Thursday, January 29, 2009

Will Billy Butler ever bunt again?

We are obviously thrilled about the Zack Greinke extension. Nothing Royals-related would have made us happier. It might be time for us to trade in our Wichita Wranglers' Greinke T-shirt for a Royals' Greinke jersey. Having said that, we're still very fond of the Wranglers shirt.

There's only one thing that really worries us about the 2009 Kansas City Royals. It's not Mike Jacobs' on-base percentage. It's not Willie Bloomquist's contract. It's not Jose Guillen's temper. It's not even the threat that Trey Hillman will ask Billy Butler to bunt. Here is what really worries us: the infield defense.

Maybe we're just too old school...

The outfield defense is looking strong, but groundball pitchers (which are usually a good thing) like Hochevar are going to suffer when Mike Aviles-Mark Teahen/Callaspo/-Mike Jacobs try to turn a double play.

P.S. We were driving through Waldo in the snow the other day, after eating Gates for the second day in a row, and we heard "Let's Groove" on the radio.

2 comments:

RoyalPrick said...

To answer your post heading. I think Hillman is hard-headed enough to make him try, which will irk that crap out of me when it happens.

Dan Holden said...

I need a conference in KC. Mine was in St. Charles. Too close to home and no good food.

My solution for infield defense: Strike out more batters.