Mike Aviles News

He's fought off CC Sabathia's wicked slider and slapped around Andy Pettitte's devastating cut fastball.

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.

All year long I've acted like a know-it-all, telling you what to do with players in my Impact Reports columns.

Lock and reload for 2010. That's the Royals' mission. There don't appear to be any far-reaching changes coming in the look of the roster.

The season isnt quite over yet for the Royals. Three more games this weekend against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome, including Zack Greinkes final showcase start Saturday afternoon in pursuit of the Cy Young Award.

A look at how pro baseball players with ties to the Hudson Valley are faring in 2009: Majors Joe Nathan : Nathan and the Twins are making a push toward the first-place Tigers, with two weeks left in the regular season.

This certainly wasn't the summer that Mike Aviles envisioned: Recuperating from reconstructive elbow surgery and not smacking doubles or making long throws from the shortstop hole.

Another one bites the dust , at least for the time being....and the trolls come out to bitch about the negativity.

Dayton Moore: Thank you for joining me today, let's get started. adamb1969: What are the chances of Joakim Soria being moved to the rotation next year? Moore: We are continuously evaluating our players for the purpose of putting them in the right roles.

Willie Bloomquist returned to Seattle in a position he found himself far too often for his liking.

A look at how pro baseball players with ties to the Hudson Valley are faring in 2009: Majors Joe Nathan : The Twins were five games back in the American League Central Division heading into Saturday, 10 games back in the Wild Card race.

Owner David Glass said Friday that he plans to clear his schedule to attend more games and see why the Kansas City Royals are having one of their most disappointing seasons in years.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke throws in the first inning during Saturday's August 8, 2009, baseball game between the Royals and Oakland Athletics at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO.

It's been a while since this Royals season had any real meaning, weeks since the jokes starting coming in regularly, and months since the team played any sort of regularly competitive baseball.

It's been a while since this Royals season had any real meaning, weeks since the jokes starting coming in regularly, and months since the team played any sort of regularly competitive baseball.

It's a tough job putting together a Royals ballclub. You get barbecued if you don't do anything, you get barbecued if you do.

FOX Fantasy : Good afternoon, everyone! Gerrit is watching the Cubs beat up on the Astros and will arrive shortly.

Manny Ramirez picked the best time to snap out of a slump. Ramirez had two hits and drove in the only run with an eighth-inning single through a drawn-in infield to score Dustin Pedroia and give the Red Sox a 1-0 win over the Minnesota Twins last night.

Joakim Soria, his right shoulder packed in his ice, sat in the Royals' quiet clubhouse after the latest of their nine straight losses.

From the Kansas City Star this morning: Moore points to the club's 18-11 start, prior to the onset of injuries to several key players, as validation of the organization's approach.