We’ve never traded for a player that we’ve gotten more positive reports after the trade,' the veteran general manager said this week.

What’s the easiest way to inject some energy into a ballpark that needed it and get a long homestand off on the right foot?

Royals first. Maikel Garcia walks. Bobby Witt grounds out to shallow infield, Mitchell Parker to Nathaniel Lowe. Maikel Garcia to third. Vinnie Pasquantino out on a sacrifice fly to left field ...

The Royals never relinquished the four-run lead Pasquantino provided in the first and third innings, but they needed to keep ...