Lost In Right Field

The sun has finally set on the Chiefs horrendous up and down season.  The countdown to the Major League Baseball season can finally begin.  Well at least for those of us in Kansas City.  Now let’s turn our focus to the Royals.  This week baseball fans saw reports from Buster Olney ranking the ten best of everything.  Our Kansas City Royas came in number 9 in his outfield rankings.  This gave me the idea to compare American League Central teams position by position for the next 10 weeks until Spring Training is upon us.  Obviously, if something important happens with the Royals organization, I will be sure to address it.  This week, I thought I would begin by examining the right fielders.  The following statistics will give us a view of each player’s 2011 season. Team Player Avg. OBP SLG OPS H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Chi Dayan Viciedo .255 .327 .314 .641 26 3 0 1 6 1 Cle Shin-Soo Choo .259 .344 .390 .733 81 11 3 8 36 12 Det Brennan Boesch .283 .341 .458 .799 121 25 1 16 54 5 KC J...