Royals Week in Review – 5/18/07
The Kansas City Royals are winners. There’s just no other way to put it. Check out the week-by-week record.
4/2 – 2-4 4/9 – 1-5 4/16 – 3-3 4/23 – 2-5 4/30 – 2-5 5/7 - 2-4 5/14 – 3-1
It has taken seven weeks to make it happen, but the Royals are finally a winning ball club.
Pitching
Million-dollar Gil has been earning his dollars so far. Take out his horrid start on April 7, his numbers look like this:
G IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA 8 54.1 49 14 7 14 43 3 1.16
Even adding in those seven unearned runs only puts his RA at 2.33 over that period.
Hitting
Last week, we pointed this out about John Buck.
Dates G AVG OBP SLG OPS 4/2 – 4/20 14 429 529 893 1422 4/22 – 5/10 14 175 286 300 586
Apparently, John reads this blog, because he went on a six game hitting streak with three homeruns and seven RBIs. Mr. Buck, duly noted.
Transactions
It’s getting to that point in the season when a lot of players are shuffled between the big league roster, the minor leagues and the disabled list.
Here are some of the notable transactions from this past week.
5/10 – Reinstated RHP Luke Hudson from the 15-day DL
5/13 – Placed RHP Luke Hudson on the 15-day DL
Two innings, four walks and five runs allowed. Thanks for stopping by, Luke.
5/13 – Recalled SS Angel Berroa from Triple-A Omaha and placed INF Ross Gload on the 15-day disabled list with strained quadriceps.
The out machine is back. Here is how Angel Berroa and Tony Pena, JR stack up after 41 games.
YR AVG OBP SLG Fld% TPJ 07 250 285 340 957 AB 06 238 248 331 969
Range stats are still an inexact science, but most scouts will tell you that Pena is getting to a lot more balls than Berroa would have. From an offensive standpoint, TPJ will keep the advantage as long as he keeps slapping those triples.
5/16 – Recalled 1B Ryan Shealy from his injury rehabilitation assignment and activated him from the 15-day disabled list; Optioned OF Billy Butler to Triple-A Omaha.
It’s being commented elsewhere that Billy Butler is getting the Justin Huber treatment, but I don’t think that’s fair. The team called him up because he was ready and has been upfront about the fact he rode the bench to avoid injury as soon as they knew that he would be sent down when Shealy came back.
If Reggie Sanders isn’t on the DL, I think Emil Brown is touring Triple-A facilities for some other team right now. Alex Gordon playing first base isn’t anything we want to see for an extended period of time and putting Mike Sweeney there everyday is a ruptured disc waiting to happen.
Shane Costa can fight it out with Emil for the corner outfield spot until Reggie Sanders comes back, and it won’t be the organization’s top prospect getting sporadic playing time. I imagine Butler will be back sooner rather than later and at season’s end, the average age of the Royals lineup will be sitting somewhere south of 30.
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