Kansas City Royals 2011 (Hi-A Wilmington/Lo-A Kane County/Rookie Levels)

*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD.
*Baseball America '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in BLUE.
*Baseball Prospectus '11 pre-season prospect rankings are indicated in GREEN.

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Kansas City Royals (Major League Roster)
Omaha (AAA)/ Northwest Arkansas (AA)

Wilmington Blue Rocks (HiA)
Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 2B Whit Merrifield
2 LF Carlo Testa*
3 RF Nick Van Stratten
4 1B Joey Lewis
5 DH Tim Ferguson
6 CF Yem Prades
7 C Julio Rodriguez
8 3B Michael Liberto
9 SS Deivy Batista

Bench
C Jared Dyer
C Travis Jones
3B Ryan Stovall

Starting Rotation
1 RHP Tim Melville 
2 RHP Michael Mariot
3 RHP Tyler Sample
4 LHP Allen Caldwell
5 LHP Justin Marks

Bullpen
CL RHP Bryan Paukovits
SU LHP Ryan Dennick
SU RHP Dusty Odenbach
MID RHP Andrew Stueve
MID RHP Cole White
MID RHP Gary Cuevas
LR LHP Jon Keck

Disabled List
Position Players
C Jose Bonilla
IF Alex McClure

Pitchers
RHP Ivor Hodgson
RHP Julio Cesar Pimentel


Kane County Cougars (LoA)
Starting Lineup (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
1 2B Angel Franco**
2 RF Geulin Beltre
3 CF Brett Eibner BA#10 
4 LF Brian Fletcher
5 3B Cheslor Cuthbert
6 C Kevin David
7 SS Orlando Calixte
8 1B Jason Kuebler
9 DH Jovan Pickett*

Bench
C/1B Juan Graterol 
IF Yowill Espinal
OF Juan Aparicio
OF Alex Llanos 

Starting Rotation
1 RHP Greg Billo
2 RHP Leondy Perez
3 RHP Jason Adam
4 RHP Santiago Garrido
5 RHP Yordano Ventura

Bullpen
CL RHP Nick Rogers
SU RHP Chase Boruff
SU RHP Alex Rivers
MID LHP Antonio Cruz
MID RHP Michael Giovenco
MID RHP Tyler Graham
LR RHP Jason Mitchell


Disabled List
Position Players
C Paul Krebs
OF Julio Aparicio


Pitchers
RHP Chas Byrne
RHP Mitch Hodge
RHP Sugar Ray Marimon
RHP Sam Runion
RHP Leonel Santiago

Lower Level Minor Leaguers You Should Know
(SS/Rk)
Position Players (*indicates left-handed batter **indicates switch-hitter)
C Cam Gallagher (2-65)
1B Henry Moreno
2B Luis Piterson
SS Mike Antonio
SS Humberto Arteaga
SS Nick DelGuidice
SS Adalberto Mondesi**
IF Daniel Mateo**
OF Runey Davis
OF Patrick Leonard (5-156)
OF Bubba Starling (1-5)
OF D'Andre Toney

Pitchers
RHP Bryan Brickhouse (3-95)
RHP Aaron Brooks (9-276)
RHP Edwin Carl
RHP Kellen Moen (7-216)
RHP Matt Murray (10-306)
RHP Matt Ridings
RHP Kyle Smith (4-126)
RHP Robinson Yambati BP#11
LHP Noel Arguelles
LHP Cesar Ogando (6-186)