Fine, put him on the market when they are 10 games back. You said you hoped he was on the market now, which is silly.

What's the deal with Jimmy Paredes? He's playing 3rd in Omaha. He's a switch hitter. He's batting .317 against righties and .294 against lefties. Couldn't the Royals platoon him and Valencia. Paredes against righties, Valencia against lefties? That would replace Moose's left handed bat if he's sent down.

Duncan, would love to hear your take?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Complete list of regulars with a worse weighted OPS than Moose: Nate Schierholtz, Zack Cozart, Brad Miller (not the NBA player), Jedd Gyorko</p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/statuses/466263921385426944">May 13, 2014</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Someone always has to be the worst, but you'd hope a team trying to make the playoffs could avoid having one of the 5 worst.

Gio is already up, and he's a better option right now as our plan B. Paredes might be plan D after trying Valencia full-time.

Shouldve clarified that

I can't find Gio's splits (righty versus lefty) at Omaha. But, the Royals have no lefties coming off the bench other than Dyson. Peredes would give them a left handed bat. Which, would mean more if Moose is sent down.

Man, it sure would be nice to start a winning streak, or hot streak tonight.

Gio's a better option on offense right now. The only reason we have a platoon now is because of Moose, but if the Royals are comfortable with Gio's defense at 3rd (which is an open question, I don't know if they are), then I'd rather have Gio play every day.

I'm not worried at all about having only one left-handed bat off the bench.

At this point, I would rather see Brett ".000" Hayes at 3b. Something, anything different has to be done.

"Give Moose a Special Blue Participation Ribbon, and an embossed certificate of participation he can hang in his bedroom. Take him to a nice lunch on the Plaza. Tell him that although he has disappointed us, we still love him and want him to succeed. Tell him to keep trying, hold his head up, and soon he'll be back here contributing to the organization like we know he can. Tell him he's only a few hours away, and he can bring his laundry here on weekends if he likes. Then give him a little kiss on the cheek, and put him in a very nice rental car, and let Billy Butler drive him to Omaha. I'll decide whether Billy drives the car back tonight or not." - GMDM

Fair enough. I would rather have Gio full time at 3rd than Moose. And not to kick a dead horse, but I don't believe Valencia is a full time player. He bats consistently better against lefties than righties. We're talking an average of 100 points better.

This is like the parent who refuses to discipline the child. Not that Moose needs discipline (other than the plate variety), but it's obvious to all that he needs to be demoted, needs to be dealt with, something to shake him up...but the Royals just won't count to 3 and actually bring him to the bus station.

I don't generally believe in "sending a message", nor do I usually believe that some players might "not care" or "not try hard enough". This situation is pretty simple and cut and dried for me. I'm sure Moose is upset, worried, and trying as hard as he can, but he's killing us right now.

He looks so bad that I also don't think he has to face MLB pitching, it looks like AAA pitching could be enough of a challenge for him. Maybe he'll figure it out and maybe he needs time to rediscover his swing, but at this point he needs to do that in games that don't count.

If he can OPS over .900 in Omaha for a full month, then we can talk about his return, if that ever happens.

But,but,but........his defense.........

Maybe we should send Moose to AA Northwest Arkansas. Make him do yard work at David Glass' house to help work off that $5 million we've paid him so far.