THE KANSAS CITY
MONARCHS
LINEUP
# Pos Player Age Bats Ratings 1 RF Melky Cabrera 23 S 7-6-5-5-6 (8-7-6-6-6 talent) 2 SS Carlos Fernandez 2 L 8-7-8-10-7 3 3B Eric Chavez 30 L 8-10-9-8-5 4 CF Brian Giles 37 L 8-8-8-10-8 5 LF Alfonso Soriano 32 R 7-10-10-5-5 6 DH Ryan Braun 24 R 7-7-8-6-7 (8-7-9-8-8 talent) 7 2B Orlando Hudson 30 S 8-7-5-5-7 8 1B Joey Votto 24 L 6-5-7-9-5 (7-6-10-10-5 talent) 9 C Eric Munson 30 L 6-7-9-6-4
ROTATION
# Player Throws Age Ratings 1 Jeremy Bonderman L 25 10-9-9, 91-94 MPH, 10 end 2 Brad Penny R 29 9-9-8, 91-94 MPH, 7 end 3 Aaron Harang R 29 9-8-9, 88-91 MPH, 8 end 4 Donte Thornley R 20 7-9-7 (9-8-8 talent), 91-94 MPH, 10 end
BULLPEN
Pos Player Throws Age Ratings Closer Jason Isringhausen R 35 9-6-9, 91-94 MPH, 2 end Set-up Kyle Farnsworth R 31 10-7-6, 98-100 MPH, 3 end Middle Chad Orvella R 27 8-7-8, 91-94 MPH, 2 end Middle David Bush R 28 6-8-8, 89-92, 8 end Middle David Veloz R 24 5-7-8, 91-94 MPH, 3 end Mop-up Chuck James R 26 6-7-8, 91-94 MPH, 8 end Mop-up Greg Miller L 23 5-7-9, 91-94 MPH, 5 end