Royals Rope 15 Singles, Beat Tigers 7-3
by Freneau on Apr 14, 2010 4:11 PM EDT
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PrintThis is starting to get weird. The (modest) Royal offensive explosion continued today as the boys in blue managed a remarkable 15 singles, a double, and a Jose Guillen home run, en route to a 7-3 victory. The offense had men on all day, yet still lived on the margins a bit, needing a number of two-out RBIs and a handful of sac flies to get to seven runs.
The Royals got a competent start from Kyle Davies, and a change of pace good outing from the bullpen, with Parrish and Soria combining to throw 2.1 scoreless innings.
So many of Dayton's heroes are just playing remarkably well right now. For example:
- Scotty Pods went 2-4 and is now hitting .457. I'm not sure dude has ever hit .457 over nine games before in his career.
It's nice to get a win, that's for sure. The Royals now get to enjoy an off-day (I'm sure Kendall has all kinds of leadership seminars planned) before a weekend series in Minnesota. I don't know if you've heard, but OMG the Twins have a new stadium and Joe Mauer has a long term contract and the Twins just do everything oh so right.
In case you missed it, Jeff touched on one of our guys this morning at Fangraphs:
Two players, Fred Lewis and Josh Fields, look like they are being kept on the DL because they are out of options. The Giants and the Royals would have to expose them to the waiver wire in order for them to be sent to the minors.
Josh Fields of the Royals came away with a mystery injury at the end of Spring Training that no knew about until it was posted. After talking to several people close to the team, no one knows what is going on with Fields. As someone noted, he seems to have a case of “Notverygoodandoutofoptions-iatis”
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Our .300 team batting average is totally sustainable!
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
but will we be last in slugging?
or maybe just iso
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Apr 14, 2010 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Most hits in MLB by 9
Most TB in MLB by 12
Most SB in MLB by 2
Tied for 7th in HR
These surely are all sustainable over 155 more games.
BOOM! ROASTED!
best lineup in baseball
when does glass give him a 10 year extension on top of his deserved 4 year extension received last year?
by GobbleforCyoung on Apr 15, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
As is Parrish's 0.00 ERA!
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
With no hits surrendered!
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I figure it can only get better
now that Callaspo’s bouncing back in his more comfortable 5th/6th spot in the line-up.
No it's not
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone listening to the postgame?
I’m pretty sure that caller just said “we have a big enough sample size” like seven times.
no joke
Royals sabermetricians hard at work
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at FanGraphs.
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 14, 2010 4:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I'm ejoying Guillen's hot streak
b/c I think the royals are done with him no matter what
Pods… not so sure
I sure hope you're right
I have this pit of my stomach feeling that somehow we’ll keep him for the entire year.
Extension!!
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
More fun with "fans"
Someone wanted to trade Gordon for a couple of relievers. The host (that isn’t Schaum, is it?) says Gordon isn’t even worth one good reliever right now. Evidence? He’s rehabbing in Wilmington instead of Omaha.
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
That may be the stupidest thing ever
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Apr 14, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't imagine Schaum saying that
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 14, 2010 4:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Neither can I
That’s why I don’t think it’s him, but I thought he was the regular host (or is he like a color commentator?). I don’t get to listen to the postgame and don’t know his voice.
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
I feel quite a bit better.
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't he kill Jesse James?
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 14, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No That Will
Be Sandra Bullock.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope not.
When I marry her, I don’t want it to be a tawdry jailhouse ceremony.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
What is it about her?
I don’t find her to be ugly by any means, but some guys have this unhealthy obsession with her.
Her and Jennifer Aniston
They look more like the girl next door than some primped-up Hollywood starlet, they’re both almost universally regarded as “nice girls”, and they’ve both been unfairly stomped on in one way or another over the years by vicious Hollywood harpies and/or sleazy Hollywood egomaniacs.
Jenna Fischer fits here, too, except for the last part.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
I can't watch a movie with her in it.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
I am not on the post game anymore
I am only on to talk about the minor leagues every now and than…so far, just used on opening day by Fescoe and one Saturday broadcast
Mostly just concentrating on my site so I guess what I am saying is that I did not say that
go Jose go
I would love for him tp continue to prove so many of us wrong
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 14, 2010 4:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Contract year
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by Jeff Zimmerman on Apr 14, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Best shape of his life!
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Never Gets Old
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
.900 OPS with 43 HR, and I’ll be glad to admit I was wrong.
