Let's be honest, in this day and age you are likely getting your day to day baseball information from either MLB Trade Rumors or the wonderful world of Twitter. Twitter features an endless abundance of knowledgeable people, from team specific beat writers, to many people involved with scouting, while also featuring many players themselves.
When it comes to younger players who are in the minor leagues, it provides an insight of many guys you may have heard of, but not necessarily seen yet on the field. From a fan standpoint it's an amazing thing as you can begin to learn about the players as they are making their way up to the big leagues.
Another thing you will quickly notice is the fun many of the young players are having and how much they enjoying supporting each other off and on the field. Many of these athletes are still teenagers or still in the early 20's which is a reminder that these are still kids at times. That can be forgotten at times when people start to look at baseball as strictly business.
So going into the season I have decided to provide fans with a listing of all known (to my knowledge) Kansas City Royals organizational players that are on twitter. There may be a few out there that I don't even know about, and feel free to leave a handle in the comments section if you know of one. We'll have some fun with this and I'll point out some of the better tweeters out there amongst Royals players.
These are posted by what level the players finished 2011 in the event that there are some names you may not be familiar with yet.
As for some awards, let's first start with the best twitter handle and that goes to Royals reliever Everett Teaford. You have to give credit to someone who can mix their name with a little bit of history. @teaparty61 does just that as it shows some thought was put into it.
For the best twitter profile, that also goes to Teaford whose profile states "Kansas City Royals Pitcher and Most Uninteresting Man In Baseball". Love to see guys have some fun with this, and between his handle and profile, you can start to see Teaford is clever, and has the ability to have fun. This is a different side of him than just on the baseball field.
Also of note, there should be special recognition for Alcides Escobar, who has just one tweet to his credit. Back on on August 3rd, 2009 he tweeted "Just got Swept By Isotopes....i'm out later guys". Brilliant.
MLB
Nathan Adcock @NathanAdcock47
Billy Butler @BillyButlerKC
Louis Coleman @deltatiger29
Aaron Crow @acrow43
Danny Duffy @teachmehw2duffy
Jarrod Dyson @mrzoombiya
Alcides Escobar @AlcidesEscobar
Johnny Giavotella @Gio2bKC
Tommy Hottovy @TommyHottovy
Eric Hosmer @Hos3KC
Kevin Kouzmanoff @Kouzmanoff (signed as a free agent)
Luis Mendoza @luismendozar
Salvador Perez @SalvadorPerez15
Jonathan Sanchez @jonathan_57 (acquired during the off season from the San Francisco Giants)
Joakim Soria @joakimsoria
Everett Teaford @teaparty61
AAA
David Lough @DLOUGH3
AA
Kevin Chapman @ChapStarr
Christian Colon @C_COLON4
Patrick Keating @PKeat69
Brendan Lafferty @blaff32
Jake Odorizzi @JakeOdorizzi
Derrick Robinson @Drob104
Tim Smith @TSmitty9
Will Smith @White_Willy31
Ben Theriot @BenTheRiot
A+
Allen Caldwell @CaldwellAllen
Tim Ferguson @TimFerguson4
Jonathon Keck @bonesjk50
Michael Mariot @MikeMariot
Alex McClure @AlexMcClure
Whit Merrifield @WhitMerrifield
Adrian Morales @Adrian2xMorales
Wil Myers @wilmyers
Ryan Stovall @ryanstovall9
A
Jason Adam @Jason_Adam9
Lane Adams @LAdamsKC
Kevin David @KDavid225
Brett Eibner @Brett_Eibner
Brian Fletcher @bfletchjr
Jake Kuebler @ellskuebler
Jovan Pickett @JSwipe_It
Murray Watts @murraywatts
Rookie (Burlington)
Andy Ferguson @AFerg_34
Brooks Pounders @BrooksPounders (acquired during the off season from the Pittsburgh Pirates)
Matt Ridings @mattridings
Tyler Smith @Smithin_It_Up
Kenny Swab @kennswab
Justin Trapp @Trapp_6rezzy
Rookie (Idaho Falls)
Michael Antonio @MichaelKAntonio
Tyler Chism @tylerchism
Runey Davis @RuneyDEEEEE
Nick DelGuidice @NJD2
Cameron Gallagher @camgally3545
Brian Peacock @Brian_Peacock_
Darian Sandford @bigdreamsbigego
Mark Threlkeld @mark_the_mex_26
Ali Williams @KCRoyalsali
Rookie (Arizona)
Jerrell Allen @jallen_KC
Terrance Gore @TGO7E
Gabriel Gray @Blckwell_back
Clayton Schulz @C_schulzy
And of course, the pride of Gardner-Edgerton High School, Bubba Starling, who will make his debut in 2012. He can be followed @Bubba_Star10.
Other Royals who will make their debut in 2012 include pitchers Kyle Smith @Kyle_T_Smith, Patrick Leonard @PTRoyals20, and Bryan Brickhouse @BBrickhouse35.