Angel Berroa Is Back

The Royals had to place Ross Gload on the disabled list with a sore quadriceps muscle, and in his place they have recalled the one, the only, Angel Berroa.

I know, you can hardly contain your excitement. Kansas City Royals baseball just hasn't seemed the same without getting to watch Berroa flail wildly at pitches, and throw balls away. You may remember how the Royals optioned Angel to Triple-A Omaha after trading for Tony Pena Jr in March.

Apparently he's performed well enough in the minors to warrant this call up. In thirty games with Omaha, Berroa is hitting .303 with 15 RBI, 17 strikeouts, and 4 walks. He's also committed five errors, which seems par for the course, but the Royals are hoping he can continue hitting.

Berroa will not be starting for the Royals, rather he'll just be backing up Pena and Alex Gordon at third base. I have to wonder if this move is nothing more than one last gasp by the Royals in hopes that Berroa will perform well enough that some other team will be dumb enough to trade for him.

Kansas City isn't exactly deep in the pockets, and paying a guy $8.5 million to play for their Triple-A team is not the kind of cost effective building Dayton Moore wants to do. If I'm Moore, I give up Berroa for just about anything and try to find a team that's willing to pay at least some of his salary.

Previously at the Fanhouse:
Bye Bye, Berroa
I Hope Angel Berroa Has A Day Job
Fallen Angel