Why all the hate for Jason kendall??
 

Dude is a professional. Realize that he is not an all-star, but kind of like his play. Was at the game last night. I have watched a lot worse play from our catchers. Don't bring the "John Buck is an all star" ^%$#. Don't wanna hear it. He never did it hear, and all of you fools would have been glad to get rid of him and Olive Oil.

Sorry dude and this is coming from a non Royal fan. This guy should not be starting for a major league team at this point in his career much less spending a ton of time in the 2 hole.

I dont hate the guy he gives it all he got on gameday but should be in a platoon role though

Olivo was good enough. Why did we get rid of him?

Mr.Pass Balls

Well...uhh...it was a really bad move. Kendall isn't even great on the defensive end. He may be a little better than Olivo in that department, but what is that good for? Maybe 3-5 runs a year?

They could have got Buck cheaper than Kendall. Look at the year he's having, not too bad. Look at the year Olivo is having. And how many at bats will Kendall go w/out a home run? He may never hit a HR again in his MLB career. Terrible, terrible move by DM.

Really? There is no catcher playing regularly in the MLB that you should "get rid of" for passed balls. Passed balls happen, and Olivo is bad w/ passed balls, but how many runs does that really effect in the grand scheme of things?

I don't think anybody really hates Kendall, they hate the fact that the Royals start him

Every

Single

Day

And batting him second to boot.

Bat at that. I hope you did that on purpose. Did you watch the game tonight. Kendalll started the rally. We could do a lot worse. We have a lot of holes to fill, and I am not worried about catcher until we fix a lot of other holes.

This. He has no business starting EVERY game nor batting in the #2 spot with his half-swing self.

Who do you want in the 2 hole captain??

Kendall sucks more than the alternatives. Bottom line.

Not this year. Olivo is having a lights out year hitting .306 with 13 HR's and 49 RBI's. Plus he's throwing out over 50% of base stealers.

passed balls in the thin Air of Colorado has always been in the bottom third of the league. The breaking balls don't have the tilt they do in the midwest

Ok I looked it up Olivo has 7 PB's to his credit and Kendall has 4.
Not that much of a difference IMO.