Dayton Moore took Tony Pena, Jr. off the hands of his old employer. The Royals lost faith in Angel Berroa. However, I don't see where Pena is going to be an improvement. His career minor league OBA is .285. I'm surprised someone that offensively bad hung around in the minors for six seasons.

"Another good young player," Bell said after Kansas City's game against Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., was rained out. "We're going to get him in camp. He's going to play, and then we'll manage the position as we go. We don't have a whole lot of time, but we've got a lot of really good reports on him and we'll see what happens."

He better have a great glove, because describing him as good just doesn't jibe with reality. I can't help but think the Royals would be better off keeping the prospect and living with Berroa at short until they can find someone who is actually good to play the position.