Royals Claim Tug Hulett

So, first they sign Wee Willie, and now they claim the guy that was pushing him in Seattle? Nice! At least Tulett can hit... and seems to make Callaspo, Pena Jr. and even Ross Gload (although he's guaranteed) and maybe Teahen more expendable.

take that tim dierkes!

tim,

PLEASE for the love of god, get some better commenting program than typepad. i am TIRED of 9 of 10 posts i type as comments (and they are just comments) being flagged by typepads "antispam".

Um...why? Apparently Dayton's need for "depth" includes depth at the Utility IF position.

otis,
could this be to add depth at IF, to open up a trade to dump teahen and open up for o-huds? o.O

Boy those Royals love them Mariners. Meche, HoRam, Guillen, Olivo, WFB, now Hulett.

Soria - I like your thinkin', but it would take more than Teahen, I think. I'm all for biting the bullet and cutting Buck too - give Pena a real crack at the backup job - he's hit enough to earn it in the minors. JR is there too... If Tug makes the roster, than that means two of the bunch I spoke of (TPJ, Callaspo, German, Teahen) are expendable. Cross your fingers!

Hulett's bat, if it translates to MLB, plays at any of the skilled IF positions. He is also a lefty at the plate, which is always nice.

Soria I was actually thinking the same thing. I tried to log in earlier and say: "Well DM, there's your backup 3B. Move Teahen now!"

It would take more than Teahen to make payroll room...but maybe, just maybe, if they unloaded him and one other they could go to Glass and ask for 'just a couple more million!'

Seriously...the way the FA market is right now...a team could get a lot better pretty fast without paying a premium.

"Wow, no wonder the M's suck. This Hulett guy does a little of everything and really seems to be a 6 tool guy (6th tool being patience). I can't believe they got rid of him."

Hmmm, if we only had a piece of software called vBulletin, like many online forums do. I could then edit that quote to read:

"Wow, no wonder the Royals suck. This Hulett guy does very little of anything and really seems to be a 1 tool guy (1st and only tool being hustle/scrapiness/grit). I can't believe they signed Willie Bloomquist to a 2-year contract, and yet still have Alberto Callaspo, Estaban German, and now Tug Hulett. And what's up with that Jose Guillen signing? They'll never be able to get rid of him!"

Heh. ;)

I wish people would stop bashing Guillen when he led the team in rbi's (97), homeruns (20), and doubles (42) last year and this was playing injured most of the year. Before that, Emil Brown was leading the Royals in rbi's in the 70's the past 2 years. People want to boo the man when they had no idea he was playing hurt with a pulled groin and hamsting issues most of the season. Thats a player who wants to win and wants to earn his money. Not even Sweeney who i love would play hurt. He was the only power we had last yr and you want to degrade this guy, how selfish of you so called Royals fans. So all you Guillen haters need to realize how important he is to the team and stop whining that he's making 13 million this year. Realize that the Royals are going to have to overpay on any player in order for them to want to play in KC. Unbelievable

Anyone saying the Mariners are bad for letting him go... there aren't. No offense to Tug, but he doesn't really have a future.. everyday AAA player at best.

Mark my words.. he won't make a difference, even on the crappy Royals.

I also like how an apparent Mariners fan calls the Royals crappy. That's funny. :)

truroyal, Guillen was horrible last year. Just because he led a bad offense in in the most useless stat imaginable doesn't mean he was worth the money.

In reality, the highest paid player in Royals history was barely the 4th best hitter on one of the worst offenses in Royals history.