It's all ball bearings these days!
by CentralChamps20?? on Apr 14, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing Under 1.00
And 50 works for me.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Best case scenario
Is that Guillen keeps hitting well through June and we can flip him to a playoff contender for a decent prospect or two at the deadline.
I think things would really have to implode for the Royals to consider that move though. But it’s the right one to make if Guillen can keep this up.
Waiting for April.
Passan said on the radio yesterday
that Guillen is worth a C level prospect…IF the Royals at $10M of his contract.
Sounds about right and I don’t think today changes that.
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Apr 14, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
But you know Dayton will misread the market
And demand top prospects AND someone else paying the tab.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
And we need him for the pennant race
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope I don't get tear-gassed at the Plaza Parade...
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Apr 14, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bring your riot gear
Callaspo will be drunk and Guillen will be angry-insane (as usual). So anything could happen.
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Dayton
will reveal himself to the the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and he will cast the sinners and non-believers of the process out of the parade.
go jose go
whereas alex tampon i mean gordon at?
by GobbleforCyoung on Apr 15, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm just glad that we now know
Windmill Dave’s terrible base coaching decisions apply to tagging runners, too. I was worried he might actually use some good judgment in those extra seconds that a fly ball situation gives him.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
I'm still making crude MS Paintshops!
If you watch Jaws backwards, it's about a shark that throws people up until they have to open a beach.
by ratherfantastic on Apr 14, 2010 4:37 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Building kick!
EXPLOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
by Soria's Unibrow on Apr 14, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Bringing the gloom
Well, hell, somebody has to do it.
There are some obviously unsustainable hot starts going on right now, as has been noted by numerous people. Pods will not hit .457 this year. Guillen is highly unlikely to hit 43 home runs this year, and if he does hit that many and all in a Royals uniform it’s time to get out the pitchforks and torches and storm the front office.
On the flip side, it is becoming clear that we have two reliable relievers: Joakim Soria and (so far) John Parrish. As a result, Parrish will soon be wildly overexposed, and the league will catch up to him. Soria…no, I can’t even force my fingers to type the thought.
I so want to be wrong. But it’s impossible to avoid the idea, reinforced by the experience of past seasons, that there’s a big crash a-comin’ and it won’t be that long.
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein
by The Ol' Perfesser on Apr 14, 2010 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Are you kidding??? My opinion of this team has already changed after these nine games
Originally my win prediction for the team was 72.9 wins. Now it is 73.0 wins. At this rate, I’ll be predicting 75 wins by the All-Star Break (fingers crossed).
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Flagged.
Too much negativity. :) …I probably shouldn’t use the flag function, but I had to register my displeasure. …This is the high point of the season! Live in the now!
"Sir,--It has been wittily remarked that there are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third and most aggravated is statistics." *The National Observer* (June 13, 1891): p. 93-94.
Now you’re on probation for inappropriate flagging. I considered putting you on double secret probation, but I decided standard probation would be sufficient.
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
What if I told you...
…I was already on a self-imposed triple secret probation that began during the off-season? Dean Wormer hit me like Jan 1 or so.
"Sir,--It has been wittily remarked that there are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third and most aggravated is statistics." *The National Observer* (June 13, 1891): p. 93-94.
If you're on self-imposed triple secrect probation
does that mean you don’t allow yourself into the stadium? :)
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 14, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I got a warning at Beyond the Box Score
Someody posted, “The Royals’ bullpen is like a genital wart on Dayton Moore’s herpes.” I posted, “In case you don’t know the difference…” along with a remarkably explicit World War II Army VD film called “Sex Hygiene,” directed by John Ford. Got flagged and was informed “No deformed penises.”
Fair enough. There are limits and I just found out what one of them is.
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
Davies
was actually sorta passable today.
Is that better?
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein
by The Ol' Perfesser on Apr 14, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
You're on the road...
…to recovery. Today’s win was one I’ll savor when we’re out of it in September. …Remember when we…? :)
"Sir,--It has been wittily remarked that there are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third and most aggravated is statistics." *The National Observer* (June 13, 1891): p. 93-94.
Only thing I didn't like about today was the base running error.
Shit like that will cost us. Being “out-talented” by other teams I can live with for now. But stupid mistakes that come from the coaching staff are inexcusable.
by Your_Moms_Boyfriend on Apr 14, 2010 4:51 PM EDT reply actions
Owens reminds me of...
A more aggressive version of the third base coach in Ken Griffey Jr’s MLB for Super Nintendo.
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Apr 14, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
That game is no good.
