ohh Trey

This may be Tokyo Trey´s most confused and ranting quote ever (and that´s saying a lot), read big T's explanation for the latest Royals bullpen disater, the contradictions embedded in this are numerous and jaw-droppingly funny....

“We’ve got to give guys an opportunity to settle into roles,” manager Trey Hillman said. “Sometimes, it takes a few days. We don’t have guys with a long history of being effective in the seventh and eighth innings. We’re going to have to develop it.

“Hopefully, we can get them in the right situations and get to the backside.”

“It’s disappointing, but I’ve seen a couple of other games on TV. There have been some other bullpens blow up with a lot higher payroll than ours and with a lot more guys established in the roles that they’re in.”

First off T-money claims that we just need some time for the guys to "settle in" because of course if you give a bunch of unsucessful relievers time, eventually they will be good. Right, it happens all the time.

He then moves on to point out that our guys don´t exactly have a long track record of "effectiveness" in the 7th & 8th. Now either this is a blunt reference to the fact that we suck or as Trey points out we just need to "develop it". Again, there is some force that chess master Trey just hasn´t unlocked yet, he´ll be brushing up on his Jedi training and motivational speeches to get all of our guys to that happy place where pressure just rolls off their sleeve. It´s all in the HIPS, Happy.

He further fleshes-out his award-winning bullpen development theory with a reference to finding the "right situations" for the gang. I think his next move will be to blow everyone's mind by starting the game out with relievers and closing it with starters. They are obviously not cutting it in the 7th and 8th so why not try the 1st and 2nd? BINGO, Trey, problem solved!

Then he takes a sligt turn and really gets to the heart of the problem. It´s the economy stupid! First, Trey lets us know that he watches TV and keeps tabs on all of those Richie Rich teams with their big payrolls and mind you they too get shelled. First off, Trey my dear boy, niether the Yanks nor the BoSox have one let alone a pair of set-up men as expensive as our beloved duo of Kyle Farnsworth and Juan Cruz. Not to mention - Trey goes on to explain - those guys are all "established" in their roles. So apparently at nearly 20 combined years in the bigs J Cruz and Farny are still trying to get it into their heads that they should be ready to pith when the starter leaves the game; i.e., be a 'relief' pitcher. Bullpen 101 is also still lost on Colon and Tejada who after an entire year of this last year just need a quick refresher course. Professor Trey, what was that again? Runs in the 7th and 8th with your team leading are bad? You're learning my boys, your "development" is progressing and soon you will be "established."

Okay, granted bullpen work is hard and its highly magnified but this opening series was too much and Trey could have just said nothing but he chose his words like a drunken sailor. According to him either we just need time or he has picked bad situations for his relievers or we need to spend spend spend or we need even older relievers (come back Ron Mahay you were so established).

My apologies to the combo of Grienke, Hochevar and Bannister; you guys tried to make it a nice opening series at the K. Develop it Trey!