Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox game thread (5/27)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (20-28)	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	4	0
BOS (27-22)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	9	0

Daisuke Matsuzaka gives up 8 walks for the 2nd time in his career, since May 7th, 2008



Win, (4-3) Brian Bannister 6IP 3R 3ER 0BB 4K 1HR
Hold, (2) Robinson Tejeda 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (3) Blake Wood 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (12) Joakim Soria 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (3-2) Daisuke Matsuzaka 4.2IP 3R 3ER 8BB 1K
Joe Nelson 1.1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K
Manny Delcarmen 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Ramon Ramirez 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

none

BOS

Bill Hall, (4) - Bottom 5th solo shot to left

Royals Prospects Today

AAA: Alex Gordon, (LF) 1/3, 1BB (1 double)
AAA: Kila Ka'aihue, (1B) 1/3, 1BB, 2K
AA: Mike Montgomery, (SP) 3IP 3R 3ER 0BB 3K 1HR
AA: Mike Moustakas, (3B) 0/1, 1K
Adv. A: no game today

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Scott Podsednik, LF
2. Mike Aviles, SS
3. David DeJesus, RF
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Jose Guillen, DH
6. Alberto Callaspo, 3B
7. Mitch Maier, CF
8. Jason Kendall, C
9. Chris Getz, 2B

BOS

1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Adrian Beltre, 3B
7. Jeremy Hermida, LF
8. Jason Varitek, C
9. Bill Hall, CF
9. Victor Martinez, ph

[petegz28]

I'd love to stick it to the Red Sox. Overpaid whores

[DeezNutz]

Alex Gordon being his usual self in the minors through 77 ABs:

.377/.515/1.203
6 HRs
18 RBIs

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Alex Gordon being his usual self in the minors through 77 ABs:

.377/.515/1.203
6 HRs
18 RBIs

Good, he can just stay there and be a hometown hero. We all know what happens when he gets to the "big team".

I guess pitchers in AAA don't know how to throw a slider down against him?

[alnorth]

As soon as his glove in the outfield is not a total embarassment, Gordon needs to come up ASAP. Even if his OPS falls all the way down to the .725 range, that would still be a welcome addition. If nothing else, hitting well in KC for half a year would improve his trade value.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by alnorth

As soon as his glove in the outfield is not a total embarassment, Gordon needs to come up ASAP. Even if his OPS falls all the way down to the .725 range, that would still be a welcome addition. If nothing else, hitting well in KC for half a year would improve his trade value.

I wouldn't bring him up for a long while. Then again, maybe time in AAA will help him like it did Billay since he pretty much skipped AAA altogether.

That being said, I like Pods but he for sure isn't a long term answer. I would be looking to trade him, Guillen and Ankiel if possible. Though if I have to keep any of them I keep Pods. And if we can pawn Meche off onto someone then all the better. Trade Yuni too, while you're at it. I'll take Getz's weak bat and above AVG defense and live with Avilles at SS.

[sedated]

I would love to see us get some value for Gordon. Callaspo has been looking pretty good as our 3B.

I wonder if Callaspo will get moved to the OF next year, when we lose...pretty much everyone.

[DeezNutz]

I agree that Gordon needs to be here, even if that means "learning" the outfield on the fly.

In the outfield, Callaspo would be '10 Guillen, without the live arm. Dude is not very athletic at all.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by petegz28

And if we can pawn Meche off onto someone then all the better.

Meche actually seems more valuable to us than his trade value would be. He's looked somewhat decent recently, but his reputation right now is so bad we'd have to pay someone to take him off our hands.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I agree that Gordon needs to be here, even if that means "learning" the outfield on the fly.

In the outfield, Callaspo would be '10 Guillen, without the live arm. Dude is not very athletic at all.

AC is fine where he is. His bat is worth finding a place in the lineup. I don't want to get rid of him. Especially for ****ing Gordon!

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by sedated

Meche actually seems more valuable to us than his trade value would be. He's looked somewhat decent recently, but his reputation right now is so bad we'd have to pay someone to take him off our hands.

Dude, he has had 1 1/2 good outings all season. He gave up 4 HR's in 5 innings in his last outing. I think he has gone past 5 innings all of twice.

Not worth $11 mil a year.

[petegz28]

Now, Farnsworth on the other hand has actually started to earn his pay. I cannot complain about his last couple outings. He has been pretty solid. Still not worth the $'s we are paying him, though.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by petegz28

AC is fine where he is. His bat is worth finding a place in the lineup. I don't want to get rid of him. Especially for ****ing Gordon!

No, no. Leave AC alone.

I'd like to see Gordon in LF (well RF, actually, with DeJesus in LF).

[Demonpenz]

"Even if Gordon is over-matched upon being promoted to the big leagues, a demotion could set back his development. Royals GM Dayton Moore has already shown that he intends to handle Gordon carefully, virtually eliminating any chance that the young third baseman will be forced to deal with multiple demotions like (Aubrey) Huff. "

[Gonzo]

A.C. Will be the next traded player, mark it down. He hits too well to be here much longer.
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