The Guy You Just Hate!

Runelvys Hernandez has done nothing to endear himself to the fans of Kansas City (unless you include his awesome couples weeks in 2003 before he got hurt). He has had poor production and a poor attitude. He isn't the guy you root for (even though he sucks) b/c he works so hard at his job; he is lazy and incompetent. The only reason this becomes an issue is b/c he's had JUST enough performances where you can't outright him to the minors... and if he were on any other team, he probably would have been anyway b/c most farm systems have depth. I could have seen a possibility (if Bernero were still healthy, god speed! or Keppel panned out, or Madritsch had returned or Gobble did well, or Greinke wasn't crazy, or Elarton wasn't hurt, or Duckworth hadn't gotten hurt, or Hochevar was signed earlier and had better experience) that he would have been designated. unfortunately, we are a bad team with no hope this year. To the hardcore fans, though, this is still a depressing outcome. Granted, none of us are dumb enough to root for the year, but there exists pride within us all and we want to win individual games. Sadly, when Runelvys pitches, you are surprised when he wins. It's not hard to envision that Odalis will start winning games, and Redman has shown he CAN do it sometimes, and Jorge pitches just well enough to keep us in games (though drop those walks!), but with Hudson seems to have the Magical Touch and hopefully can successfully return next year! Runelvys, you expect a loss. Worse, you expect to be out of the game by the 2nd inning. At least with the others, you can expect a game (usually) up until the 7,8 or 9th innings (unless Burgos comes in to the game).

so i guess this be a pointless rant b/c we really have no one else, but it is depressing to see him pitch every 5 days b/c there really isn't much hope that he'll give up less than 5 runs a game.