Wily Mo Pena
Well, to those that actually thought about trading some useful parts of us for Wily Mo, he cleared waiver today. I don't know why, but I thought we should have made a claim. No biggie though, more than likely, Wily Mo isn't going to do a whole lot the rest of the year. And we have a OF overflow problem.
I never liked the idea of getting Wily Mo and paying anything more than "nothing" anyway. He could be a superstar, but he's had so many problems hitting for contact that I don't think he can ever be more than a 4th OF.
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Im attracted
by castille on
Aug 7, 2007 7:25 PM EDT
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Exactly
Still Wear My Shealy Shirt.
by KingofKansasCity on
Aug 7, 2007 7:38 PM EDT
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Wily Mo
by ksuroyal on
Aug 7, 2007 7:36 PM EDT
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How Come LF Is Such A
by philofthenorth on
Aug 7, 2007 7:40 PM EDT
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I Think This Is As Good
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
D. DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
M. Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M. Teahen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
B. Butler dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
R. Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
A. Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
J. Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
J. Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352
T. Pena Jr. ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sure, we could swap Gload and Gordon, but it's still good. There's an argument for German at 2nd, but I'll take Gritz for now.
This bears a striking resemblence to a big league lineup; 1-5 all over .280, 6 and 7 have good pop and are better than averages indicate, Gator is ridiculous lately and Pena is hardly embarrassing at 9. Probably our best defensive team, too; at least Gator is quick getting to the ball.
by philofthenorth on
Aug 7, 2007 7:49 PM EDT
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seems odd he cleared waivers
by marbotty on
Aug 7, 2007 7:51 PM EDT
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Oh
by playingwithfire on
Aug 7, 2007 8:55 PM EDT
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agreed.
by rockchalk on
Aug 7, 2007 9:04 PM EDT
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They gave what to who????
by grudz69 on
Aug 8, 2007 12:21 AM EDT
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yet the Royals
Don't get this...
at all...
(still upset)
by playingwithfire on
Aug 8, 2007 1:40 AM EDT
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who would you have wanted
many of the names rumored to be offered really werent and davies was probably the best guy we could get.
he is only 23, under our control until 2011 and has great stuff.
by rockchalk on
Aug 8, 2007 12:22 PM EDT
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Wasn't Balentien
I want him
by playingwithfire on
Aug 8, 2007 1:44 PM EDT
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No
by NYRoyal on
Aug 8, 2007 3:15 PM EDT
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Well
by playingwithfire on
Aug 8, 2007 5:25 PM EDT
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i would have preferred
however, i am fine with getting davies for 2 months of dotel. davies at least has the potential to be good down the road, whereas dotel is ont he downside of his career.
still a good trade, just not as good as it could have been...
by rockchalk on
Aug 8, 2007 5:46 PM EDT
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Well, some of Beane's
$30 million is not that much in the current market. Since 2003, including this season, Byrnes has had 3 league average or slightly above league average years, 1 awful year and 1 mediocre year. If you assume that he can be league average at the corners, and add in the fact that he can play center, this isn't that much of an overpay. FWIW, BPro's PECOTA values him over the next 3 years at about ~$23 million.
by rfloh on
Aug 8, 2007 6:33 AM EDT
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I am pretty surprised by this,
by James Quinn on
Aug 7, 2007 10:42 PM EDT
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I don't know why
This time of year though, lots of guys slip through waivers because everyone in baseball is placed on waivers.
by RoyalsRetro on
Aug 7, 2007 11:37 PM EDT
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Pena vs. Gathright
If Gathright can do that, he's a cheap part of the Royals future for multiple years. If Pena develops, we'd have him for one more year and then he's on the FA market, out of our price range and we've developed him for another team.
by NYRoyal on
Aug 7, 2007 11:44 PM EDT
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Oh crap... I have to agree with you... shit!!!
by grudz69 on
Aug 8, 2007 12:22 AM EDT
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Dare I say it
by RoyalsRetro on
Aug 8, 2007 9:34 AM EDT
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Trade Teahen to make room for Pena?
If we acquire Pena, the best case scenario is that he is good with the Royals for one year. And then he's gone. How does that help us in our contending years? It keeps us from developing Gathright, who could be good and cheap for multiple years.
by NYRoyal on
Aug 8, 2007 9:54 AM EDT
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Lubanski takes over someday
by RoyalsRetro on
Aug 8, 2007 9:56 AM EDT
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You like Lubanski more than Teahen?
I think the Royals should trade DeJesus and move Teahen to CF where his hitting would actually be very valuable. If they could get a good, young OFer with power, I'd do it in a second. And DeJesus has some value given that he's a good CFer, good leadoff hitter and he has a cheap, multi-year contract.
by NYRoyal on
Aug 8, 2007 9:59 AM EDT
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Go Gator....
by grudz69 on
Aug 8, 2007 1:01 AM EDT
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Pena
by lordbyronk on
Aug 8, 2007 8:31 AM EDT
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Speaking of Byrnes
by Moose Tacos on
Aug 8, 2007 12:55 PM EDT
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yeah
There will likely be several teams interested, though, so we might have to give up a guy like Greinke. Wonder if they wanted Dotel?
by marbotty on
Aug 8, 2007 1:25 PM EDT
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That would be an awesome trade,
by lordbyronk on
Aug 8, 2007 5:14 PM EDT
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I'd like picking up Quentin
by NYRoyal on
Aug 8, 2007 5:17 PM EDT
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