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!!