The Jacobs Creature pic is done in record time.

everybody is either falling down drunk from memorial day or people are needing to take some time off from the royales (myself probably included-i could probably use a 15-day stint on the “DL”)

and an 883 for the month. Butler has an 838 prior to today in the previous 10 games and hit Verlander as hard as anyone in the lineup.

It was pretty depressing being at the game and watch the team lay down pretty much in the first inning. The crusher was maybe the DDJ GIDP when it was 4-0 as Butler and Guillen both singled if DDJ gets on maybe it’s a different game but probably not.

Colon looked alright and Billy appears to be squarin up the ball, I thought his 3rd AB was a wallshot, not sure but the wind must have hung it up. He and Guillen seem to be having solid AB’s.

Trey should consider moving Coco down in the order and moving DDJ to the leadoff spot and hit Alberto 2nd. Billy and JoGui need some runners on in front of them.

Secondly I don’t agree that Alberto is a singles hitter.. he is 2nd in the league in doubles.. has a triple and 2 homers

And let me tell ya it was the worst display of live professional baseball I have ever experienced. 34 innings and four runs. Pathetic. The crowd of 35,000 plus didnt care. What was there to care about? I am critical only because I felt this team had a slight chance. Is it early? NO, its not anymore. Players should be hitting their stride and displaying a little more inning to inning. I have been openly criticized often on this site but when I tell you its close to panic time I mean it. Soria, Tejeda, and Gordon have been/will be missed. However, what i saw today was unaccepatble. EMBARRASING. This series means a whole lot, esp coming off of the wing and a prayer in St Louis and there was nothing for me to see as a positive. While drinking beer essentially equals baseball today was absurd. I know its memorial day but what the hell. The tigers limped into this series(Only the last series) and we were at home and had nothing to offer. Is there really anything left to be excited about? I do NOT want to hear any “long term” or “the future is bright” type of comments. Address what should be obvious, This team costs more money and has provided nothing lately. The words like “grit”, “tenacity”, ect ect are a running joke on RR but I am afraid that words like shitty, uninterested, lazy, anemic, are beginning to creep in(rightfully so i might add). Today was terrible. Period. (While maintaining and appreciating the armed forces more than ever).

Though on the bright side, 22-23 is a lot better than things could’ve been. Thank god for WFB.

but so much for the supposed problem once Alex Gordon is healthy. Teahen is back around where he always is.

1) the middle of the infield is too slow
2) the hitters basically wilt when someone is on third or when there’s a big RISP situation

to add to #1.. Callaspo is a good hitter, and too slow for a second baseman. And when his double play partner is Willie Bloomquist (who falls, instead of diving).. it looks a lot worse. If you hit the ball up the middle, you’ll probably get a hit off of the Royals.

Willie Bloomquist is like crack. He seemed really good in the first month, and Hillman is going to keep trying to up his dosage of Bloomquist to try and get a reproduction of Willie’s April.

Our middle infield defense is really bothering me. Slow rollers going up the middle and no one being near them is starting to get on my nerves. Why not give Luis Hernandez a start? I actually don’t know how good his range is so someone could maybe help me out, but I know it’s got to be better than Willie Ballgame’s.

Also, I can’t believe I’m writing this, but if TPJ was around right now (with Aviles on the DL), I would be calling to start him a couple games. Screw the lost plate appearances, we have to have better defense now.

I doubt that there is one player on this team that can carry the team offensively to wins. Maybe JoGui if he hit similarly to the way he did during his Hot Streak last season. With no real one Offensive Force KC can’t have 2 of their starters struggling the way they are.
Teahens peak May OPS was .861 on May 10 since then he is hitting .158 and his OPS has dropped to .751.
Coco’s peak was on May 12 .853 and since then he has OPS’d .453 and dropped to .751 as well.

Moore could be reviewing the offense and scratching his head at why they haven’t scored an optimal number of runs. Once again, I think the offense is the main (certainly not the only) culprit of this recent 4-12 stretch. It seems offense has continued to be anemic at times during these losing streaks, and mediocre at best, overall, over the course of the entire season. If Moore is truly seeking Francoeur as a remedy for many of our woes, then we should truly be worried.

Although I like Moore’s philosophy that pitching is a currency of baseball, I think outs are an even greater means of currency. Many of the players Moore has acquired have been out-makers in the lineup, and not exactly defensive wizards (a new Moneyball philosophy). That’s the damning indication here. Moore’s approach with regard to position players has been flawed, and it’s been indicative every season.

(Although, generally, the offense has actually slightly exceeded my expectations this season).