Gio won the George Brett award for best hitter in the orginization

Escobar is a turd.


WAR this year: Butler 0.5, Kotarras 0.5, Tejada 0.4. Lulz that says it all.

FYP

Hopefully Will Smith continues to start in AAA.

I don't think Duffy will be ready anytime soon. Dude avgs alot of pitches per inning so far and a high 5 era w/ walks.

Not a fan of Chen starting cause we have 1-3 SP's but have almost 2 holes now in the rotation

Did you see my post from earlier today? His first outing in Omaha is kind of skewing the sample size.

I don't think he's ready to pitch in the majors tomorrow... but post-ASB is a legit possibility, if his next 2-3 MiLB starts go well.

Pitch count has recently gotten in the 80s/90s, so he's close to being where you want him from that regard.

Just read it...i'm hoping he can be ready by the trade deadline if needed. I want them to be careful with him for sure. Hopefully he's working the kinks out.

So far so good. Hopefully we provide Shields some run support tomorrow night.

Ibanez went 2-5 with a HR tonight. 22 on the year.

Just thought I would place this here and walk away.

I doubt he'll want to leave his home city during what could be his final season.

I'd love to be wrong, though.

Come help our power problem Ibanez

If you get Ibanez, you plan to contend for a pennant this season, right? I mean, Raul will be, what, 47 next season?

I'd think if Dayton is ALL in for trying to win the division this year and save his own ass he may try it. Royals have this year and next year with Shields and only this year with Santana and Shields.

I still don't think this team can win the division with the current holes and would be smarter to see what they can get for Shields or Santana.

I hope i'm wrong

They'll try to keep Shields but will most likely deal Santana. He's going to demand too much, and he hasn't been as consistent as Shields -not this year but career wise I mean. Also what they do will depend on what Paulino and Duffy can do in the next couple weeks.