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A Brief, Sad History of Players to Pass Away During Their Playing Careers

Jan 25, 2017

The recent death of Kansas City Royals ace Yordano Ventura put him on an unfortunate list: players who passed away during their active playing careers. Ventura became the 99th active Major League Baseball playe...

Royals Pitcher Yordano Ventura Dies in Car Accident

Josey Curtis

Jan 22, 2017

Breaking News, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals electric starting pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in an automobile accident early Sunday morning in the Dominican Republic, the team confirmed. Ventura was 25 years old. We are devastat...

Kris Medlen is the Royals Biggest X-Factor

Joshua Sadlock

Feb 22, 2016

Features, Kansas City Royals, Opinions & Predictions

As the Kansas City Royals continue taking fliers on former Atlanta Braves starting pitchers, one signed last December, Kris Medlen, has the potential to be the deciding factor in the pursuit of a third straight...

Will bad starting pitching sink the Royals?

Joshua Sadlock

Sep 14, 2015

American League, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2015 regular season has mostly served as an affirmation that the 2014 run to the World Series by the Kansas City Royals was no fluke. At 84-58, the Royals maintain the best record in the American League des...

Yordano Ventura is back, but did he ever really go anywhere?

Joshua Sadlock

Aug 29, 2015

American League, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Saddled with the impossibly high expectations created by last fall's postseason performance, Yordano Ventura was set up for failure in 2015. The Kansas City Royals let James Shields walk, christened the 24-year...

The Kansas City Royals are impossible to hate

Joshua Sadlock

Aug 28, 2015

American League, Baltimore Orioles, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

I've tried, really I have. As a Baltimore Orioles fan, the Kansas City Royals should be my mortal enemy. I should hate them, their lousy outfield waterfalls, their goofy lion mascot (never mind, Sluggerrr is ac...

Blue Jays’ Aaron Sanchez and John Gibbons Handed Down Suspensions

Josh Eastern

Aug 4, 2015

Breaking News, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays

In wake of the hit-by-pitch fiasco and the benches clearing in Sunday's Blue Jays-Royals game, Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez and manager John Gibbons have been suspended by Major League Baseball for their actio...

Royals option Yordano Ventura to Triple-A

Joshua Sadlock

Jul 21, 2015

American League, American League Central, Breaking News, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball

Expectations could not have been higher for Yordano Ventura entering the 2015 season. Fresh off a rookie year in 2014 that saw him throw seven shutout innings in Game Six of the World Series and post a 3.20 ERA...

Royals Expecting Too Much Too Soon from 23-Year-Old Yordano Ventura

Ray Mileur

May 22, 2015

American League Central, Features, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

What a difference a year makes. The defending American League Champion Kansas Royals ended a dreadful 28-season playoff drought last year before losing Game Seven to the San Francisco Giants in the World Ser...

Yordano Ventura Won’t Appeal His Suspension

Jesus Rivera

Apr 30, 2015

American League, American League Central, American League West, Chicago White Sox, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics

Yordano Ventura, one of four Royals suspended after an on-field incident with the White Sox on April 23, has decided to serve his seven-game suspension without an appeal. Yordano Ventura announces that...

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