It's almost agonizing watching billy hit right now... the guy is hitting more weak ground balls than a little league infield coach at practice.

Dude is in a mega-funk.

And an ill-timed one, too.

If he was doing this in the middle of June, probably wouldn't get much notice. At the start of the season, everything is magnified.

I saw some things yesterday that MIGHT indicate he's focusing on driving the ball up the middle, gap-to-gap. That's typically when he's at his best.

Hopefully that was part of a conscious effort and a sign that he's close to getting his timing back.

Oh, and it would also help if he'd straighten out a few of those balls back to the screen, too. He's had a lot of good swings that he hasn't quite squared up. Those are potential gappers/bombs. Need to put them in play.

I just bought tickets to the game tomorrow night! Can't wait to see our Boys in Blue live. I'll be wearing this shirt:

http://www.kcconfidential.com/wp-con...ue-october.bmp

Interesting that only the Giants have fewer walks than our pitching staff and that only the Phillies have fewer strikeouts as a staff. We're really pitching to our defense right now.

Does he even work out in the offseason? Does he work out at all?

He's a one tool player on a good day, and right now he's an extreme liability. A DH that can't hit, and not only that he can't hit, he's causing extra outs due to his inability to get the ball into the grass.

Spot on. Agree on every point. He made the Shields deal thinking (or hoping) that Butler & Moose would replicate their 49HR season in 2012 if not surpass it, and that Gordon would hit 20+. If that doesn't happen we are simply SOL and very few here or, frankly, around MLB would've forseen the power outage. At least to the extent it's happening.

Certainly, this is a make-or-break year for Billy. There was plenty of smoke this winter about us shopping him, and even in years prior to that. We carry a very low $1M buyout on him next year and DM already showed he's willing to eat salary to let someone go when he released Boni. He doesn't really fit the DM mold of high athleticism & rah-rah type gamers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6049428


His option escalates to 12.5m for next season. Barring him going on a tear and getting to 25hr or something like that, there's no way he's comig back. Some guys just age poorly and he might be one.

He's always just been a fat guy with a decent eye for the ball and couldn't hit home runs. I don't see him as having a good work ethic, he clearly has an eating problem. He walks a lot (for being in a Royals uniform, which isn't saying much), but not that much. He's exceeded 70 walks one time, which was last season

He's like Pablo Sandoval on a fat year, except it's every year, and he's still less athletic. He's short, fat, slow, weak and can occasionally put the bat on the ball. Should have gotten rid of him and kept Bonifacio, who's clearly a more valuable overall player, even as a backup. The only justification for having a lazy fat guy on your roster is if he hit the ball out of the park.

Look at young Billy

http://i.imgur.com/YLmmg9w.jpg
You could even call him trim looking

He's only gotten fatter and slower every year, and now he can't hit the ball out of the infield to save his life, which was the only thing that made him worth putting in the lineup.

Yea, im starting to think that too, hes on a path of diminishing returns.


I honestly hope he turns it around, for the teams sake......

He looks slimmer this year than last, to me.

From this:
http://www.impactprospects.com/images/butler2.jpg

To this:
http://www.bradwestmar.com/wp-conten...013-758-PM.jpg

I didn't realize that you were sexting with Billy. Does he have a fat dick, too?

Love that shirt. Where did you get it?

It was a limited time thing near the end of last year at teespring.com, so I'm not sure you can get it anymore.

Seems no. Nothing on ebay either. :(