PT TODAY: Willingham goin' to Kansas City

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Royals | Josh Willingham to split time at DH
Kansas City Royals OF Josh Willingham will split time with OF Raul Ibanez at designated hitter.  Source: The Kansas City Star - Andy McCullough
 
BHQ take: Ibanez is a LHB and Willingham is a RHB, but both are batting below .200 against RHPs. When PT Today looked at Ibanez July 1, he was struggling with an unlucky 19% h%. It has improved by only 1% since then. Willingham gets no advantage or disadvantage from the change in parks. He was analyzed in the July 23 Facts/Flukes column. Since then, his BA has slipped seven points to...

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