February 28, 2006
Royals PItching Plans
With Zack Greinke gone, the Royals are redoing their Spring rotation.
Those preparations include shuffling the piggyback rotation assignments for starting pitchers. The biggest beneficiary is lefty J.P. Howell, who replaced Greinke in the eight-man grouping.
“I wanted to get him stretched out anyway,” pitching coach Bob McClure said. “I don’t know when Zack is going to return. I’m sure if he returns soon, everything would move again.”
Revised plans call for Howell and right-hander Denny Bautista to start today’s intrasquad game at Surprise Stadium. Greinke had been scheduled to pitch.
“If that’s what it is,” Howell said, “it’s what it is. I miss Zack. This is all random. I didn’t have any idea about what was going on.”
The Royals now plan to piggyback Mark Redman and Jeremy Affeldt for two innings apiece Thursday when they open their 32-game Cactus League schedule against the Texas Rangers.
Bautista and Howell are scheduled to pitch Friday; Runelvys Hernandez and Joe Mays on Saturday; and Scott Elarton and Mike Wood on Sunday before the four pairings recycle.
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