James Shields News

May 03, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

The Tampa Bay Rays signed Roberto Hernandez in the offseason to help eat some of the innings lost when James Shields was traded to Kansas City.

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When Price felt a twinge in his left triceps in the third inning of his May 15 start against the Red Sox, the Rays quickly removed him from the game.

We usually try to avoid repeating a player on the waiver wire, but the fantasy community can be a stubborn one.

Workhorse righty James Shields will try to end a three- start drought on Wednesday night when the Kansas City Royals visit the Houston Astros for the finale of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.

LHP Dallas Keuchel vs. RHP Jeremy Guthrie The Astros return to the juice box with the sour taste of a quintessential National League loss, 1-0 to the Pirates .

The team holds a 3.49 ERA, best in MLB. Yu Darvish is 7-1 with a 2.97 ERA. After rough 2012 campaigns, Clay Buchholz and John Lester have both bounced back.

We usually try to avoid repeating a player on the waiver wire, but the fantasy community can be a stubborn one.

To help cover their bullpen for Sunday's game against the Orioles, the Rays recalled left-hander Jeff Beliveau from Triple-A Durham to serve a one-day stint in the Major Leagues, and they optioned left-hander Alex Torres back to Durham.

The Blue Jays will next visit Yankee Stadium for a three-game set on Aug. 20-22, and both teams have an off-day Aug.

A triceps injury to Tampa Bay Rays starter David Price has led to another major-league start Monday by Highland native Jake Odorizzi against the Toronto Blue Jays, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

The Royals should know why the city they play for is suspicious. Nothing personal, guys, but Alex Gordon and Sal Perez and especially James Shields and Jeremy Guthrie might want to know why a fan base starved to watch a winner is watching their best team in 20 years like it's a wild grizzly bear.

After being denied a game-tying homer last week in Cleveland that Major League Baseball said the umpiring crew should have reversed, Rosales hit a go-ahead shot leading off the eighth inning after Josh Donaldson connected one inning earlier in the A's 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.

A rather quiet week in the AL Central saw no team make a big move up or down. Sounds like a good time to look around the division and see how some of the new acquisitions added around the division have been making the transition from "Hot Stove Hope" to regular season contributor.

James Shields has put together plenty of strong outings this season for the Kansas City Royals, but victories have still been hard to come by.

The Rays have placed left-hander David Price on the 15-day DL with a left triceps strain, the team announced.

Andy Dirks is a reasonable stopgap solution while Austin Jackson is on the disabled list, given how his neck covers most of center field.

Matt Moore goes after his seventh win of the season and tries to lead the Tampa bay Rays to a sixth consecutive victory in the opener of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field.

Nobody in the Kansas City Royals' clubhouse seems ready to bail on the season after a lousy week, much less a lousy series against the New York Yankees.