50 Games in.

The Royals played a strange game for game 50. They were down 7-6 to the Rangers after the second inning. 6 runs in two innings and they were still behind! The game went sideways after that. The Royals pen held the Rangers scoreless for 12 innings! Paulino, just picked up from the Rockies, pitched well. Hell the whole pen minus Crow pitched great baseball. The game was won with homers by Melky, Hosmer and Pena. 12-7 in 14. Wow what a strange game. The Royals pen has a chance to be their savior. Paulino, Teaford, Collins, Coleman, Wood and Soria. I really like the fact they have two lefties in Teaford and Collins. Coleman will be the closer soon. Crow probably should be but he will probably be the next starter experiment. Collins has had control issues. I don't like to cry but the Royals have been squeezed by the plate umpire this year. That makes these young kids try to be perfect. Just a thought. The Cardinal game really stands out. You know the one with the Little League ump!
Hosmer is the real deal. The kid talks about having to make adjustments. Then he makes the adjustments and gets 4 hits. The Butler extension was good at the time, but it may be money wasted. Billy cannot produce. Hosmer already has more homers than Billy. He has played 19 games! He will pass Billy in RBI's soon. Kid is good, but Billy sucks at producing runs. 23 wins in 50 games. Not too bad. A good pace. 70 wins will be had if the pen and the offense continue to be good. Chen needs to get back. Francis needs to settle in. The big plus in the rotation is Duffy. Duffy and Hosmer are the start of some great things.
Here's hoping that game 50 starts the Royals on a 10-4 run! That would be cool.
Go Royals, get 70!

22-25

22 and 25. We might as well get used to the sub 500 record. The Royals have been 12 and 21 over the last 33. They aren't good. Soria is done. He lost another one tonight. He hasn't been able to get on track. If he isn't hurt then he is done fooling people. The 70 win plateau is within reach, but I don't see this team being tough enough. They lost a 9-8 game they should have won. They have won a quite a few games late, but that was then. They are hitting my disgust nerve. Soria has to be sat. Let Crow end the game. Hosmer has been fine. Butler and Gordon have cooled off. Butler hasn't really gotten untracked, he frustrates me. I've about had it with these guys. Duffy was good. The pen was good until Soria. He is finished Royals fans.
The positives? Not too many. Hosmer, Duffy are up and contributing. Frenchy has been outstanding. Gordon in the lead off spot is interesting.
The negatives? Soria being done. Yes done. Dude needs to DL or get the stuff fixed. He has been awful. This is 11 not last year. You don't get credit for previous years do you? If so when do you reach the credit limit?
Oh well Royals fans. Stay positive if you want. I'm done. 70 wins maybe.

Hosmer up, Kila gone.

The Royals were 12-9 when I posted last. That turned into 12-13 and they looked awful in Texas and Cleveland. They have rebounded and the record is now 17-14. 17 out of 70. That is good progress. The team is streaky. I think they play well at home and struggle on the road. You get to play 81 at home, but you have to play 81 out on the road. They need to get that figured out. Chen has been the ace. I'm so glad they signed him. Francis got rocked a couple of times but I see the old Jeff in there. He will be solid. Kila is gone and he should be. I don't know if he was pressing, trying to hard or whatever. He was awful at the plate. He looked lost in the box. He was over matched and he had zero chance against lefties. Kila being gone means we get to see Eric Hosmer. He has been raking in Omaha. He will get a chance against a pretty tough lefty in Gio tonight. I'm glad the Royals called him up. They generally wait to save money by avoiding Super Two status, but they went for it. That is a nice sign. Hopefully Hos will respond. I'm looking forward to it.
Frenchy, Aviles, Gordon, and Melky all have 20 plus RBI's after 31 games. I can't remember that happening too often for the Royals. Frenchy has been a solid, solid addition. His D is good and his bat has been fantastic. Gordon has continued his awesome play. Great D, productive hitting and good base running. The kid has come miles and miles. Melky is a hacker that will go through streaks. Glad he has been hot more often than not. Aviles is the anti Billy Butler. Aviles has way more RBI's than Billy. He also has 5 homers to Billy's 2. Think punch and judy Butler should hit lead off and let Mike bat clean up. It would be so nice to see Billy drive in some runs. He is pathetic. 13 RBI's. What, he doesn't have as many chances with men on base? Come on! Aviles has twice as many homers and almost twice as many RBI's in 40 less AB's. Butler is what he is. Willie Wilson hitter in Greg Luzinski's body. At least Bull hit they way he looked! Come on Billy! 2 out RBI's, not two out nobody on doubles.
Aaron Crow has been perfect, pretty much. They are going to need him in the rotation before the year is out, but he has been special to this point. Jeffress has potential. Adcock has been a pleasant surprise. Blake Wood gives me a rash. Throw strikes, Blake. Collins' arm will fall off by mid June. You MUST have two left handers in your pen. He has been OK, but he will burn out if they don't get him some help. Hopefully Soria isn't going to be cold anymore. He was putrid when they needed him and the temp was down. Seeing his ERA in the 7's was scary.
Overall, I'm excited to see Hos. I wish him luck. Aloha KK. I'm also glad that Jason Kendal will be gone longer. I can't stand that guy as a player. 17 down 53 to go. Go Royals lets get 70 wins!!