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Headlines
Royals trade infielder Tug Hulett to Red Sox
Associated Press (1 day ago)
The Royals have traded infielder Tug Hulett to the Boston Red Sox for cash or a player to be named.
Sox interested in Crisp as lead-off man
Bruce Levine | ESPN.com (7 hours ago)
The White Sox are interested in Coco Crisp as their lead-off man.
Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (8 hours ago)
Before the holidays -- and with the big turkeys of free agency still potentially weeks away from signing -- Buster opens up the notebook with some collected side dishes on topics from Roy Oswalt to just how soon the Yankees will enter the market.
- The market for Miguel Cabrera (1 day ago)
- Closing the market (5 days ago)
- Those who favored King Felix and Verlander (7 days ago)
- Three Strikes -- Cy Young edition (8 days ago)
- Bryant: Crazy talk about a baseball salary cap (8 days ago)
Sunday 10/4 - Final
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GREINKE WINS A.L. CY YOUNG AWARD
Zack Greinke was named the American League Cy Young Award winner yesterday afternoon. Greinke posted a 16-8 record for Kansas City during the 2009 season. Only one other starting pitcher has won the Cy Young Award while posting as few as 16 wins in a non-shortened season. Brandon Webb captured the N.L. Cy Young Award for the Diamondbacks in 2006 despite winning only 16 games. Three starting pitchers won the Award with as few as 16 wins in a season that was shortened by a work stoppage: Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 (13 wins), David Cone in 1994 (16 wins) and Greg Maddux in 1994 (16 wins).
Updated: November 17, 2009
2009 Salaries
| RK | PLAYER | SALARY (US$) |
| 1 | Jose Guillen | 12,000,000 |
| 2 | Gil Meche | 11,400,000 |
| 3 | Coco Crisp | 6,083,333 |
| 4 | Kyle Farnsworth | 4,250,000 |
| Team Total | 81,384,553 | |
| Team Rank | 15th | |
| Royals Salaries | ||
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2009 AL Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| 87 | 76 | - | 817 | 765 | |
| 86 | 77 | 1 | 743 | 745 | |
| 79 | 83 | 7.5 | 724 | 732 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 686 | 842 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 773 | 865 | |
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2009 Team Leaders
| WINS LEADER » Z. GREINKE | ||
 | WINS | 16 |
| ERA | 2.16 | |
| SO | 242 | |
| IP | 229 | |
| OTHER LEADERS » | ||
| BA | B. Butler | .301 |
| HR | M. Olivo | 23 |
| RBI | B. Butler | 93 |
| R | A. Callaspo | 79 |
| OPS | B. Butler | .853 |
| ERA | Z. Greinke | 2.16 |
| SO | Z. Greinke | 242 |
| Complete Team Stats | ||
2009 American League Ranks
| AVG | R | OBP | SLG | OPS | SB |
| .259 | 686 | .318 | .405 | .724 | 88 |
| 12th | 13th | 13th | 12th | 13th | 9th |
| ERA | BAA | OPS | SV | WHIP | QS |
| 4.83 | .269 | .765 | 34 | 1.46 | 74 |
| 12th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 9th |
Team Injuries
| PLAYER | POS | DATE | STATUS |
| J. Guillen | RF | 11/24 | DTD |
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Team History
| YEAR | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2009 | 65 | 97 | 686 | 842 |
| 2008 | 75 | 87 | 691 | 781 |
| 2007 | 69 | 93 | 706 | 778 |
| 2006 | 62 | 100 | 757 | 971 |
| 2005 | 56 | 106 | 702 | 935 |
| 2004 | 58 | 104 | 720 | 905 |
| 2003 | 83 | 80 | 840 | 874 |
| 2002 | 62 | 100 | 737 | 891 |
| Expanded Team History | ||||