2016 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

2016 KANSAS CITY ROYALS

Spring Training Game Notes

Kansas City Royals (7-10) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (10-3-2)

Thursday, March 17, 2016

BLOWOUT IN FRONT OF FULL HOUSE--The Royals pounded out 16 hits and scored eight times in their final two at-bats to rout the Cubs, 10-0, in front of

11,076 fans at Surprise Stadium...the crowd was the second-largest for a Royals' game in Surprise, missing the record of 11,517 (set in 2003 vs. Arizona) by less

than 500 people...the home crowd witnessed Chris Young earn his first victory, while he and five KC relievers combined on an eight-hit shutout...Young allowed two

hits and two walks in his 4.0 innings of work, while David Huff worked out of an inherited bases loaded jam to record 2.0 shutout frames...Reymond Fuentes was

the hitting star, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, which included a three-run homer to right field in the seventh inning...KC added five runs in the eighth, collecting five-

straight hits to start the inning, including Dusty Coleman's two-run shot to right.

VS. L.A.--Kansas City will battle the Dodgers twice over the next six days, beginning with

Upcoming Probables

today's game in Glendale...the clubs will also meet next Tuesday night in Surprise.

Today vs. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Camelback Ranch (1:05)

RADIO ADDS--The Royals have added tomorrow's split-squad tilt with the Los Angeles Kris Medlen, Kelvin Herrera, Ross Ohlendorf, Peter Moylan

Angels and Sunday's battle with the Cubs to the radio schedule as the University of Kansas'

vs.

games at the NCAA Tournament have been set...both exhibition contests will be carried by Alex Wood (L), Ross Stripling, Pedro Baez, Kenley Jansen,

610 Sports and the Network with Royals' Hall of Famer Denny Matthews, Steve Physioc and

J.P. Howell (L), Louis Coleman

Steve Stewart sharing play-by-play responsibilities.

ROSTER BREAKDOWN--After a flurry of transactions earlier this week, the Royals now have 45 players (including left-handed pitchers Mike Minor and Jason Vargas on the 60-day D.L.) in camp...the roster includes 22 pitchers (5 non-roster), four catchers (one non-roster), 12 infielders (five non-roster) and seven outfielders (one non-roster)...among the pitchers remaining in camp nine of them are left-handed.

Tomorrow vs. Los Angeles Angels @ Surprise Stadium (1:05) Matt Shoemaker, Cory Rasmus, Al Albuquerque, Ramon Ramirez,

A.J. Achter, Delois Guerra vs.

Miguel Almonte, Wade Davis, Luke Hochevar, David Huff (L), Peter Moylan

OFF TO SAN ANTONIO--This afternoon, several members of the Royals will depart for San Antonio, Texas to participate in `Big League Weekend,' a two-game series against the Texas Rangers at the Alamodome...game times will be Friday at 7:05 p.m. CT (5:05 in Arizona) and Saturday at 2:05 p.m. CT (12:05 in Arizona)...KC's roster in the series will feature several of it's top players, including catcher Salvador Perez, outfielder Lorenzo Cain, first baseman Eric

Tomorrow vs. Texas Rangers @ Alamodome (5:05) Dillon Gee vs.

Derek Holland (L), Phil Klein

Hosmer, while manager Ned Yost will also be on the trip.

Saturday vs. Texas Rangers @ Alamodome (12:05)

SEVERAL MINOR LEAGUE ADDITIONS--With a good percentage of the Royals' Major

Chien Ming-Wang

League roster heading to San Antonio this afternoon, the club will utilize a host of players from

vs.

minor league camp in today's game with the Dodgers...additions include: left-handed pitcher

A.J. Griffin, Cesar Ramos (L)

Sam Selman (#68), righties Brooks Pounders (#75), Andrew Edwards (#77), Benino Pruneda

(#82), Evan Beal (#90) and Matt Alvarez (#97); catchers Chase Vallot (#84) and Chad Johnson

Saturday vs. Seattle Mariners @ Surprise Stadium (1:05)

(#92); infielders Austin Bailey (#56), Frank Schwindel (#85), Humberto Arteaga (#86), Angel Franco (#87) and Jack Lopez (#89) and outfielders Bubba Starling (#11), Jorge Bonifacio (#38), Elier Hernandez (#69), Logan Moon (#74), Edward Salcedo (#76) and Brandon Downes (#80).

