Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 10660494)

There's definitely a disturbing trend in terms of becoming too contact oriented over the past 2-3 years, not just with Eric Hosmer but with all the Royals hitters.

Hosmer looked to have regained the ability to loft the ball over the last 4 months of last season. Not sure where that went over the offseason, but it's damned disappointing.

He's still hitting the ball hard a lot and hitting a lot of screamers... but he's not generating any loft.

You could say similar things about Gordon and Butler, too.

The sad thing is... this team doesn't need those guys to be 40 HR boppers to be good. It doesn't even really need them to hit 30 HR apiece. It needs 20 HR and 40 2B or so each, all numbers they're quite capable of producing.

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth (Post 10660667)

Clearly Butler's gravitational pull is causing all of our hitter's homeruns to die and lose momentum keeping them in the park, and leaving us with an abundance of warning track power.

Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10660363)

What ****ing team would trade for a DH who can't hit HRs, hits way too many groundouts, has a .238 BA for the year, has never had a BA over .318, and couldn't even beat either Mustard, Ketchup, or Relish in a race to first base?

Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 10660711)

You are way off base here. I don't recall many balls even making it near the warning track to be honest. This team has completely evolved into a slap hitting\ground ball bonanza.

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth (Post 10659767)

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Butler with the groundout to right field... . #fat'nKC

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 10659795)

Aoki: .264/.320/.318

Love the look of that flashy slash. Mediocre OBP, highlighted by lesser slug. That takes a special kind of suck.

Be Royal.

Originally Posted by Valiant (Post 10660809)

That is what happens when no one respects your power.

What is funny, I did that to someone in softball when I played. He was pissed, raged on me for not letting him on. They were one of the old men teams that were great when they were younger, placement hitting team now. I just grinned. I could play on their team now as I throw like a girl since I hurt my shoulder.

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 10660343)

I still think Butler is the best hitter on this team...there are bigger problems then him. I'm just surprised how he's fallen.

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 10660817)

So you were that guy?

Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 10660708)

Hud needs to teach them how to get that backspin.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 10660804)

You know, I think what the Royals need is a lead-off hitter who cannot get on base, hits for less power than Dyson, and plays shit defense.

If we can lock this down, we're set.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 10660897)

I feel like the Royals have 9 light hitting lead off hitters most nights.