23 consecutive scoreless innings....

It's a weird lineup.

Lot's of guys that "can" hit, but not many run producers.......

They have guys who should be backups at alot of spots or 2 guys where there should only be 1, stuff like that.

Like I'll roll through some of their guys..on a good team this is what these guys do...

Buck-backup
Gload-nice backup/pinch hitter
Pena-probably not even on a roster
Gathright/Dejesus-both of these guys should not be on the same ML roster and are likely best suited as 4th OF's
Teahen-still doesn't produce like a corner OF does and likely would sit on a good team

Some of the guys I'm not even listing are young guys we don't know much about, they just have guys who don't hit for their positions especially in the OF and at 1st.

There's that handy macro again.

What do you want me to say?

I'm sorry you can't have 2 of your 3 OF's hitting less than 20 HR's in the AL unless you got guys in the infield who produce at OF rate and the Royals don't. You will not win games in the AL that far below average production.

So are the leadoff guys not gettin on base??

Or are the alledged "big sticks" of Butler, Gordon, Guillen and Teahan not driving them in??

This team doesn't have any "big sticks"

It's the 2nd week of the season. Odds are the offense is going to get better, as often happens in baseball when the weather warms... and the pitching numbers will possibly drift back a bit. Who knows though. In reality there's probably not too much to change other than Gload at 1st. Guys like Butler and Gordon are just going to have growing pains. Guillen is probably going to get his numbers. Teahen has quietly been very solid so far. Gathright is stealing bases. There are a lot of pieces there to work with. But it's only the 2nd week.

But then again, if given the choice, I'd rather have great pitching and defense... that's what usually gets you somewhere, as any Royal fan would know by now.

These guys are starting to look too much like last year. I hope Hillman nips that in the bud. We need to be scoring more. Losing is one thing. Scoring 1 run in 3 games is Buddy Bell type BS.

Yes. Too inconsistent with the hits and too many pop flys or ground outs. Little bit of bad hitting luck but overall we just look weak at the plate.

wow shut out back-back. Hillman better light some fires.

I don't think no matter what he says he's gonna make them score a bunch of runs, it's a blah lineup.

Guillen is the most worthless mother****er alive.

Yes but we have more than 2 runs in us. Our pitching is making it possible to win games scoring 3 -4 runs. We have to back up solid ptiching performances with the small ball.

But we came out of the gate so hot at the plate we are due for a bit of a funk. Hopefully we break out tomorrow.

that was pretty selfish of gullien not to atleast take one pitch and try to get on base even if he hit's one towards I-70 it wouldn't have tied the game