Not completely silly.
Teams do this to us all the time. Nobody fears Billy Butler. It was a no-brainer for Detroit to walk Hozmer to face him.
A quote from Verlander after Friday:
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BUTLER DID IT: Royals DH Billy Butler continues to have no trouble getting hits off Justin Verlander. Butler went 2-for-3 off Verlander on Friday. Butler is now hitting .436 (27-for-62) off Verlander for his career. Verlander said most of Butler’s hits off him have been singles.
“I didn’t throw him very good pitches,” Verlander said. “Obviously he puts good swings on my pitches. Here’s a guy that with nobody on, he hits a single and it’s probably going to take a single and a double or three hits to score him. He’s not the fleetest of foot. He’s not going to steal a base.”
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