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Royals look to round out rotation
Brian Anderson Darrel May are in three spots open
The Associated Press
Left-handers Darrell May and Brian Anderson are set. Anderson, coming off his best season after winning 14 games with a 3.78 ERA, will probably open the season April 5 against the Chicago White Sox.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — With only about two weeks left in spring training, the Kansas City Royals have two "definitives" and a crowd of intriguing possibilities.
Chicago White Sox. Two others, in all likelihood, will be left-handers Jimmy Gobble and Jeremy Affeldt, provided the blister that drove Affeldt to the bullpen last season stays gone and Gobble continues to perform beyond his tender years.
But if Affeldt has problems and the 22-year-old Gobble begins to falter, all bets will be off. Affeldt
would go back to the bullpen, where he held hitters to a.193 average last year in 18 appearances.
"Right now our main concentration is on making sure we've got Jeremy Affeldt heading in the right direction," manager Tony Pena said. "We want to make sure that he's pitching a lot so we'll know what we have. It's so far, so good with him. I expect him to be in the rotation. But anything can change."
Gobble would go back to the minors for more seasoning.
As for a fifth starter, there's plenty of time for that since the Royals figure they'll need only a four-man rotation the first few weeks of the season anyway.
While nobody will say Gobble has a starting spot locked up, it would be hard to make a case against him.
He was 4-5 with a 4.61 ERA in nine starts late last season. But he has looked solid in three spring appearances, putting together a 2-0 record and a sparkling 1.04 ERA in 8-2-3 innings.
throwing the ball real well," said Pena. "He's been making a good case for himself. You cannot go away from that. He has been throwing the ball well."
"I tell you what, he's been
General manager Allard Baird also likes Gobble's attitude.
"I went down last year to visit him on a day when he didn't even pitch." Baird said. "I went down to talk to him and see what he was thinking mentally. I already knew he was a good pitcher. I was more thinking about him mentally."
Two other possibilities, at least by late April, may be veteran right-hander Kevin Appier and second-year right-hander Miguel Asencio.
Appier was treated over the offseason for an elbow problem and Asencio, who has a terrific change-up, had surgery to remove a bone chip from his right elbow.
said. "He has to come back and throw. He threw yesterday. We'll get him on the program and see where he goes from there. We'll have to wait and see."
Both could be ready by late April or early May, and both could need long-term rehab.
The youngest possibility is the one that most excites fans — 20-year-old Zack Greinke. The right-hander has excelled at every level in his rapid ascent up the minor league ladder. Except for one outing, he has also looked good this spring.
"With two weeks left in spring training, I do not see Asencio on the ballclub right away," Pena
"If I was a fan, I'd want to see him out there, too," Baird said.
spring.
But the Royals are determined not to rush him no matter what the fans demand.
They may not see him line up on the field for opening-day introductions. But it's a good bet the confident young right-hander will make his major league debut some time this year.
"I think some time this year is a good way to put it," Baird said. "But he's not a guarantee to break camp. I'm not going to say that. We're dealing with human beings, with human emotions, physical abilities as well as mental abilities."
Longhorns poised for tourney run
And why not?
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Longhorns are ready for another run to the Final Four.
And why is it important that the team is loaded with experience and a bench that goes 11 players deep.
The NCAA Tournament is the last chance for seniors Brandon Mouton, Royal Ivey, Brian Boddicker and James Thomas—keys to Texas' success in the past several seasons.
Add freshman forward P.J. Tucker and the late-season emergence of junior center Jason Klotz, and the Longhorns boast a team that believes it can compete with anyone in the ultra-intense atmosphere of the NCAA tournament.
The third-seeded Longhorns (23-7) meet Princeton (20-7) in a first-round game tomorrow in Denver.
"With the depth we have," Boddicker said, "I think we have all the ingredients to win a national championship."
The Longhorns faced questions early this season over whether they would slip in the Big 12 Conference after guard T.J. Ford left for the NBA following his sophomore season.
The fall wasn't far. The Longhorns spent much of the season ranked in or around the Top 10 and finished second in the Big 12 in the regular season and the conference tournament.
Mouton leads the team in scoring at 13.4 points and Tucker's arrival pushed Thomas out of the starting lineup. The freshman ranks second on the team in points (10.7) and leads in rebounding with 6.8 a game.
While Texas has missed Ford's presence at point guard, the Longhorns have countered with a rotating lineup that wears opponents down.
The Longhorns have 11 players averaging at least 12 minutes. Only Mouton and Ivey average more than 25 minutes a game.
Ivey started the season at the point and still handles the ball late in close games.
"The word for our whole team this year would be consistency," said coach Rick Barnes, who has guided the Longhorns to the NCAA tournament in each of his six years at Texas. "That's what it comes down to. Guys have picked up the slack."
Texas has a wealth of players who have made big shots down the stretch to win games. Boddicker, Ivey and Mouton hit late shots to force overtime in wins over Providence, Texas Tech and Missouri.
Ivey hit the game-winner in the final seconds against Nebraska, and Tucker made the final shot at the buzzer to beat Providence on the road.
All this experience and depth didn't prevent a late-season skid.
The Longhorns lost three of their last five games.
The Longhorns finished badly
Courtesy of KRT
Texas guard Brandon Mouton, No. 3, went up for a basket against Syracuse's Craig Forth, No. 51, during the first half of a semifinal game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on April 5, 2003.
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