Robinson Tejeda News

Royals second baseman Alberto Callaspo, the subject of offseason trade rumors, was honored Friday afternoon as this year's winner of the Joe Burke Special Achievement Award.

Kansas City Royals starter Robinson Tejeda delivers in the first inning against the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Sept.

After another shaky start, his spot on the New York Yankees ' playoff roster could be in jeopardy.

So there's No. 1 -- the Royals' first victory at the new Yankee Stadium after two losses.

Derek Jeter homered leading off the first, and Nick Swisher's 29th homer tied the score in the fifth, a two-run drive off Robinson Tejeda.

Pitching matchup: RHP Robinson Tejeda vs. RHP Joba Chamberlain 9-6, 4.72 ERA) Joba takes the mound for the final time this season, looking to build on last Friday night's six-inning, three-run performance against the Red Sox.

To the Royals, the new Yankee Stadium seems much like the old Yankee Stadium. "When you're walking out from underneath onto the field, it's not much different," said outfielder Willie Bloomquist.

The Twins have been finding different heroes and different ways to win each night as they've captured victories in 10 of their past 11 contests to remain in the American League Central race.

Denard Span is back in the starting lineup for the Twins tonight for the first time since getting hit in the back of the helmet on Monday in Chicago.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Robinson Tejeda throws in the first inning during Friday's September 25, 2009, baseball game between the Royals and Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO.

Remember Robinson Tejeda's wild side? Where his ability to command the strike zone resembles a blindfolded driver staying in lane while speeding down I-70? It's been a while since we've seen that.

Who has the third-best ERA among Major League pitchers during September? Two American League Cy Young Award candidates -- the Royals' Zack Greinke and the Mariners' Felix Hernandez -- are first and second with ERAs of 0.35 and 0.58. And third is Greinke's teammate, Robinson Tejeda, at 0.81. In fact, Tejeda ranks No.

In the penultimate Diamond Digits of the season, we examine some hits and a lot of misses from the most daunting weapon in the nation's capital, a lights-out Royals right-hander not named Greinke and a Brewers big man who eclipsed a surprisingly reachable franchise mark.

The Monsters of September, a.k.a the Kansas City Royals, rolled on again this weekend, taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox.

Robinson Tejeda won his third straight start, pitching six solid innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the White Sox 2-1 on Sunday.

Robinson Tejeda won his third straight start, pitching six solid innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox, 2-1, on Sunday.

Perhaps White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle was on to something on Friday when he suggested that Royals players ought to be informed they are out of the playoff race at the start of the season.

Zack Greinke heads down the stretch this afternoon in his Cy Young quest by making his fifth start of the season against the Detroit Tigers when the Royals conclude their three-game series at Comerica Park.

The Royals plan to scratch a member of their rotation from his next start -- but it's not Zack Greinke.

Ita TMs hard to make much out of what Robinson Tejeda is doing, but ita TMs even harder not to.