Really.

the only way I would be worried is if at the famed 40 game mark we’ve only won 18 games or so, still I think they’ll win right around 100 games even with this massive 2 game blowup =P

still I think there is something to the cold weather and lack of hitting

Still, give some credit to the Royals - you don’t get a guy like Polanco to go 0-10 in this cold weather (even if he was robbed a time or to) if you are throwing up beach balls - they aren’t bad

You make a good point on not getting too carried away with Jones. I agree with you. However, the disconcerting thing with Jones is that he, in my opinion, has had awful at bats. He is jerking his bat through the zone with an uppercut. It looks like he is swinging a salami with a bowling ball tied to the end of it. Further, he is pulling his head. It looks like a classic case of a guy pressing to make a splash with his new team… He is not making good contact, and not being overly selective. At this point I would rather have Thames. Of course, I would rather have had Thames starting before the season…

Other players are struggling, notably Polanco. But Polly is puting the bat on the ball, he has just been hitting a lot of ‘at him’ balls. He doens’t need to change anything. The baseball fates will come around… But with Jones, it appears to me he has a bad approach right now.

I hope he pulls out of it, and knowing JL, he will have plenty of opportunity, as we all know Jimmy likes to give his veterans every opportunity…

At the risk of inciting another DTW riot, let’s talk about Inge….

I love that he looks at many pitches, and this spring he did seem to have changed a few things (like going to right/right center, and he seemed to be less pull happy). However, I think he is taking too many first pitch strikes. Kansas City seems to have the book on him as always taking the first pitch. I have observed that every at bat this series the first pitch is a fastball on the outer half of the plate that is almost always a strike. I would love to see Brandon drive one of those to right (even for an out), if nothing more than to change Kansas City’s approach to him. When Inge gets to an 0-2 count he REALLY struggles, as his 3 K’s speak very well to…. Push one to right Brandon! Make them change their approach….

Edited by Billfer because comment author can’t play nice. Oh, and comment author is banned because of a history of not being able to play nice and resorting to name calling and swearing to make his points.

Jacque Jones will be ok. He is still getting over the old Wrigley faithful reaming him every day. He will do better as the season goes on.

On the other hand, Jair Jurjens is looking like the player Detroit should not have traded. I did not like this trade from the day I heard it.

Man the Royals are still kicking our butts. It looks like Bannister is going to continue to own this team. My prediction has been that the Royals are going to be the sunrise team of the year and the Tigers are going to struggle in the early going. Tigers are going to be the biggest disappointment of the year.