GEE ADDED TO 40-MAN ROSTER--Kansas City made another roster move Tuesday

Taijuan Walker, Joe Wieland vs.

Matt Strahm (L), Joakim Soria, Kelvin Herrera, Brian Duensing (L)

morning, selecting Dillon Gee from Triple-A Omaha and adding him to the 40-man roster...in a corresponding move, the Royals placed lefty Mike Minor on the 60-day disabled list as he

Sunday vs. Chicago Cubs @ Sloan Park (1:05) Ian Kennedy, Wade Davis, Luke Hochevar, Ross Ohlendorf,

recovers from labrum surgery last season.

David Huff (L), Peter Moylan

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...

vs. Jon Lester (L)

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.

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 658-599 with 38 ties for a .523 winning pct...the club has posted a 226-176 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 their cross-state rivals from St. Louis in a 4-game home & home series that starts in Kauffman Stadium on June 27-28 and ends in Busch Stadium on June 29-30...Kansas City will be well represented in San Diego for the All-Star Game as manager Ned Yost and his staff will be operating for the American League squad for a second straight year.

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 split the squad for the weekend...roughly half of the roster will travel to San Antonio for a two-game series with the Texas Rangers at the Alamodome, Friday and Saturday, while the remainder of the squad stays in Surprise to host the Los Angeles Angels Friday (1:05) and Seattle Mariners Saturday (1:05)...KC will see the Chicago Cubs again on Sunday in a 1:05 contest at Sloan Park, before an off-day on Monday, March 21.

ON THE AIR--This afternoon's contest will feature a web-only broadcast with Steve Stewart anchoring the coverage from Camelback Ranch...tomorrow's game vs. the Angels in Surprise will be carried on 610 Sports and the Royals Radio Network, while the two contests in San Antonio will be televised on Fox Sports Kansas City, with Ryan Lefebve joining Fox Sports Southwest broadcaster Tom Grieve on the call...following the weekend, the Royals will have five of their final 12 exhibition games televised on FSKC, beginning with next Tuesday's home game against these Dodgers (6:05 p.m.).

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TODAY'S PITCHERS:

KRIS MEDLEN ? 30, is scheduled to make his third start of the spring...in two previous starts, allowed three runs on six hits and one walk in 5.0 IP, including 2.0 scoreless IP in his debut on May 7 at Cubs...is in his second Major League camp with the Royals...returned last season from his second Tommy John surgery, going 6-2 with a 4.01 ERA (26 ER in 58.1 IP) in 15 appearances (eight starts) after the All-Star break... made Royals debut on July 20, recording 3.1 innings of relief vs. Pittsburgh...was his first Major League action since September 27, 2013 vs. Philadelphia (with Atlanta)...made two appearances during the 2015 postseason, including 5.0 innings in relief in Game 3 of the ALCS at Toronto...was the longest relief outing by a Royals pitcher in a postseason game since Charlie Leibrandt pitched 5.1 innings in Game 7 of the 1985 ALCS at Toronto.

KELVIN HERRERA ? 26, has made four appearances this spring, yielding one earned run on three hits in 4.0 IP...is in his sixth season with the Royals...was named an AL All Star for the first time in his career in 2015...made 11 appearances during the 2015 postseason, going 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA (1 ER in 13.2 IP) and a 7.3 SO/BB ratio...his 22 strikeouts marked the second-highest total in a single postseason, trailing the Angels' Francisco Rodriguez (28 in 2002)...went 4-3 with a 2.71 ERA (21 ER in 69.2 IP) in 72 appearances during the regular season...had streak of 105.1 innings without a home run allowed snapped on May 5, ending the second longest such streak in club history (Wade Davis, 125.2 IP).

DILLON GEE ? 29, has made two appearances this spring (1 ER in 5.0 IP)...earned the win after recording 2.0 scoreless innings in his debut on March 6 at the Angels...is in his first Major League camp with the Royals as a non-roster invitee after spending his first six Major League seasons with the Mets...started the 2015 season with the Mets, but missed a month with a right groin strain and was designated for assignment on June 15...finished the season at Triple-A Las Vegas, where he went 8-3 with a 4.58 ERA (45 ER in 88.1 IP) in 14 starts, including 9.0-inning complete games in consecutive starts on July 28 and August 3.

