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The Current Royals Lineup
The
big news today is the Royals have traded relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez
to the Red Sox for center fielder Coco Crisp. There is speculation this
is only first trade several trades Moore will make this off season.
Rumor is Mark Teahen will soon be moved to the north side of Chicago
and will be playing for Lou Piniella and the Cubs in 2009. But as a
result of the trades for Mike Jacobs and Coco Crisp the Royals 2009
lineup is better than the one the club fielded in 2008.
POS | 2009 STARTER | 2008 STARTER |
C | Miguel Olivo | John Buck |
1B | Mike Jacobs | Ross Gload |
2B | Alberto Callaspo | Mark Grudzielanek |
3B | Alex Gordon | Alex Gordon |
SS | Mike Aviles | Mike Aviles |
LF | David DeJesus | Mark Teahen |
CF | Coco Crisp | David DeJesus |
RF | Jose Guillen | Jose Guillen |
DH | Billy Bulter | Billy Butler |
I
don’t believe Miguel Olivo will be any better at the plate than John
Buck but Mike Jacobs will be a huge improvement over Ross Gload.
Replacing Mark Teahen with Coco Crisp will also improve the Royals
offensive production. It is going to be interesting to see what
transpires the next few weeks but the Royals are set up to be a better
offensive team in 2009 than they were in 2008.