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04-06-2015, 10:37 AM | #61 |
Stay down bitch!
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04-06-2015, 10:39 AM | #62 |
George Brett shit his pants
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No it doesn't. If Gordon is still "healing" then don't play him. The end.
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04-06-2015, 10:41 AM | #63 |
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80% of Gordon is better than 100% of Moose at the plate.
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04-06-2015, 10:42 AM | #64 |
George Brett shit his pants
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Absolutely.
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04-06-2015, 10:46 AM | #65 |
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http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city...ustakas-040515
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Royals manager Ned Yost said Sunday that Mike Moustakas would hit second for Kansas City in 2015. Moustakas, a career .236 hitter, has never started in the No. 2 hole in his four-year major league career. He appeared there once in 2012 as a late-game replacement. Yost said Moustakas' solid spring (.333/.394/.517 with 11 RBIs), coupled with a potential confidence boost from hitting at the top, makes him "a perfect fit for that two-hole." Moustakas said hitting second would be "a fun challenge." "The one thing I am is a baseball player," he said. "In that No. 2 hole, you gotta be a baseball player and adapt to circumstances, and I think I do a pretty good job of that." That means Alex Gordon, who had hit second for most of the spring, will drop in the order, likely to sixth or seventh. "When you're looking at the spring that Moose had, and you're looking at Alex and you're looking at Moose, Alex is going to be the same guy," Yost said. "But this little confidence boost, to go along with all the hard work and the effort that he put forth, (is) something that could carry (Moustakas) through the first half of the season, offensively." Kansas City will have an unorthodox lineup to start the season, with Alcides Escobar leading off, Moustakas hitting second, Lorenzo Cain in the No. 3 hole and Eric Hosmer following him. Escobar's career on-base percentage is .299 and Moustakas' is .290. Cain and Hosmer, meanwhile, combined for 14 home runs in 2014. Yost said moving Moustakas to the second spot reminded him of 2011, when he shifted Gordon to the No. 3 hole and watched as Gordon slashed .303/.376/.502 with 23 home runs. Gordon spent the first month and a half hitting third before leading off for the majority of the season. |
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Even if he is easing Gordon back into the 2-hole over time, I'd still have Hos, Cain or Infante batting in the 2 spot over Moose.
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04-06-2015, 11:00 AM | #67 | |
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Guess your cleanup hitters can't clean up if Moose is on the bench and there's nothing to clean up lol.
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04-06-2015, 11:01 AM | #68 |
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The 2 hitter is the new 3 hitter. Should be your best all-around hitter. Someone who can hit for average and power, runs the bases well, and can work the count.
That's Alex Gordon. It's an incredibly simple decision. Don't know why Yost has such a hard time making it, especially now that Morales and Rios offer some more experienced insurance in the 5 and 6 spots.
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04-06-2015, 11:03 AM | #69 |
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Screw this wait. I wish we had our normal 1:05 first pitch.
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04-06-2015, 11:03 AM | #70 |
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We haven't even seen the first pitch, and Ned has already screwed up!
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04-06-2015, 11:12 AM | #71 |
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I like Moose at 2nd. I don't think you guys will ever understand how mental baseball is and I like the fact Ned is giving Moose a nice vote of confidence. I bet it pays off big time. Big time.
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04-06-2015, 11:13 AM | #73 |
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Bold prediction: Moose gets a bunt base hit today.
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04-06-2015, 11:15 AM | #74 |
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F*** any team from Chicago!
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I'd get on board with this thought if they hadn't already given him about 7,183 votes of confidence already over the course of several years, and he did nothing with them.
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