Moore know one of the biggest realities of baseball and wasted no time acting upon it. If you're going to go to the playoffs, you better have a strong starting rotation. Last year, eight of the 10 postseason teams were in the...

The Kansas City Royals have acquired starting pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Wil Myers and a package of minor league prospects.     The blockbuster deal announced late Sunday night is the Royals' most...

When Dan Duquette was hired roughly a year ago as the club’s executive vice president, the Orioles pointed to his impressive track record in the past with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was in charge of some very good teams –...