And trade ever happen any more?

Bay would cost a ton.

If I had to guess, they’d want a young regular and either one excellent prospect or two very good prospects. Guess they’d ask for something like DeJesus + Rosa + Another good prospect. I don’t think that is worth it…

After this season, Teahen has 2 years of team control and the pitching prospect would have 6. Bay has 1.

Wayne Krivsky picked Cody Ross up off waivers last year. The Dodgers were trying to sneak him through. The Reds held on to Ross for all of two games before they sent him to Florida for cash. Wayne thought it was more important to hold on to a three catchers at the MLB level than keep Ross. Krivsky decided to keep journey man third catcher Chad Moeller and let Ross go.

It will take years before I will be able to see Krivsky’s name and not immediately be full of hot burning rage.

KC is improving vs lefties with the addition of Guillen/Butler/Aviles KC is 3 games over .500. All 3 hit lefties very well and if Aviles can hit close to the way he has this year I would think KC would continue the improvement next year. Especially if Butler progresses the way he has the second half of the season. Ross’s numbers are good but a pickup of him might mean a blocking of Dunn/Burrell. Of the available FA’s I would think KC’s chances of landing one of those two are slightly better than landing Texeira or Furcal. Unless Moore’s relationship within the Braves would help with Furcal.

When negotiating with Dunn, a team is going to have to ask his agent what position(s) he wants to play. He may only be interested in playing the OF. If so, he’s not going to sign with the Royals if they are going to move him to 1B. And the Royals would be stupid to lie to him to get him to sign and then move him to 1B. That would create clubhouse problems and other players would learn of this, poisoning FA’s against the Royals for the future (even moreso than they are right now). And, we don’t yet know if we’ll be able to get Dunn at all. For all we know, someone is going to throw a huge contract offer at him that the Royals can’t/shouldn’t match.

The Royals may actually have a shot at Dunn now. There appears to be no interest in him at the deadline, despite his OBA and power numbers. That low average and high strikeouts seem to scare teams away (as well as possibly his attitude). I’m thinking the market for him may be smaller than I thought, which means we could get a real steal if we pursue him hard enough.

He played first poorly. The Reds moved him back to LF.

I have no idea what Dunn thought about the move or if he could get better at first given time.

Dunn would help the Royals out tremendously. If he is open minded about coming to play in KC the Royals should just let him pick his spot. LF/1B or DH. Just get that guy’s bat into the line-up.

I really want the Royals to either move Butler to first base or bring up Shealy.

I, too, thought that Callaspo had some speed earlier this year but I’m pretty sure he has below average speed….better than Grudz? Probably, but he is by no means a double-digit steals candidate.

and like some have said, I really hope he doesn’t make a trade just to do it. The cupboard out there is pretty bare right now. Mahay could bring back something interesting, but is he more valuable to us for another year?

Nothing wrong with dealing him next July. Look at how many suitors there are for two months of Brian Fuentes. Mahay is better, although without the “Proven Closer” tag.

My only worry is the volatility of reliever performance from year to year. But Mahay has been pretty solid the last few years, I think the chances of collapse are quite low.

who knows, though. It seems like they have a lot of guys like Ross too. I think they would definitely want a pretty good reliever for him, though.

3) Brandon Jones, OF, Grade B+
.257/.331/.382 for Triple-A Richmond, has actually been a bit better in the majors at .278/.316/.463. I probably overrated him by a notch but he should still be a useful player.

6) Brent Lillibridge, SS, Grade B
.212/.276/.288 in Triple-A, .208/.236/.358 in the majors. Really struggling with the strike zone this year, despite doing well in Triple-A last year. Perhaps he is frustrated.

Link here

The Royals should be looking to acquire anyone who is a free agent after next season.

Unless you were talking about getting Lillibridge.

Since the Marlins want what the Royals have, a catcher and a reliever, it seems to me that some deal can be made here. I don’t know how the Marlins would feel about bringing back Olivo, but the linked MLBTR story indicates something might be in the works, perhaps a three way deal with Toronto in the mix.

Here are a few prospects in the Marlins system which I would love to see the Royals acquire. I focused on power hitting prosects here as that is my obsession at this point.

Cameron Maybin – He was the top prospect in the Marlins system before this season. 21 year old outfielder. Not hitting for great power yet (.480 MiLB slugging) but he is only 21 and at AA.

Logan Morrison – Not nearly as well regarded at Maybin. First baseman at high-A. Unlike Maybin he is already driving the ball out of the park. He hit 24 homeruns in low-A last year.

Dallas McPherson still exists and is having a huge year at AAA. Take a look! Hmmm.

Tag Bozied is a 28 year old first baseman at AAA but he has hit 42 homeruns there over the last season and a half. He probably is not as good as Shealy ….

And yeah, what the hell is up with the Royals ignoring Shealy! Does anyone have a read on this? Shealy is having a great year at Omaha. I wish Trey Hillman would notice that Gload is having a terrible year. Anyone having a year that bad has to be hurt. Maybe Gload needs a little DL time? Hint Hint.

who do the Sox have to offer?

No way. He’s only 23 and he hasn’t even completed one full season at AA. There’s no reason to rush him. I would start him next year in Omaha.

the Royals frequently had players skip Omaha, and I think it normally turned out badly. Look back over Gordon’s first year. And Nunez. And Costa. A lot of guys were rushed and I think it probably hurt them more than it helped the major league club.

You can’t “option” a player who is out of options. You can waive him and you can outright him to the minors (and then he can refuse the assignment).