Kilamonster (rhymes with gila monster) kills another pitch

Kila hit his fifth home run in nine games in Omaha on Friday. This dude in en fuego. Is he starting to challenge for Shealy's chance next year?

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Shealy might be feeling the pressure

over the same time period here are his stats.

6-32 1 2b 2 HR 4 RBI’s 5 BB’s 8 So’s .188/.297/.375/.672 OPS not quite the 1.34 OPS Kila Monster has put up.

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

by kcscoliny on Aug 9, 2008 12:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Question on Kila

My understanding is that he’s a 6-year minor league FA at the end of this year, and that he’s not on the 40-man roster. If we put him on the 40-man, do we still control his rights, or will he be able to become a FA because he’s got 6 years of minor league service time?

I hereby resign from this post.

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 9, 2008 12:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well i know if we don't do something with him, he will become unprotected after this season.

by cfizzle on Aug 9, 2008 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe that all the Royals have to do is put him on the 40-man roster

and that will prevent him from becoming a minor league FA. I think that’s pretty much a certainty at this point. There are 3 or 4 guys who could easily be dumped off of the 40-man right now without a problem (Fulchino, Newman, Tupman, and Lisson at least).

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

by NYRoyal on Aug 9, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My vote is Fulchino. Newman just got called up so it’ll be good to see what we have in him. Tupman? I don’t know… with Pena there he is expendible I think. But do we want 4 catchers on the 40 man? Or 3?

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by 306008 on Aug 9, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All they have to do at this point is put him on the 40-man roster. Then they have him protected for at least three more years until he runs out of options as long as he remains on the roster.

by RATW on Aug 9, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs