<![CDATA[geraldirons Blog Posts]]> http://www.kansascityroyalsnews.com/geraldirons/weblog/ <![CDATA[The battles are ending early]]> http://www.kansascityroyalsnews.com/geraldirons/weblog/6679/the-battles-are-ending-early.html http://www.kansascityroyalsnews.com/geraldirons/weblog/6679/the-battles-are-ending-early.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:04:17 PST It's only a week into the Spring Training Season and the battles seem to be winding down already.  Especially in the Starting rotation. 
Of course Zack Greinke and Gil Meche are locks at 1 or 2 or 2 and 1, doesn't really matter.  The 3 spot looks to be Horacio Ramierz unless he just pitches his way out of the spot ( a distinct possibility) as a left-hander he'll get a lot of shots at the spot. Now the 4 and 5 spots are coming down to Kyle Davies, Luke Hoceaver and Brian Bannister.  The early returns look good for Davies and Hoceaver, the former #1 overall pick in the draft.  Bannister, the deck looks stacked against him and he got hit a bit today.

Let me know what you think....

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