ROSS OHLENDORF ? 33, is tied for the team lead with five appearances this spring (6 ER in 6.0 IP), including scoreless innings in his last three outings...is in his first camp with the Royals...appeared in 21 games with the Rangers last season, his first action in the Majors since 2013...made three scoreless appearances for the Rangers during the 2015 ALDS vs. Toronto, including a save in Game 2...pitched to a 3.72 ERA (8 ER in 19.1 IP) with 19 strikeouts during the regular season, including a 3.86 ERA in 13 appearances following his September call up.

PETER MOYLAN ? 37, has made five appearances this spring (0-1, 5 ER in 5.0 IP), his first Major League camp with the Royals as a non-roster invite after spending the 2015 season in the Braves' organization...made 22 appearances (10.1 IP) for Atlanta last season...also made 27 appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett, pitching to a 3.14 ERA (10 ER in 28.2 IP) with 24 strikeouts and six saves while holding opponents to a .217 batting average...signed as a minor league free agent on January 27, 2016...would become the third Australian-born player to appear for the Royals, joining Graeme Lloyd (2003) and Liam Hendriks (2014).

LAST TIME OUT

Player

Date IP

Scott Alexander 3/14 1.0

Miguel Almonte 3/13 1.0

Christian Binford 3/7 2.2

Malcom Culver 3/7 1.0

Wade Davis

3/15 1.0

Brian Duensing 3/16 0.0

Danny Duffy

3/15 1.0

Jonathan Dziedzic 3/7 1.1

Brian Flynn

3/13 1.0

Dillon Gee

3/11 3.0

Kelvin Herrera 3/15 1.0

Luke Hochevar 3/16 1.0

David Huff

3/16 2.0

Ian Kennedy

3/15 4.0

John Lannan

3/16 1.0

Kris Medlen

3/12 3.0

Alec Mills

3/9 2.0

Peter Moylan

3/11 1.0

Aroni Nina

3/9 1.0

Ross Ohlendorf 3/15 1.0

Brooks Pounders 3/9 1.0

Sam Selman

3/9 1.0

Joakim Soria

3/16 1.0

Matt Strahm

3/14 1.0

Yordano Ventura 3/14 4.0

Edinson Volquez 3/13 4.0

Chien-Ming Wang 3/14 1.0

Chris Young

3/16 4.0

Kyle Zimmer

3/12 1.0

H R ER BB SO HR

00 0 0 1 0 31 1 1 1 0 34 3 1 3 1 00 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 20 0 1 0 0 22 2 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 65 5 0 1 1 41 1 1 3 0 00 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 72 2 1 2 0 20 0 1 0 0 63 3 1 2 1 00 0 1 3 0 23 3 2 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 10 0 1 2 0 33 2 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 0 00 0 0 2 0 11 1 1 2 0 31 1 1 6 0 53 3 2 6 1 10 0 0 1 0 20 0 2 5 0 10 0 0 1 0

SPRING TRANSACTIONS

W/L/S

L S L L L L S W W -

Date

Player

Transaction

2/18

LHP-Brian Duensing

Signed to a minor league contract

INF-Clint Barmes

Signed to a minor league contract

RHP-Ross Ohlendorf

Signed to a minor league contract

2/19

LHP-Mike Minor

Signed to a Major League contract

LHP-Jason Vargas

Placed on 60-day D.L.

3/1

C-Salvador Perez

Signed a five-year extension (thru 2021)

3/14

RHP-Christian Binford Reassigned to minor league camp

LHP-Jonathan Dziedzic Reassigned to minor league camp

RHP-Aroni Nina

Reassigned to minor league camp

RHP-Brooks Pounders Reassigned to minor league camp

LHP-Sam Selman

Reassigned to minor league camp

INF-Hunter Dozier

Reassigned to minor league camp

INF-Balbino Fuenmayor Reassigned to minor league camp

C-Zane Evans

Reassigned to minor league camp

C-Cam Gallagher

Reassigned to minor league camp

RHP-Miguel Almonte Optioned to Omaha (AAA)

RHP-Kyle Zimmer

Optioned to Omaha (AAA)

