BILLY BUTLER RUMORS & GOSSIP
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Top 5 Utility Players for 2012 Fantasy Baseball
We fill out the 2012 fantasy baseball rankings with the last few hitters, the top 5 utility players for 2012 fantasy baseball. Tomorrow we take this mother to one hundred! Not one hundred utility men. The top 100 overall. Then we take this to 300! Again, not 300 utility men. Okay, these players are only eligible at DH aka Utility. Frankly, I don’t think you should draft...
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Player Profile #92: Billy Butler | 1B/DH | KC
Billy Butler might more aptly be named Billy Boring, but there’s something to be said for a player who bats .300 with moderate totals in everything else. Considering his ranks the past three seasons, never straying from the 85-92 range, it’s appropriate that we find Butler ranked a number 92 in our rankings. He’s an xBA outlier, likely due to his complete lack of...
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11 days ago
Butler humbled, thankful for Hutch Award
Billy Butler was the first to admit that he isn't very experienced as a public speaker, so when the Kansas City Royals slugger strode to the podium at Safeco Field on Wednesday to accept the 47th annual Hutch Award for outstanding community service, he helped himself out with a prop.
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12 days ago
Butler Named Winner Of Hutch Award
KANSAS CITY, MO (January 5, 2012) – The Fred Hutchinson Center Research Center has announced that Kansas City Royals designated hitter Billy Butler will receive the 47th annual Hutch Award®. The award is given each year to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of baseball great Fred Hutchinson, both on and off the field...
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January 06, 2012
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January 06, 2012
Billy Butler Player Projection No. 99
Key Stats: Ignore the position that Billy Butler plays for just a second and think of him exclusively as a utility player. He will help you in four categories and only seems like he’s been around forever. In the last three seasons, Butler has averaged this line: .303 AVG .370 OBP .844 OPS 18 HR 89 RBI 76 R
Perhaps most important is that he’s also averaged 159 games per season...
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January 05, 2012
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January 05, 2012
Royals' Billy Butler wins Hutch Award
Billy Butler of the Kansas City Royals has won the Hutch Award, given annually to a major leaguer for his work on and off the field.
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle announced its decision Monday. The award is for players who exemplify the honor, courage and dedication of former major league pitcher and manager Fred Hutchinson, who died from cancer in 1964 at...
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January 05, 2012
Royals' Butler sidelined by flu
Billy Butler has been scratched from the Kansas City Royals' lineup with the flu.
Manager Ned Yost says Butler was nauseous, received an IV and was isolated from the rest of the team.
Mitch Maier replaced Butler for Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers. He made his first start of the season as the designated hitter.
Butler is hitting .292 with 19 homers and 90 RBIs.
Also...
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September 20, 2011
Proposed Trade: Billy Butler to the Rays
With the Royals recently calling up Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler looks to have been permanently moved to the DH spot. With Mike Moustakas ready to be called up to take over third base, that leaves Wilson Betmit without a position. Also, 27-year-old Clint Robinson (all hit, no field or run — a Billy Butler clone) is knocking the leather off the ball in Triple-A. It is time for...
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June 01, 2011
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June 01, 2011
Billy Butler, 2011 MLB Breakout Candidate
I want everyone to take a deep breath; what I am about to say is nothing short of shocking, mind-bending, and literally unbelievable:
Royals first baseman Billy Butler stole a base Sunday in the Royals spring opener against the Texas Rangers.
I know, incredibly strange news considering Billy Butler only has one career stolen base in 533 games in the majors, but manager Ned Yost told...
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March 02, 2011
THE ROYALS HOT 25
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