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By: astrofaninkc

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They aren’t going to even be players in the Bourn (no E) sweepstakes. He wants too much money and the Royals aren’t going to pay for anything else this year. The roster is set. You also forget that we already have a leadoff hitter in Alex Gordon. Is that the ideal first choice? Maybe not, but if Hosmer figures things out this year and starts raking like he was projected to do last year, plug him in the 3-hole in front of Butler and Moose and let Alex do what he does best and get on base from the leadoff spot. As a hitter, Gordon is every coach’s dream. He can hit at any spot in the lineup and do what is required of him. He gets on base at the top of the lineup, he drives in runs in the middle and he can hit well in situations if he ever got put in the bottom third.

Look at it this way: Should the Royals make the playoffs by any means, wild card or division winner, this Shields/Davis for Myers/Odorizzi and others was a success. This is the closest they’ve been to respectable in a long, long time and it’s happening at the right time. The Tigers proved last year that they weren’t invincible by any means and the Twins and Indians are not going to win 70 games. The White Sox rotation of Sale/Peavy/Danks/Floyd/??? is comparable to Shields/Guthrie/Santana/Chen/Hochevar (Duffy/Paulino expected to return at some point too) and outside of Konerko/Rios/Dunn who else do they have that poses a threat in that lineup? The Royals have the pieces to get this done this year since Moose,Hosmer, Perez, and Escobar have more experience, Butler and Gordon are veteran leaders who are still on the upswing, and the rotation is the best it’s been in YEARS. I understand your skepticism, but if you can’t get fired up about this team especially in comparison to some of the teams fielded in the past 10 years, then your wood is wet.


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