Minor awards
Omaha DH Clint Robinson was picked as the Class AAA Pacific Coast League player of the month for August after batting .400 in 28 games with five homers and 29 RBIs.
Giavotella won the June award while playing for the Storm Chasers. Robinson won monthly awards twice last season while playing for Class AA Northwest Arkansas in the Texas League.
Robinson, 26, was also an All-PCL selection after batting .326 with 23 homers and 100 RBIs in 134 games. He won the Texas League triple crown in 2010 by batting .335 with 29 homers and 98 RBIs.
Minor details
The Royals bolstered their Class AA Northwest Arkansas roster prior to Wednesday's start of the Texas League playoffs at Arkansas by promoting left-handed pitchers Justin Marks and Ryan Dennick from Class A Wilmington.
Marks, 23, pitched 13 scoreless innings over his final two starts for the Blue Rocks, who failed to reach postseason. He was 8-8 overall with a 3.98 ERA in 28 games. Dennick, 24, was 3-7 with a 4.36 ERA in 35 relief appearances.
Looking back
It was 39 years ago today — Sept. 8, 1972 — that right-handed pitcher Steve Busby made his major-league debut by pitching a complete game in a 3-2 victory over Minnesota in the second game of a double-header at Municipal Stadium.
Busby allowed five hits while striking out seven and walking two. Busby, now 61, went 70-54 in an eight-season career cut short by injuries. He joined outfielder Amos Otis in 1986 as the first inductees into the Royals' Hall of Fame.
Omaha DH Clint Robinson was picked as the Class AAA Pacific Coast League player of the month for August after batting .400 in 28 games with five homers and 29 RBIs.
Giavotella won the June award while playing for the Storm Chasers. Robinson won monthly awards twice last season while playing for Class AA Northwest Arkansas in the Texas League.
Robinson, 26, was also an All-PCL selection after batting .326 with 23 homers and 100 RBIs in 134 games. He won the Texas League triple crown in 2010 by batting .335 with 29 homers and 98 RBIs.
Minor details
The Royals bolstered their Class AA Northwest Arkansas roster prior to Wednesday's start of the Texas League playoffs at Arkansas by promoting left-handed pitchers Justin Marks and Ryan Dennick from Class A Wilmington.
Marks, 23, pitched 13 scoreless innings over his final two starts for the Blue Rocks, who failed to reach postseason. He was 8-8 overall with a 3.98 ERA in 28 games. Dennick, 24, was 3-7 with a 4.36 ERA in 35 relief appearances.
Looking back
It was 39 years ago today — Sept. 8, 1972 — that right-handed pitcher Steve Busby made his major-league debut by pitching a complete game in a 3-2 victory over Minnesota in the second game of a double-header at Municipal Stadium.
Busby allowed five hits while striking out seven and walking two. Busby, now 61, went 70-54 in an eight-season career cut short by injuries. He joined outfielder Amos Otis in 1986 as the first inductees into the Royals' Hall of Fame.
