Royals sign P Phillip Humber to a minor league deal, according to 610's Greg Schaum

Also, we got cash from the Red Sox

To complete the Tug Hulett deal.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 15, 2009 4:48 PM EST reply actions

So what do we know about this guy?

I know the name but not much else.

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by JSouth on Dec 15, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions

Part of the Johan Santana Deal

by focs on Dec 15, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

Didn

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Dec 15, 2009 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

Didn't he also screw the pre pubescent Lolita......

In the Nabakov Novel? Its the equivalent of what GMDM is doing to the fragile psyche of Royal Fandom with the apparently apocalyptic Kendall signing.

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Dec 15, 2009 10:09 PM EST up reply actions

No, honey, no

by Gopherballs on Dec 15, 2009 10:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

An upside never reached his potential guy

Another cheap and good move from GMDM that is basically zero risk.

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by 306008 on Dec 15, 2009 4:59 PM EST reply actions

Kendall, the pitcher whisperer, will get him throwing right

Just like he did with Manny Parra last year

*You think I'm good* "You know, that Farnsworth is pretty good." *You will give me 9 million dollars* "So, Farnsy, how does $9 million sound?"

by jackie ballgame on Dec 15, 2009 5:02 PM EST reply actions

He was once one of the best prospects in the Mets system

His stock has dropped since then. He’s a nice, cheap reclamation project.

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by Scott McKinney on Dec 15, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions

good, cheap gamble

Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!

by loyal2sdad on Dec 15, 2009 6:10 PM EST reply actions

Milledge and Humber were the Mets best prospects

But Minaya didn’t want them. Luckily there is only one GM worse than Moore and that’s him.

Bryan Bullington! Phil Humber!

Mark Prior and Mark Mulder are next!

by GobbleforCyoung on Dec 15, 2009 6:37 PM EST reply actions

I don't see the harm

They’re cheap, why not take a flier?

by AxDxMx on Dec 15, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions

Carlos Pena, Ryan Ludwick, Jeremy Guthrie, Brandon Phillips were all failed prospects given up on by their organizations that turned out to be very good players. I don’t think Humber will end up being great, but who knows? Maybe in the right hands he turns his career around. If he doesn’t, all it cost us was a spot in Omaha, which we really have plenty of thanks to a number of poor drafts back in the day.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 15, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions

Wrong again

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by Scott McKinney on Dec 15, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions

