Swing-and-a-miss

I was planning on attending last night's game, and then Life interfered, which was quite inconsiderate of it. I will, however, be attending this afternoon's game, so hopefully I have enough mojo to pull out a series victory -- or, failing that, at least cheer the Royals on to scoring more than a single run.

Things:

• He still finds ways to contribute, but make no mistake -- Jeff Francoeur is the exact same player he's always been. Considering the Royals aren't going anywhere, it's fine, but for those who were considering signing Frenchy to another couple of years, take a gander at his slashline; it's been steadily falling for over a month, now (.980 OPS on May 4th, .764 now). I'm not wanting to get him replaced in the lineup (I mean...who would they replace him with?), but he does need to moved back down in the order again.
• Alcides Escobar is apparently trying to get a month's worth of hits (well, at least, for him) crammed into a week and change. It's too bad nobody besides him and Melky Cabrera hit last night.
• Luke Hochevar, solid 5th starter...does that have a ring to it? Of Hoch's 15 starts, 6 of them have been very good (55+ game score), 3 have been acceptable (in the 40's), and 6 have been poor (below 40).
• I wonder at how Matt Treanor continues to draw walks at an insane rate, especially given he's hitting .218 -- it's one thing for a feared hitter like Jose Bautista to draw a ton of walks, but I'm going to guess Treanor doesn't quite inspire the same kind of fear in opposing pitchers. Treanor should continue to play almost every day while he's getting on base at a .370 clip.

Sidenote -- Francoeur's reaching that point in the season where it will be a little more difficult for him to get outfield assists, because teams are going to stop testing his arm. I would love a throwing contest between him and Nate Schierholtz of the San Francisco Giants, who also has an unfairly accurate howitzer disguised as a mild-mannered human arm.