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The Royals created an additional space on their 40-man roster Monday afternoon by sending right-handed pitcher John Bannister to Class AAA Omaha on an outright assignment after he cleared waivers.

Jack says the Royals have said all they need to with the trade of Mark Teahen to the White Sox.

Well, this is a good start. The Royals have many holes, and many fans who've long soured on general manager Dayton Moore.

Matt Hoffman has done everything he can for his son. The boy has a Zack Greinke jersey, Royals batting gloves, and even a little brother named Gordon.

YAHOO! If Willie Bloomquist had his way, nobody would know that he had surgery on both of his knees the day after the Kansas City Royals' regular season ended.

Kansas City -- The rotation was strong, the bullpen even better. The cache of young hitters would knock balls all over the spectacularly renovated stadium, the bench multitalented and deep.

The 2009 Kansas City Royals season ended in a most appropriate way Sunday afternoon, with Luke Hochevar puking up seven runs in three innings to help the boys in blue get absolutely pounded, 13-4. Final record is 65-97, just short of yet another 100-loss season.

It's probably premature to expect right-hander Aaron Crow to be pitching along with Zack Greinke and Gil Meche next summer at Kauffman Stadium but, no doubt about it, the Royals have big hopes for Crow.

Aaron Crow is a lifelong Royals fan. And why not? He grew up in Topeka, then starred at Missouri, and has been to games at Kauffman Stadium since before he can remember.Here comes the slap of reality.'I'm too young to remember George Brett,' he says.Instead, Crow was drawn to his home team by Carlos Beltran, Johnny Damon and Jermaine Dye.

" The Kansas City Royals will complete their 2009 home schedule with games against the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins .

Royals starter Gil Meche is probably done for the year with a shoulder problem, and fellow right-hander Brian Bannister is flying to New York for a second opinion on his shoulder.

Chone Figgins is hoping 9-9-09 is kind to the man inside No. 9 for the Angels. "Maybe the numbers are lined up right for me," the third baseman and leadoff man said, grinning.

Manager Mike Scioscia asked the Kauffman Stadium official scorer after Saturday night's 2-1 victory over the Royals to reconsider his eighth-inning decision to rule Chone Figgins' one-hop smash, which took an in-between hop and went off the glove of second baseman Willie Bloomquist, an error instead of a single.

Royals outfielder Jose Guillen will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury.

Yesterday, the Royals traded one of their top prospects, Danny Gutierrez, to the Texas Rangers.

Royals outfielder Jose Guillen will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera threw "almost 20 pitches" in a bullpen session yesterday and reported no pain in his sore left groin, meaning he might be able to return to the mound today.

Royals outfielder Jose Guillen will miss the rest of the season rather than risk further injury to his right knee.

Kansas City Royals right-hander Gil Meche has been scratched from his start against the Los Angeles Angels due to shoulder fatigue.

Brian Bannister wants to remain optimistic about taking his next scheduled turn in the Royals' rotation, but he sure sounds like a guy in need of a break.