RBI Baseball = Not to be flex’d wit.
so apparently...
we’ve got Fields on the DL for no injury at all and Disco Hayes in AAA doing the same thing. Any reason why we don’t cut Mendoza and/or Colon loose and stop playing games with the DL? It’s amazing to me that a team with so little big league talent and even less AAA talent would need to resort to playing games with the DL in order to hold onto all their players.
I don't really get their fear in losing players either
Like anyone wants Colon or Mendoza.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
I could maybe see someone taking a flier on Colon
but Mendoza? He hasn’t shown anything of value.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
I Thought That's
How we got him.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I love that about the Royals
They have a ton of roughly average or slightly below average players (minus a few standouts – Greinke, Soria, Butler, etc) and yet keep acquiring more. My only idea this summer was that they were confusing themselves with the Chiefs and thought they could play 11 men at a time because there’s no way that many average players could fit on one team. It was like a puzzle that, instead of solving by not adding extra pieces, they added more and just tried to shove them all in together and force them to fit only to find out that some of the pieces bent and had to go to the DL for the team to exist.
by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 14, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And by summer I mean winter
Just came back from a grad school happy hour. Free booze is the best.
by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 14, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
that reminds me of one of my favorite graduate school experiences
we had a weekly seminar and to increase attendance, the department chair would order cases of beer. attendance did increase (especially among the graduate students). the only problem was that by the last third of the speaker’s talk, people were getting up to take a leak and there was the problem of hearing someone crack open a cold one in the middle of the talk. it was a lot of fun.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
DISCO HAYES NOW!!!
Let’s at least see what we have.
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 14, 2010 5:21 PM EDT reply actions
I'm not sure the staff could handle Banny and Disco on the same team
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
this is what I'm talking about
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Apr 14, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Because I was bored
I had to look >OO<
Scotty Pods went 2-4 and is now hitting .457. I’m not sure dude has ever hit .457 over nine games before in his career.
I found two such 9 game stretches – both in 2003:
June 25 – July 4: 18 for 39, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 6 RBI – .462/.533/.615
August 15 – August 24: 18 for 35, 4 doubles, 3HR!!!, 11 RBI!!! – .514/.575/.886!!!
Now you know!
Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau
by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 14, 2010 5:27 PM EDT reply actions
Display a tool
OWN a tool.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 14, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Forever and ever
see let it be written so let it be done
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 14, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
John Riggins Displayed
A tool outside the Recovery Room tavern on 6th in Topeka. It got him arrested.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
So we're .500 against Detroit.
Twins should be no problem this weekend.
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. -- Albert Einstein
by The Ol' Perfesser on Apr 14, 2010 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
This offense is completely unsustainable and a mirage
BUT…looking on the bright side, we still have Gordon and Aviles in our pocket, and it’s possible to swap out a couple of relievers at some point, such as Rosa, Wood, Coleman, Crow for Mendoza, Colon Blow and maybe one other…Davies and Hooch both looked to avoid big blowups, so maybe they are turning a bit of a corner.
I remember last year that we were wearing teams out early with our “plate approach”, and we ended up shatting ourselves and losing 97 games. Teams may catch up to whatever we’re doing, players will go cold, etc. Can this team win several 3-2 games? Not with this bullpen.
"He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it felt...he lives vicariously...through himself- He is the most interesting man in the world"
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 14, 2010 5:54 PM EDT reply actions
They COULD swap relievers
but I don’t think they will…
they've got to at some point, don't they?
outside of soria and parrish (so far) they are unbelievably terrible. i think you start picking off guys one by one and hopefully the other jackasses get the message and start pitching better. If not, go to the next guy on the list.
"He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it felt...he lives vicariously...through himself- He is the most interesting man in the world"
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 14, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Sadly, Yu-Bet Has
Played just well enough that Aviles might not be much of an immediate upgrade. I know he would be over the course of a season, but he might not get the chance. Also, the roster crunch when Gordon comes back will bench either Callaspo or Getz, and I don’t see it being Getz.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Brian Setzer
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
His brother?
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Apr 14, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Stray Cats Guitarist
And singer. He’s actually very good, and he might have as much to do with our hitters’ hot start as Seitzer.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
my sister had one of their 45s
not Stray Cat Strut, but the other big hit (Rock this Town?). Might have been the last “new” 45 I saw in my life.
Wow! Even I
Never bought a 45 after 1982. Yeah, I can still play both those songs.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Look at that guitar... yum.
I really don't even know what to say about the Royals anymore.
