Hillman’s Choice

Off the ESPN wire:

Trey Hillman, who has long been considered a possible sleeper candidate within the New York Yankees‘ organization in the event Joe Torre departed, is in serious negotiations to be the next manager of the Kansas City Royals.

So, here’s his choice. On one hand, he can take over the Royals, a team that has one winning season since 1993, hasn’t made the playoffs since the Reagan Adminstration. Their best hitter is a declining 37 year old middle infielder, their top power threat is a Catcher that slugged .429 and hit .222. They’ve got no money to build a contender, they probably never will. Whoever takes over Kansas City will be stuck with a lackluster sadsack team that would struggle against little leaguers until they were unceremoniously dumped.

On the other hand, if Hillman takes a job with the Yankees, he’ll have George Steinbrenner as his boss.

So therefore, he’ll manage the Royals.