The manager is back!

After an important three-day hiatus from the team to see his family, manager Trey Hillman was back from Texas to manage the Royals last night and met with the media this afternoon prior to tonight’s game against the Seattle Mariners.  “I am excited to be back, I’m doing just fine and I am really looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.”

Mr. Chen

What does Trey Hillman think we need to see from Royals pitcher Bruce Chen that will allow him to compete for a win in tonight’s game.  “His cut-fastball has to be working against the right-handers, its crucial that he locates his change-up, and he absolutely must keep the ball down.  He has been leaving the ball up in a lot of situations, but to his credit, the ball is spinning really well.  This would be a huge win for both Bruce and the team.” 

Not the same Sox

Manager Trey Hillman says this is not even close to the same team they played a little over a month ago.  “Everything is falling into place for them right now, not too many serious injuries, good pitching, extremely hot hitting, solid defense, a good bullpen, put it all together and you have quite a hot team. We need to very careful this series, it could get out of hand quickly, we are going to have to play good solid baseball, and make as few mistakes as possible.” 

Round 2 for Mr. Chen

Trey Hillman seems to be very excited about his recently called up left handed pitcher, Bruce Chen.  “He is fearless out there, fastballs in and out, change ups to righties and lefties, he’ll run one in on you with only a 87 mph fastball, it’s impressive,” said Hillman.  “If he works both sides of the plate, stays in control with his command, and mixes his pitches like we know he can, his contributions to the team should be great.”