Royals fire Trey Hillman
by Eli Greenspan on May 13, 2010 5:44 PM EDT
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PrintNow 10.5 games behind the leading Twins, the Royals informed manager Trey Hillman that he has been fired. He will be replaced by former Brewers manager Ned Yost. He becomes their fourth manager since 2005.
The 47-year-old Hillman was in his third season with the Royals after managing for five years in Japan. Kansas City went 75-87 in 2008 but then dropped into a last-place tie in 2009 at 65-97.
The Royals really do not have much to build around this season. Overall, their pitching has been lackluster and their offense has been poor to say the least. Alex Gordon has already been optioned to Triple-A, and David DeJesus is hitting just .254 so far this season. The Royals have hitting prospect Eric Hosmer, but he is only in Single-A.
Two pitching prospects, Mike Montgomery and Aaron Crow, could provide some much needed relief in the near future.
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Just want to point out
- DeJesus’ .254 BA belies the fact that his wOBA is .346 and his wRC+ is 112. Not exactly corner outfield numbers, but certainly respectable.
- Gordon was sent down to learn how to play LF. Despite the front office’s apparent disappointment with his offensive productions, he has actually been one of the bright spots offensively for the Royals the past couple of years.
- How is Mike Aviles not something to build around this season? (Current wOBA = .448)?
- How is Alberto Callaspo not something to build around this season? (Current wOBA = .365)
- How is Zack Greinke not something to build around this season?
- How is Joakim Soria not something to build around this season?
- You have omitted perhaps the Royals top offensive prospect, Mike Moustakas, who is absolutely raking in AA Northwest Arkansas (.392/.455/.757)
- You failed to mention Kila Ka’aihue, who raked in AAA to start the season and has been called up, although management has some aversion to giving him ABs.
You make some good points — and I agree with you that this season is pretty much over for the Royals — but I think the article could have benefited from a little more research. I don’t fault you for not being as big of a Royals nerd as I am (few are, and for good reason), but some of what you said there is a little misleading. The Royals actually have one of the better farm systems in baseball at the moment, and you make it sound like it’s pretty barren.
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
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Also
I realize that this site is not dedicated to in-depth analysis of individual teams, and is directed more at trades, rumors, etc. Just wanted to point out that the last portion of the article is a little off.
"You know what, I mean I cried in bed for a while, moaning 'Why!? Why did this have to happen?'"
Zack Greinke on the Brad Pitt - Jennifer Aniston split
Something tells me the mariners coach is next?
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