Ouch.

Well, that was interesting...

A 5-2 road loss to KC on the first day of a long road trip, a loss in shoddy weather that was chuck full of shoddy pitching and shoddy offense as well.  Eeeesh.

I keep reminding myself they have only been playing for one week...but some things are starting to become clear:

No one likes pitching in Kauffman the second week of April.  I felt for both of the starters yesterday, that sort of weather makes it feel like you're trying to wrap your fingers around a softball...and the results looked liked that's what they did.  That weather is expected to continue throughout this series.

Robinson Cano:  You're drifting at the plate.  I love this guy's stroke...At this point in his career I am convinced he's batting title worthy someday, but for right now he's flawed.  He starts very open toward the pitcher, and as the pitcher begins his motion Cano closes to a more traditional stance timed with his swing.  Right now that timing is off.  On at least three separate occassions yesterday I watched KC's pitchers stall, making Cano move first rather than timing it to the pitchers motion...Cano should have called time.  He's generally off balance at the plate, as evidenced by the inconsistencies from one game to the next (Monday night he was killing some at'em balls, but the stroke was right on).

ARod:  You love that low outside strike, we get it.  So does every pitching coach in the American League.  It is odd to see a player with such a power stroke be so wide eyed by low pitches, but I guess that feeds into ARod opposite field power.  Yeah, he struck out 4 times...3 of them completely legitimate, and two of them on called inside strikes.  He seemed stuck in between, a terrible place for a hitter, either chasing balls low and away or looking for them, and having a B+ fastball thrown by him inside.  It's clearly an abboration, I am not concerned.

Ian Kennedy takes the bump tonight and if he elevates from his last performance I'll be enthused, even with a .500 team record one week in. 

Go Yanks!