Mays, Berroa Awful Again

Surely this will be the last time that Buddy Bell will give Joe Mays the ball to start a game. Mays was awful again, giving up 6 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits in 3.1 IP. I'm thinking that it's time to just eat his salary and release him. Yeah, it's a lot of money, but the guy can't get anybody out. He's making Jose Lima's 2005 season look like a Cy Young award performance.

And what can be said about Angel Berroa that hasn't already been said? He nanchalanted another three hopper hit to him in the third inning and it skipped off the heel of his glove and on into center field. The guy is one of the worst fielding shortstops in baseball when it comes to routine plays and I just can't understand why Bell is so accepting of the way he plays.

Not a lot to be happy about tonight in the 6-1 loss. Stairs hit a solo home run in the seventh inning. And Jimmy Gobble was outstanding in 2.2 innings of relief. Wood and Gobble followed him with two perfect innings. Too bad we were out of the game by the end of the third inning.

The Royals are still winless on the road this season, and they are now 5-20 on the season. Looks a lot like Tony Pena is still running the club.

Jeremy Affeldt (1-2, 6.27) goes against Carlos Silva (1-4, 10.31) tomorrow night. Affeldt is 3-1 lifetime against the Twinkies with a 1.28 ERA in 42.1 IP. If we're ever going to win a game on the road, it'll be tomorrow.

I think it's time to resurrect the Berroa Walk Watch. I'm not even convinced that he's going to hit double digits in walks for the entire season, but let's find out.

Berroa Walk Watch: 1 walk in 25 games.