Now that the All-Star game is over and the National Leauge has "Won" Home field advantage for the World Series, Royal's fans can look to what the second half has in store for the "Boy's in Blue."
I. One thing we can look forward to, is the eventually calling up of some of the Royal's prospects like Johnny Giovatella and Mike Montgomery. We will be able to see how thier talent's will effect the Royal's in the future.
II. One other thing we will get to see is what the Royal's get for Melky Cabrera. I think that they will end up keeping Jeff Francoeur for his duties in Right Field. Let's see if they can get some Starting pitching for next year. They need it desperately.
III. Will this be the last season we see Kyle Davies playing with the royal blue and white jersey's? We can only hope. For a guy that we are told "Has above average stuff," he has pitched pretty poor. I don't know if it is really Kyle, or if it is Bob McClure but whatever it is the Royal's need to get it straight and in a hurry. They need to be developing winning pitchers, not below average replacement ones.
IV. Will Alcides Escobar show the baseball world that he is more that just a glove? On this one, I am split. You have a guy in the field that is playing great defense, (Has 8 errors through 7/12/2011) and your shortstop doesn't have to carry an offense. That notion is from the steroid era of baseball. Your shortstop has to hit .300 and have 50+ rbi's. That is just a terrible way to look at your shortstop. For an 8 or 9 hitter he is doing fine, he has 80 hits. (7/12/2011) I would like to see him at a .270 hitter but that may be a pipe dream.
V. Can the young Royal's learn to use Kauffman stadium to their advantage? I think if Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas can learn to drive the ball into the power alley's that they will have more success. Kauffman plays as a pitcher park because the park is too deep in the Power Alley's. I think Royal's fan's get too worked up when we don't have a guy that hit's for Power. Billy Butler is perfect fit for Kauffman. Billy drives the ball on a line and to the gap's. Reality is that for the Royal's to be a good Homerun hitting club, the need to move the walls in the alley's about 15 ft further in. In 2004, the Royal's moved the wall 10 ft further out in center and in the alley's. Why?????? Why would you make Center 410' and not just leave it at 400'. Why move the Power Alley's to 397 when they were already 387'. It seems to me someone wasn't thinking very much when that dumb decision was made.
Well finally, is this the year that Alex Gordon plays a full season and proves the investment the Royal's made in him back in 2005. I hope they sign him to at least a four year deal. He plays good defense and hustle's and hit's well no mater where Ned's Psychic tells him he should hit. And get off of Billy Butler's back, he is a good hitter that hit's line drives. Maybe you sould get Billy to bulk up because much like Albert Pujols, who is a line drive hitter, he can drive the ball out if he get's stronger. And get off his back you keep moving the walls back on the field he plays 82 times a year.
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