How can Dayton Moore get himself out of the regrettable Jose Guillen situation without just up and...

How can Dayton Moore get himself out of the regrettable Jose Guillen situation without just up and admitting it was a really bad idea?

Joe Sheehan: Say nothing, make sure Guillen plays every day for the rest of the season, and go to Las Vegas with a league-average outfielder on a two-year, $24-million contract available for trade. Be willing to take back a little bit less on the deal and spend a couple million to be done with this.... Afterwards, make better decisions."

"Tony (Royalville): Is Adam Dunn a solution to the lack of power in KC this winter? And would it be a good signing?

Joe Sheehan: Good god, no. The Royals have a massive logjam on the corners as it is, and as much as they could use Dunn's offense, signing a player who adds to that is more problem than solution.... Lots of Royals questions today..."

Joe Sheehan, Baseball Prospectus Chat, August 18, 2008

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A log jam?

I’m not seeing it. Unless he considers Teahen as part of it, and I certainly don’t. Basically if DM did what JS suggests with Guillen, we’d have no legit corner outfielders on the roster.

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by doublestix on Aug 18, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

Is Sheehan’s answer to question #2 sarcasm? It seems like from the “as much as they could use Dunn’s offense, signing…” he’s serious. But he couldn’t be serious, could he? Logjam on the corners? The Royals have zero league average corner OFers. So was this supposed to be obvious sarcasm? Or do I not know what logjam means?

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Aug 18, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

I'm with you (both)

I thought other people might have some insights here, hence the posting. The more I think about it, the second answer has to be sarcasm. Anyone else more familiar with Sheehan’s style than I?

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Aug 18, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

He's not above sarcasm, but I would think that he'd usually say something which gives it a bit of a wink to make sure we know he's not serious

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Aug 18, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

It's not sarcasm.

It is, however, Sheehan’s blind refusal to ever seriously consider anything whatsoever having to do with the Royals, which I think more than anything else is his twisted attempt to counter-balance Rany.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Aug 18, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

What a Lame-o.

by cfizzle on Aug 18, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 18, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I'm here to fix eine cable?

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by marbotty on Aug 19, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Log jam

it must be the toilet kind.

He is just saying what the Royal GM’s of the past have been thinking.

Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.
-- Demetri Martin

by kcscoliny on Aug 18, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions

Every organization has a "logjam" at the corners

There are multiple players at the corner positions in the majors, AAA, AA, etc. But it’s only really a “logjam” if you have more good players than positions for them to play. As Sheehan should know (and of course he must know), the Royals are not exactly burned with that problem.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Aug 18, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions

I like how there were two royals questions.. and he said that was alot.

Guess 2 is just 2 too many for him

by cfizzle on Aug 18, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions

I wish Jose Guillen was league average this year.

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 18, 2008 11:17 PM EDT reply actions

Dunn

I have kinda thought all along that for some reason signing Dunn would be a bad decision. The only reason it would make sense is if you put him at left or right the next 4 years. And then you have blocked anybody that is coming up (or over in a trade, probably over in a trade) for a bad outfielder. He hits bombs, I get it. But its not like that has carried the Reds to the playoffs or anything like that. He’s just not part of the solution. We need to be trading veterans or minor league pitching for young hitting talent, preferably really near major league ready. We don’t need to be signing 30 year olds for lots of money. That’s how we ended up with Jose Guillen. Sure, Dunn might help us squeak out 5 more games a year. But he (or any other high priced vet)isn’t going to help us get in contention regularly. I believe that you don’t sign high priced vets when you are at 70 wins trying to get to 80. You sign them when you are at 83 wins trying to get to 90.

That’s just me.

In the Royals game of life, Neifi Perez is the rake.

by Matty486 on Aug 19, 2008 12:14 PM EDT reply actions