Billy Butler and Mike Moustakas are in The Best Shape of Their Lives
Feb 15, 2012, 11:33 AM EDT
Getty Images A rare twofer on the BSOHL beat. From the mouth of Ned Yost in Bob Dutton’s notes column from yesterday’s KC Star, talking about how a ton of guys are already in Royals camp despite it still being ten days from the mandatory reporting date:
“There are a ton of position players here, too. Billy Butler and Mike Moustakas — I’m extremely proud of both of those guys. They are in the best shape they’ve been in their career. Billy looks great, and I hardly recognized Moose, he looks so good.”
Of course Mike Moustakas is 23 years-old and has a grand total of five professional seasons under his belt, so I would hope he was pretty close to the best shape of his career as it was. But really, good for him.
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- illcomm - Feb 15, 2012 at 11:44 AM
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BSOYL is boring. Who cares.
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- kopy - Feb 15, 2012 at 11:45 AM
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Official 2012 BSOHL Roster
Billy Butler – KC
Mike Moustakas – KC
Russell Martin – NYY
Jason Grilli – PIT
Jed Lowrie – HOU
Logan Schafer – MIL
Lance Lynn – STL
Phil Hughes – NYY
Bill Hall – NYY
Yadier Molina – STL
Evan Longoria – TB
Brett Cecil – TOR
Freddie Freeman – ATL
Brian Wilson – SFO
Jason Heyward – ATL
Casey McGehee – PIT
Chris Tillman – BAL
Franklin Gutierrez – SEA
Miguel Olivo – SEA
Miguel Cabrera – DET
Justin Smoak – SEA
Dexter Fowler – COL
Jaime Garcia – STL
Miguel Tejada – FA
Aubrey Huff – SFO
Vicente Padilla – BOS
Carlos Zambrano – MIA
Yonder Alonso – SD
Carlos Gutierrez – MIN
Mark Teixeira – NYY
Dmitri Young – FA
Yoenis Cespedes – OAK
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- okobojicat - Feb 15, 2012 at 11:59 AM
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Kopy, I think you missed Jake Westbrook from last night.
I think we might have enough for two lineups…let’s see how we do
Team 1 Team 2
CF: F. Guitierrez CF: Fowler
RF: J Heyward 3B: Moustakas
DH: Cabrera DH: Butler
3B: Longoria 1B: Freeman
1B: M Teixera ‘LF’: Smoak
LF: Cespedes ‘RF’: Huff….hahahahaha
SS: Lowrie C: Molina
C: Martin SS: Tejada
2B: Hall 2B: McGeheeOk, so we’ll have to hope and pray for the ground balls. As this outfield defense will be lacking in range…
S1: Garcia
S2: Hughes
S3: Cecil
S4: Zambrano
S5: TillmanCL: Wilson
BP: Grilli
BP: Lynn
BP: Padilla
BP: C Guitierrez
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- okobojicat - Feb 15, 2012 at 12:01 PM
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grrrr, my formatting looked good before…
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- phukyouk - Feb 15, 2012 at 12:58 PM
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I’m pretty sure that Team 1 is going to kick the living shit out of team 2.
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- wlschneider09 - Feb 15, 2012 at 6:57 PM
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Dare I suggest that we start Butler over Tex against righties?
*Runs for the door*
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- hudsonjc - Feb 16, 2012 at 4:33 PM
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Would this article about Geovany Soto be BSOTL material?
“Now, I have a better balance [in my diet],” he said. “[Cubs outfielder] Marlon Byrd and I are going to be on the same program and keep the weight off. He looks unbelievable. I just want to stay in shape and get the club some wins.”
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- ss - Feb 15, 2012 at 11:48 AM
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Should the plural be “Best Shapes of their Lives?” You know, like Attorneys General.
I always root for the Attorneys General style of pluralism, myself.
Sidenote – this is a baseball blog.
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- davidpom50 - Feb 15, 2012 at 11:50 AM
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I have BSOHL question… ESPN recently posted a video showing Matt Kemp’s offseason workout regimen, and he talks about being in the best shape possible coming into the season. Does that count?
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- deathmonkey41 - Feb 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM
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Boring- I’m not caring about this unless Detroit says that Prince Fielder is in the BSOHL.
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- sportsdrenched.com - Feb 15, 2012 at 12:44 PM
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Been laying off the Country Breakfast has Billy Butler? This may not be good.
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- phukyouk - Feb 15, 2012 at 12:46 PM
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Can i please point out that they are in the best shapes of their CAREERS.
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- wlschneider09 - Feb 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM
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Their career is baseball…
Baseball is life….
BSOTL
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- phukyouk - Feb 15, 2012 at 3:05 PM
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touche
