Expanded Rosters

You have to laugh when it happens to another team. But you aren't laughing at them. We hardly have the right. You just laugh in disbelief when the opposing team comes up with 13 hits and doesn't score once. Especially when you realize that we only had 5 hits and managed to score once in the bottom of the ninth to steal this one 1-0.

Mike Wood was hit around (8 H, 2 BB in 6 IP), but he managed to keep the Twins from scoring, so you've got to tip your hat to him. I still don't think he should be in the rotation on a regular basis, but when you look at his 3.84 ERA, he looks like our ace. Maybe we ought not to use that word though. We haven't had a real ace in Kansas City since David Cone.

The roster expands to 40 players today. While I'm anxious to see which players get the call, I can't shake the feeling that we've been watching a bunch of players all season who shouldn't have been here until now. And I'm hoping that some guys, like Leo Nunez don't get the call (although it sounds like he will). He's not ready. I'd rather see some of our older (post puberty) pitchers who have been in Omaha and Wichita all season get a shot—guys like Dennis Tankersley, Kyle Middleton, and Ryan Baerlocher.

Tonight, we open a new series at home against the Rangers. We're sending J.P. Howell (1-4, 7.23) to the mound against Kenny Rogers (11-7, 3.15).