but were we hoping that just his presence on the roster would scare the other teams? All it did was scare them so much that they refused to go into the 9th while trailing. If they had known he was injured maybe they wouldn’t have tried so hard to take the lead! Fire Moore!

except why did he pitch on Wednesday?

Or then we’d be in real trouble. I think the Royals’ plan of minimizing Soria’s impact has finally paid off.

Mea culpa, Trey. This excuses at least some of your perceived transgressions to my Royals’ fanhood this season.

CHTHA File.

(Cover Trey Hillman’s Ass)

I’d rather Soria than Greinke or Meche or Davies.

Not that any injury is ever good.

with World Baseball Classic for Mexico

the injury only shows up during games when there’s not a traditional 9th inning, 3 out save.

Look, I think it’s a real injury, but even the biggest homer would have to admit that there something fishy about the whole thing.

• So he could warm up and get ready to come in during the games when he was injured — but since they turned out to be non-save situations, he didn’t?

• Why did this leak now, if the MRI was clean? Was it good old fashioned investigative journalism? Why not wait until Soria didn’t come in during a save situation?

• Notice how the local beat blogger bought it hook, line, and sinker. One day after writing about how the Royals need to use Soria more and consider making him a starter — Now it’s “Oh no, no way they can make Soria a starter now. And lay off of Trey!!!”

A history of shoulder problems. The analysis of his mechanics predicted this; his left arm flies out in his follow-through, making stopping his pitching arm stressful. Fortunately, Zack’s motion is perfect.