Mike Jacobs News

INDIANAPOLIS , IN The frosty 2009 edition of Baseball's Winter Meetings closed out with Thursday's Rule 5 Draft, which lacked the Naturals-related drama of last season.

More News The Royals secured unconditional waivers on pitcher John Bale and DH Mike Jacobs Monday, meaning both are officially free agents.

As the winter meetings wound to a close Thursday, the Royals and other teams began gazing toward Saturday and pondering what possibilities might surface after the industrys deadline for tendering contracts.I think theres more anticipation of nontenders than in the past, general manager Dayton Moore said.

On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals released first baseman Mike Jacobs. Should the Chicago Cubs give Jacobs a call? There are a couple reasons Jacobs intrigues me as a free agent, the biggest of which is that he would bring something the Cubs' bench currently lacks: power.

By tomorrow at 11:00 PM central time, players who are non-tender candidates must be offered a contract by there team or they become free agents.

With the selection, the Royals' Major League roster stands at 39. Osuna, who recently turned 22 on November 25, is currently 1-0 with a 1.40 ERA in 15 appearances for his hometown team of Mazatlan in the Mexican Winter League after splitting his 2009 season between Myrtle Beach and Mississippi .

Prior to Thursday's Rule 5 Draft, the Kansas City Royals released first baseman Mike Jacobs and left-handed releiver John Bale to free up two spots on the team's 40-man roster.

You'd have to pry the first baseman's mitt out of Billy Butler's hot, sweaty hand.

The Royals did the little things terribly. They also did big things terribly...They were awful as a base running team.

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Over the first seven weeks of the season the Chiefs were able to scrape out one win, and that was against a Redskin team that seems to be in the middle of a revolt.

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Flash back to Aug. 21, 2005. It was a hot late summer afternoon at Shea Stadium where the Mets were hosting the Washington Nationals.

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.

Right up to Sunday's season finale, the Royals are a factor in the American League Central pennant race.

That one of Monday's more thrilling moments came on a Ramiro Pena home run was no mistake.

It was the type of in-game turnaround that would have served Paul Byrd well on many other nights.

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - One loss to the Royals is not going to stop the Red Sox [ team stats ] from completing their march to the playoffs.

Monday's game was cold, wet and definitely wild.Around the third inning, a light drizzle at Kauffman Stadium had turned into a steady downpour.

Greinke bolstered his Cy Young credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.