OF-Brett Eibner

Optioned to Omaha (AAA)

OF-Jose Martinez

Optioned to Omaha (AAA)

INF-Cheslor Cuthbert Optioned to Omaha (AAA)

RHP-Alec Mills

Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)

LHP-Matt Strahm

Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)

INF-Ramon Torres

Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)

OF-Jorge Bonifacio

Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)

OF-Bubba Starling

Optioned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)

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

March 2#*

Wednesday

March 3*

Thursday

March 4*MLB Friday

March 5

Saturday

March 6*

Sunday

March 7*MLB Monday

March 8*

Tuesday

March 9*

Wednesday

March 10

Thursday

March 11

Friday

March 12TV Saturday

March 13

Sunday

March 14*

Monday

March 15*TV/MLB Tuesday

March 16*MLB Wednesday

March 17

Thursday

March 18TV Friday

March 19TV/MLB Saturday

March 20MLB Sunday

March 21

Monday

March 22*MLB/TV Tuesday

March 23*MLB Wednesday

March 24TV/MLB Thursday

March 25

Friday

March 26TV Saturday

March 27

Sunday

March 28

Monday

March 29*MLB/TV Tuesday

March 30*

Wednesday

March 31

Thursday

April 1*TV

Friday

April 2

Saturday

Opponent TEXAS TEXAS at San Diego CHICAGO WHITE SOX at Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs at Oakland COLORADO MILWAUKEE at Seattle at Chicago White Sox (ss) ARIZONA at Arizona CLEVELAND (ss) CHICAGO WHITE SOX at Cincinnati CHICAGO CUBS at Los Angeles Dodgers at Texas (ss) LOS ANGELES ANGELS (ss) at Texas (ss) SEATTLE (ss) at Chicago Cubs OFF DAY LOS ANGELES DODGERS at Cleveland at Milwaukee at San Francisco OAKLAND at Oakland SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO at Texas OFF DAY at Arizona at Arizona

Site SURPRISE SURPRISE Peoria SURPRISE Tempe Mesa Mesa SURPRISE SURPRISE Peoria Glendale SURPRISE Scottsdale SURPRISE SURPRISE Goodyear SURPRISE Glendale San Antonio SURPRISE San Antonio SURPRISE Mesa

SURPRISE Goodyear Maryvale Scottsdale SURPRISE Mesa SURPRISE SURPRISE Surprise

Chase Field Chase Field

Time/Result L, 2-6 L, 0-10 L, 1-3 L, 6-7 W, 6-1 W, 3-2 L, 4-6 W, 3-2 W, 7-5 L, 7-5 W, 9-2 L, 3-12 L, 0-3 L, 4-9 W, 9-3 L, 2-4 W, 10-0 1:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m.

Record 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 1-4 2-4 2-5 3-5 4-5 4-6 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-9 6-9 6-10 7-10

WP Faulkner Holland Guerrero Danish Gee (1-0) Huff (1-1) Santos Volquez (1-1) Flynn (1-0) Sampson Duffy (1-0) Corbin De La Rosa Bauer Ventura (1-0) O'Grady Young (1-1)

6:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 12:05 p.m.

6:40 p.m. 12:10 p.m.

LP Huff (0-1) Volquez (0-1) Moylan (0-1) Ohlendorf (0-1) Alburquerque Acevedo Binford (0-1) Lyles Houser Pounders (0-1) Lamb (0-1) Young (0-1) Medlen (0-1) Flynn (1-1) Turner Duffy (1-1) Lackey

Save Klein --Dominguez Lollis --Culver (1) Thompson Ohlendorf (1) Selman (1) Aro ----Collmenter ----Somsen ---

ATT 8,993 5,025 9,054 8,337 9,097 11,937 4,615 5,816 4,786 5,921 4,464 10,110 13,514 8,715 8,243 5,463 11,076

#

Denotes Charity Game (game and stats will count in Cactus League)

*

Game broadcast on KCSP-610 AM in Kansas City (4 more radio broadcasts will be added in mid-March)

TV

Broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City

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 )

NOTE: All games webcast on

RecordAttendance Home: 4-5 Home: Road: 3-5 Home avg.: vs. A.L.: 3-6 Road: vs. N.L.: 4-4 Road avg.:

71,101 7,900 64,065 8,008

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