Callaspo may bat third in Royals lineup
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03/27/2010 - SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -Alberto Callaspo may start the season batting third for the Kansas City Royals. Alex Gordon's broken right thumb opened up third base for Callaspo, and his offense in spring training and last season thrust him into the middle of the Royals' lineup. Callaspo hit .300 with 41 doubles, eight triples and 11 home runs last season with 73 RBIs, while playing mostly second base. Manager Trey Hillman used him in the third slot only twice. Callaspo hit mostly fifth or seventh for the Royals. Hillman wants Callaspo, who is leading the Cactus League with a .458 batting average, in the heart of the order when the Royals open the season April 5 against the Detroit Tigers. ``I like Callaspo in a position to drive runs in,'' Hillman said. ``I don't like waiting to the sixth or seventh slot to get his bat back up there because of the slugging and the on-base percentage, the batting average, the whole package, so I'm going to look at him three.'' With Callaspo inserted into the third slot, that caused more changes at the top of the order. Speedy outfielder Scott Podsednik, whom the Royals signed as a free agent in January, was slated to bat leadoff. David DeJesus, who batted first 95 games last season, was scheduled to hit third. In Hillman's revised lineup, DeJesus leads off and Podsednik hits second. ``That's pretty cool,'' DeJesus said. ``That's where I've had a lot of success, batting first, and Scott's had a lot of success batting second. It seems like AC (Callaspo) gets a hit every time up at the plate or hits it hard. Whatever the lineup, we'll get it done.'' Podsednik stole 30 bases last year and his 266 career steals rank fifth among active players. ``I think Pod is more of prototypical leadoff guy because of his stolen base totals,'' Hillman said. ``But you can't argue with what history has told of David's numbers in the leadoff slot and what his numbers aren't in the No. 2 slot, although it's a much smaller sample. ``I really want to try to stay away from guys getting mental. I honestly don't want to put David in the No. 2 slot. I think he would slot there just fine, but he doesn't have a (positive) history there. He's going to read about it and hear about it. I don't think that's a good combination.'' Billy Butler, who hit .301 with 21 home runs and 51 doubles last season, will bat cleanup. ``Billy's extremely important because of our lack of run production last year,'' Hillman said. ``Billy sitting in the middle of the order is going to be huge for us.'' Hillman said Rick Ankiel and Jose Guillen would ``fluctuate'' in the fifth and sixth slots. Ankiel is scheduled to return to the lineup Saturday as the designated hitter after being out since March 11 because of a sore right ankle. Chris Getz and Jason Kendall, who were spring training candidates to hit second, and Yuniesky Betancourt will hit in the bottom third of the order.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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