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Apr 14, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
No way.
it’d be impossible to play. Uncontrollable feedback, needing constant set ups, and offset inlays are about the least practical thing you could do. Nice finish, though.
It Looks Like
Another Gretsch. That’s about all I’ve ever seen him play. He idolizes Eddie Cochran.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 14, 2010 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It is.
I love a good white falcon, but they are very limited in what they can do.
Gretsch Guitars are like sports cars. They require a ton of maintainence and have very specific purposes.
It Suits His
Purposes very well. I play a Carvin SC90 through a 50 watt Carvin head with a 4X10 cabinet. It’s not perfect, but it does a lot of things well. It suits my wide variety of music, and most of the sound is in your fingers, anyway.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2010 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions
No argument.
I don’t know that model and I can’t seem to find it in the catalog. Is it a Tele style body.
I play an ‘89 Fender HM that I’ve done some aftermarket on (neck pick up, blocked trem, etc.) and a ‘04 Fat Strat with an Invader and graphite saddles. My guitars have to do a lot, too. I’m going to get into building them because I can never find what I need on the rack.
Just Like My
4X10 tweed cabinet, it has been discontinued. I’ the king of all things one-off. I think the California Single or something like that supplanted it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Josh Fields
He has actually said that he is having leg problems, and it isn’t getting better as fast as he thought.
Bullshit. Conspiracy!
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Apr 14, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
of course Fields is saying that
as long as Fields says that, he continues to get paid a major league salary. Once the DL stint is over, he is likely getting waived unless someone else gets hurt on the active roster. He cannot refuse an assignment to the minor if he clears waivers. It is in his best financial interest to play along.
he gets a major league salary for the season regardless, doesnt he?
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Apr 14, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
no
unless something special was worked out. Players on the 40-man sent to the minors get a higher guaranteed salary than other players in the minors, but Fields would be off the 40-man roster if he is outrighted to the minors, so I am not sure how that would work.
When I watch the video of Jose Guillen hitting the jack today
I hear Pedro Cerrano saying “Straight ball I hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are afraid.”
Wow
Scotty Pods went 2-4 and is now hitting .457. I’m not sure dude has ever hit .457 over nine games before in his career.
Jose Guillen homered again, and now is hitting .361 with five home runs. And since he’s DHing, he’s not even killing the Royals afield anymore.
Jason Kendall went 4-5 and is now hitting .382 on the season. Brayan Pena should consider taking up knitting, because we must keep playing him every single day!!!
If I would have read that right now and not watched any games, and knew some of the success of the other hitters and starting pitchers, i would think we would be 8-1 or 7-2 at worst right now
I know, right?
That’s the sad part. Everything is going incredibly right now, considering the team and the players they’re using, and yet we still aren’t above .500. Pretty sad.
by MinnesotaRoyal on Apr 14, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Regarding Guillen
Nine games is quite obviously not enough to even think of making a determination of this nature; hell, Mike Jacobs could have had a nine-game stretch like this in him last year.
But I will be interested to see whether Guillen remains hot relative to the last two seasons, because I suspect removing the burden of hobbling around in the outfield IS going to be a benefit to Jose at the plate. While this certainly is just a small sample size hot streak, not having to limp around like… well, like ME out there has got to be a factor.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
He Has Been
A notorious cold starter, so this is definitely different from his norm. I’m torn between wanting him to do well and help the team and him taking a massive dump and getting to hell out of the way of the youngsters. I can’t see Hoagy leading the parade on the Plaza no matter what he does.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2010 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions
he's going to cool off
but unfortunately this has bought him some serious time with Moore and Hillman. He’s going to have a .740 OPS with 7 home runs in mid-may and he’s going to be in the lineup every damn day.
But knowing the Royals
They will still ride Guillen out even when he’s cold..
This is the perfect time to try to trade him…95% of the hitters in the lineup are below average to average punch and judy hitters…no way they continue this blistering hot streak..
I'm at least willing to consider that statistically he's not going to fall off a cliff
unless he gets injured. He’s healthier, in a contract year (maybe coming into spring training in better shape), and his legs are fresher from not having to play the field. And maybe playing with a chip on his shoulder b/c of the demotion (and/or knows that hitting is all he’s got).
by SagehenMacGyver47 on Apr 15, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably The Main
Reason he wants to play RF is to maximize his value on the FA market. Since he would probably be injured if he did so, it would actually hurt his value, but he probably believes he’s “in the best shape of his life” and can pull it off.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 15, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course not
He’s so slow, he’d hold up the procession.
/rimshot
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
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