Rick F-Ing Ankiel.

And people wonder why I don’t keep this blog up more than I do.

Seriously, Rick Ankiel?  Yeah, OK, the guy was a cute story back in 2007, coming back from his pitching woes to play outfield.  He’s probably gritty, a great clubhouse guy, yada yada yada.  There’s only one teensy-weensy problem – he blows.  He posted a .285 OBP last year in the NATIONAL LEAGUE.  That translates to, well, deep depression in the American League.

I’m not going to spend a lot of time dissecting this one.  GMDM squandered over 3M to get a guy who has now washed out in not one, but two major league careers.  This makes the Scotty Pods acquisition look like the Fran Healy-for-Larry Gura trade by comparison.  By season’s end, Ankiel will make us nostalgic for the days of Jose Guillen.

Rule one of being in a hole, Dayton – stop digging.

Unknown Royals Fan, over and out.