All-Grit Team and Moore! (How'd you like that play on words?)

So since Willie Bloomquist is now our gritty player with Gload gone he's taken a lot of crap. Well what if DM assembled the All-Grit team! Yes this means bringing back Gload. How many runs would they score?

C- I went with Varitek. His grit, leadership, and good game-calling ability allowed him to get a nice contract despite the fact that he well sucked last year. I can see an argument for Pierzynski, but I hate him.

1B- Gload, no question. He's so gritty he poops sand paper.

2B- Craig Counsell, because when DM signed Bloomquist he called him a Craig Counsell like player. GMDM said " “He’s an on-base guy, a speed-type player and a hustler,” and "He’s a Craig Counsell-type who really plays hard, hustles and knows how to play”. Can we argue with that? Counsell then signed for less than Bloomy.

SS- Eckstein... see any announcer on Eckstein

3B-Inge, because he can play a lot of differant positions ala Teahen, but also catcher. This makes him grittier. A tough pick though.

LF- Willie Ballgame

CF- Aaron Rowand

RF- Eric Byrnes, because he hustles and is a fan favorite

DH- Doug Mientkiewicz, because Kevin Millar's grit is overrated.

The average of this teams lineups is 4.447 with a high/low of 4.582 and 4.292.

The Royals are scoring 4.06 per. What does all this mean? The Royals have a horrible offense and a team put together based on a tangible characteristic that may or may not have any effect on wins is better. Yikes!

Also on Moustakas- I'm pretty worried. Not so much that he isn't hitting, but that he isn't walking. His long term progress will be based on whether he learns to take a walk decently well.

Some Recent Stuff

Josh Anderson- I'm fine with this move in itself. Anderson is a good base stealer, and an okay defender. He can play all three outfield spaces. He isn't a great hitter and doesn't have much patience though. The problem would be that this team already has Mitch Maier, Ryan Freel, and Willie Bloomquist. How many speedy outfielders can a team have? While I do like the commitment to defense, though Bloomquist doesn't play great OF defense, I think this team should be focusing on fixing other holes. My grade on this is a C+.

Ponson released- Excellent move, but should have been an obvious one. Hopefully this is a sign that DM is seeing that this season is done. Ponson doesn't fit in with this teams future, and so they are better served playing Kyle Davies to see if he does. My grade for this is a B, because it was a great move but should have come sooner.

Other moves I'd like to see made:
Mike Jacobs DFA'd/Kila Ka'aihue called up
Jamey Wright DFA'd/ Chris Hayes called up
John Bale DFA'd/ Carlos Rosa called up
Roman Colon sent to Omaha/Lenny DiNardo called up