Fixing the kansas city royals

by royalsfan99 on Nov 21, 2009 4:11 PM EST Comment 31 comments

Fixing this team takes allot, considering are market system. Right now I am on the Dayton Moore bandwagon but not Trey Hillmans. To fix this team is first through free agency, are free agents are Miguel Olivo,Jamey Wright,Bruce Chen,Coco Crisp. The only one I would keep would be Coco because before his injury he gave this team a huge spark with his speed,quickness and glove. next is Cuts Willie Bloomquist and Josh Anderson these kids are not getting it done and that's all that it comes down too. know we have openings at pitching and catching. Free agents to replace these guys, would have to be a cheap veteran like Ivan Rodriquez who would be a nice cheap pickup and would compete with John Buck for backup catcher. Next is we need to relievers so I say we call up Carlos Rosa and give Arron Crow another year to develop, and then sign a guy like Rafael Beatencourt or LaTroy Hawkins to a one year deal. And maybe one or 2 outfielders for depth im thinking Garrett Anderson or anybody else.

Then are lineup looks like this

C Bryan Pena

1st base Billy Butler

2nd base Chris Getz

DH Alberto Callaspo

SS Mike Aviles

3rd Base Alex Gordon

Right Outfield Jose Guillen/Garrett Anderson

Center Field Coco Crisp

Left Field David DeJesus

Then next is the pitching staff.

Closer Joakim Soria

Setup Kyle Fransworth

Relievers Juan Cruz,Carlos Rosa,Dusty Hughes,LaTroy Hawkins or Rafael Betancourt

Starting Pitchers Zach Grienke, Gil Meche, Robinson Tejeda, Brian Bannister, Luke Hochevar

I think this team could compete in the division.

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With respect, I don't think that team sniffs .500

It’s going to take more major changes to get this team into contention (or more years to develop prospects).

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by NYRoyal on Nov 21, 2009 4:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I just threw up in mouth a little bit.

Im not sure that team is even any better than what we had last year.

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by averagegatsby on Nov 21, 2009 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

A minor rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic.

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by NYRoyal on Nov 21, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I was gonna use that line...

but felt it would be plagiarizing other people here… Though i will admit that I didn’t see Aviles on the list, though I can’t imagine him wrestling the job from Bettancourt.

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by averagegatsby on Nov 21, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's an old cliche that we are all plagiarizing

And that’s the best kind of plagiarism.

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by NYRoyal on Nov 21, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hahahaha

Farnsworth as the set-up guy. That’s a good one!

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by Warden11 on Nov 21, 2009 4:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah theres no way he sets up if Betancourt is a MR

Betancourt has been a terrific set up guy the past few years

by Gobroks on Nov 22, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol no one else

Hate Larry Johnson.

by royalsfan99 on Nov 21, 2009 5:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Non-Soria relievers mentioned above who will likely be better than Farnsy in 2010

Rosa
Cruz
Betancourt
Hawkins

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by NYRoyal on Nov 21, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Betancourt

You mean Yuniesky, right?

/rimshot

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by jonfmorse on Nov 21, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i was sorta on board 'til you said Garrett Anderson

he’s really not that good.

relase Guillen and hell even put Mitch in RF. i could get with that. the defense would be awesome, and I think Mitch even had like a .360 OBP in the second half last year.

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by doublestix on Nov 21, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

eric hinske

Non-horrific defense in RF, decent hitter, could probably be had for $1M or less. Market Teahen w/ better bat and d., could probably be traded fir a live arm at the deadline, unless he carries KC to the World Series as he did his last three teams.

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by devil_fingers on Nov 21, 2009 5:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Rodriguez?

Are you kidding me?

By the way, doesn’t anyone realize Buck had a 103 OPS+ last year? He wasn’t horrible. I do think it’s probably time for him to go, just because everyone’s sick of him and that 103 is a major outlier in his career, but still…

I-Rod hasn’t had that good a season with the bat since before Dubya got re-elected.

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by jonfmorse on Nov 21, 2009 7:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

And I've read he's regressed defensively quite a bit

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by RoyalsRetro on Nov 23, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it's "our"

by trauty on Nov 21, 2009 11:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

this team would be dreadful

and IMO free-agency is NOT the way we need to go, unless it’s very minor pick-ups…need to wait out Guillen’s contract and then with some prospects coming up, spend some cash on areas of need for 2011.

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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Nov 21, 2009 11:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

There are a ton of guys on this roster

that I would cut before Bloomquist. Why the hate for him? It’s not his fault he started more than he should have last year. He’s very solid in a backup role. He is just fine as our utility guy IMO.

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by royaldaddy on Nov 22, 2009 1:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

ahead of who?

he’s worse than: Huglett, Getz, Fields, Maier, generic minor league contract outfielder x….

it’s not an issue of “fault,” it’s one of “suck”

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by devil_fingers on Nov 22, 2009 2:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Saying that he's worse than Tug or maier is a stretch.

I’m not saying he’s a world beater, but he’s a decent utility guy. Hillman just started him too much. It’s nice to have a guy around that can fill in acceptably at a number of different positions if needed. He shouldn’t be starting (minus the occasional off day for a regular). I just don’t get the hate for Willie.

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by royaldaddy on Nov 22, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How is saying he's worse than Maier is a stretch?

He gets on base more often than Bloomquist and actually plays a decent outfield.

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by Warden11 on Nov 22, 2009 12:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

They're different guys

You can’t compare them. If you needed a SS for a couple of days and could only call on one of them, who would you call? Will.

If you needed a CF, wouldn’t you call Mitch instead?

by Dadunca on Nov 23, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly. But why keep Willie around when there are guys that play SS better than Willie, too?

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by Warden11 on Nov 23, 2009 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't "hate" any player

but Willie sucks. The only position he could realistically play given his horrible hitting would be SS, if his defense was good there. But it’s absolutely horrible. There are tons of minor league guys like Tug Hullett who could be (at worst) as “good” as Bloomquist, and at much less money.

Willie’s maybe a 25th man on an NL squad. He has no upside, and doesn’t help any club out, really. He can’t hit well enough to start, and doesn’t play defense well enough anywhere to overcome that on any part-time basis.

Tug is at least as good on defense, can hit better, and is on a minor league deal. Maier can actually play center field, and so on.

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by devil_fingers on Nov 22, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Dayton could trade Willie since this is the last year of his 2 year deal

We eat the contract and get a B prospect in return?

by AxDxMx on Nov 22, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How many trades could Dayton possibly pull off with Minaya?

seriously, why would anyone give up a B prospect for Willie Bloomquist? Or even a C? Even if the Royals ate the money? They can always sign Tug or Donnie Murphy or someone to a minor league deal.

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by devil_fingers on Nov 22, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs