Billy Huber

Here's a scary thought - what if Moore doesn't mind what Bell is doing to Butler?

My hope is that they have already decided to send him back down, and that they know Shealy will be activated in less than a week, and Moore has decided it's not worth adding somebody additional to the 40 man roster just to get thru 5 days or so.

Let's hope that's the explanation. Anything else is insanity. If it were me, if Bell has decided on this level of playing time, as GM I would usurp him by just sending Butler down and telling the idiot to "just play with 24 guys, if that's what you're going to do."

Regardless of what we may all think of Huber's prospect status, this remains true:

Huber was RAKING when called up last year, Bell played him in something like 3 games out of 15 days, and when he returned to the minors, somehow he was SLUMPING!

If this happens to Butler, well, let's just call it what it is - a travesty and a disgrace to player development principals.

The real shocker is that we haven't seen the Bull yet.  With the love that Buddo gives him...I thought he would be pinchhitting in last nights game.

Come GMDM FIRE BELL.....13-27 just isn't cutting it anymore.

Of course he should play 3B ideally, because of the added value his bat would provide there.

If Buddy Bell is a competent manager, how do the Royals get in so many screwed up situations?  Emil Brown being a defensive replacement?  TPJ playing every inning this season without no pinch hitters for him?  Having Jason LaRue play 3B as a sub instead of Teahen?  Having Butler sit for several games in a row when his bat is the ticket and the Royals are struggling to score runs.  

The level of incompetence is beyond belief.  KC just doesn't seem to have a clue most of the time.  Guess that may be one reason why we are contending for worst franchise in baseball again when the consensus this winter was the talent was much better than in previous years.  If the talent is better, how come the results are so mind numbingly the same?