Billy Butler RUMORS & NEWS

Kansas City Star "Well, sure, an 11-4 victory Monday night over the Los Angeles Angels doesn’t entirely wipe out that miserable week the Royals just endured, but it should calm a few concerns. Most encouraging, perhaps, was the 19-hit attack, which matched a season high and included five from previously slumping..." May 14

Kansas City Star "Billy Butler is a designated hitter in the truest sense of the word. (All right, two words.) That’s his role and what he does. It is why he was an All-Star a year ago and a Silver Slugger recipient. That’s what makes this season, to this point, so difficult. Too often, Butler isn’t getting the..." May 04

Fox Sports Kansas City "Move over Country Breakfast. Here comes Billy Barbecue. That’s right. The man they call Country Breakfast in Kansas City, Billy Butler, now has his own line of barbecue sauce – “Billy’s Hit it a TON Barbecue Sauce” – in a city that worships marinated slabs of meat. Butler, the Royals’..." April 13

Kansas City Star "If doubt ever existed — and he insists it never did — those few magical nights last July for the All-Star Game festivities at Kauffman Stadium erased it for all time. Designated hitter Billy Butler is right where he wants to be. “There are guys who go through their whole career,” he said,..." March 26

Kings Of Kauffman "Am I the only one anxious to see how Billy Butler's power numbers hold up in 2013? I like to think some maturity and what seemed to be some extra effort in swinging for the fences will hold up moving forward, but I do think there is a minor cause for concern and a very real chance at regression..." January 24

Kansas City Star "The honors keep coming for Billy Butler, who can now clear space in his trophy case for the 2012 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award. The voting wasn't close. Butler received 80 of 84 first-place votes in balloting by a panel of beat writers, broadcasters and American League..." December 05

MLB.com "For a while, Billy Butler was a reluctant designated hitter, but now, he's acclaimed as the best in the business. Butler, the Royals' DH, was named the winner of the 2012 Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award on Tuesday. And it wasn't even close. Butler got 80 first-place votes..." December 04

Kansas City Star "Royals manager Ned Yost likes to characterize designated hitter Billy Butler as a "hitter who can hit good pitching" and for validation points to Butler's success against Detroit ace Justin Verlander. Butler nicked Verlander for three hits in Monday's 6-2 loss, which left him with a .396 career..." September 27

Kansas City Star "Designated hitter Billy Butler attained a goal Saturday night by reaching 100 RBIs for the first time in his career. "Obviously, when it's the first time for you, it's big," he said. "It's a great goal. Being in the middle of the lineup, and being counted on to be a run-producer, that's a big..." September 24

Kansas City Star "All the Royals needed Saturday night, as it turned out, was to get Zack Greinke, their former Cy Young Award winner, out of the game. Once Greinke departed, Billy Butler and Salvy Perez hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning against Angels closer Ernesto Frieri that lifted the Royals to an..." September 16

Kansas City Star "The obvious storyline Thursday night, when the Royals opened a four-game series in Baltimore with an 8-2 victory, is Billy Butler had two chances to hit for the cycle. And he needed a single. Not a triple. That's right. He had the triple. Alas, the Butler didn't do it. (Go ahead and groan.)..." August 10

Kansas City Star "Billy Butler rescued the Royals from a possible dreadful loss Wednesday night by leading off the ninth inning with a walk-off home run for an 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium. No, he wasn't sure it was gone. "Never at night here," Butler said. "As the night goes on,..." July 19

Chicago Tribune "Jake Peavy didn't expect to play in Tuesday night's All-Star Game, but the plan was to have White Sox teammate Adam Dunn enter in the fifth inning as the American League DH. But Dunn never appeared, instead giving his at-bats to the Royals' Billy Butler, who was playing in front of his hometown..." July 11

Kansas City Star "Two runners were on base with one out when Royals designated hitter Billy Butler stepped into the on-deck circle as a pinch hitter. The crowd of 40,933 at Kauffman Stadium was flushed with anticipation, thinking about the possibility of Butler coming up with the bases loaded in his All-Star..." July 11

Kansas City Star "A quick glance Monday at Billy Butler, and his Opie Taylor smile, should convince anyone that he is absolutely the right choice if the Royals could have only one player in the All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium. "It's just a priceless feeling," he said. "I didn't know what to expect. I'm just..." July 10