Again, more info on why we'd be probably lucky to get a few pouches of
Big League Chew for trading Butler. Not that addition by subtraction couldn't end up being the best case scenario for getting his shitty bat out of the lineup as well as screwing up our use of speed on base for a slap single scoring offense...
Quote:
“More than 360 plate appearances into his season, Butler has hit three home runs. Three. Eugenio Suarez hit three homers in his first eight games in the big leagues. Butler has hit three all year. Two years ago, he slugged .510. This year, he’s slugging .353. In the 42-season history of DHing, there hasn’t been a single “regular” DH (i.e., a guy who DHed in 75 percent of his games) who was given 500 plate appearances without hitting at least five home runs and slugging at least .350. But that’s where Butler is heading — toward a season in which he reaches neither of those pedestrian plateaus.”
Jayson Stark, MLB writer, on why he named the Royals DH as the AL’s Least Valuable Player at the All-Star break, ESPN.com
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