European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday april 2, 1987 base Ball 87 Rich royals b Ikin Wai my tlu1 Kansas City royals admit in. After winning the i9s5 world series. Icy pet nah the Incaviglia 30 or 88 his went from College to the majors and combined with Ruben Sierra 16 or 55 Bis can offset the loss of free agent Gary Ward. Pete o Brien .290, 23 or 90 Bis and Larry i Arrish 28 h a 94 Bis produce runs. California Angels manager Gene Mauch and he Angels got within one strike of their first world series inst october. Even Wilh Tood pitching and a new look California won t gel that close again for a while. Reggie Jackion. Bobby Grich and Rick Burleson Are gone. Free agent Catcher Bob bronc is unsigned but is unlikely to Clurn because the Angels got Butch Wyne Gar from the Yankees for Ron Romanick. Mike Witt ia-10, 2.84 Era i cars the pitching along with Kirk Mccaskill 17-1033-Jvar-okl Joh Candelaria 1u-2 and 42-year-old Don Suwon 15-11. Bullpen Ace Dunnie Moore 2l saves needs Liutas it Tuhy. Wally Joyner .290, 22 us. H10 this finished Sec Ond to Jose Canseco As Al Rookie if the y ear and was bit lit about it. Joiner is of r that us Well As the slush infection Hal sloped him in the second half and nut him out of the a Jolt Low u Huston. Doug do c incas 2 i or. % this and , Downing 20 or. 45 kills will keep doing in runs while veterans cd ii rec Ilc Nanck and Rupam junes and rookies Devon White and Mark real compile for one Outfield Job and j spot As Reggie s replacement As Oil. Kansas City royals George Brett anticipates improvement on his Sib Par 1986 performance. How they ii finish City 2. Texas 3. California 4. Minnesota 5. Oakland 6. Seattle Minnesota twins the twins 71-91 in 19s6, go a lot better when they acquired reliever Jeff Reardon from Montreal for Neal Caton. Reardon had 35 saves Minnesota relievers 24, but new manager Tom Kelly May not get to use rear Don As much As he wants. Frank Viola 16-13 and Bert Blyn Cven 17-14 Are the Only solid starters. Mike Smithson Mark Portugal and Allan Anderson fill out the rotation. Kirby Puckett Al a foot a added Power to his Reper Toire .328,31 or 96 Bis and will Bat third instead of Lead off. Gary Gaetti .287, 34 or ids Bis. Kent Hrbek 29 or 91 Bis and Tom Brunansky 23 or 75 Bis also hit for distance. The twins hit 196 Home runs two behind Detroit for the major league Lead. Bui Minnesota s total is not be cause it plays in he metronome. Statistics keep showing that the Ballpark incorrectly labelled the Homer Doc in creases the number of doubles not homers Oakland athletics Reggie Jackson is Home again and so was Vida Blue before his abrupt retirement. It s Back to land Ilion Lime in Oakland. There is new Excil Mcm this Spring but in could be a Long summer without any pitching. Canseco .240,33 or. 1 7 Bis along Wilh the do platoon of Jackson is hr.5b Bis and Ron cry 13 or can drive in Alfredo a Rifle .285, 33 lbs and Carney Lansford .284, 19 or 72 Bis. Pitching though is a major problem for the team that tied Kansas City for third place in 1986, Joaquin Andujar 12-7 and Moose Haas 7-1 Are Hurt. Thai leaves Dave Stewart. Jose Rijo. Fun voting and Chris Codiroli for the rotation. Bruce Tanner Ana Gene Nel Pii. Quire from the wliiu1 sax. Will find spots. Seattle mariners a sign Al Thi in Spring training site read Seattle mar ii urn i 187 world that May to the Impi sign of improvement for the mariners this year especially if Livy keep give in away Young players like Cru Hull rather limn finding \ Way to pay in Chi. Seattle traded Tartabull Lor pucker Scot Dank a and if l. Quilit Lder Mike Kiniry i j58 Una Una pitch it Steve Shields and ii Ltd vent in i m Ryk ice. Mull voting to los Angeles for Dennis i Linvell 2-7. Vhf Steve Balboni Cut help if he recovers from Buck injury. Manager Dick Williams May soon lose patience us might his few Good players. Phil Bradley .310, so Bis 21 so is an unheralded All Star. Ken Phelps and his Good Home run ratio 24 or in 344 Al bats May get a full time Chance. Pitchers Mark Langston 12-14 and Mike Moore i t-l3 need consistency. Chicago White sox the White sox keep making changes and keep get Ting worse. Most agree though getting rid of Flambo Yant but flopping general manager Ken Harrelson was a Good idea. Manager Jim Frt Gosi and pm Larry hims both in i hair first full seasons say Chicago still i Buller. Harold Baines 21 or. Is Bis and grog Walker .277, 13 or. 51 Ellils before his third risk injury Midway through the season remain Bright spots. The White sch want Flarv Redus acquired from Philadelphia for Joe c Owley in bal a Duff. Hoy Hanni Stirr Lul Richard Poison 10-17jose Leleon and Neil Allen form the rom Ion. They need to be consistent and Heller and stopper Bob Junsch nerds to rebound. Tomorrow tiie m. Heitst
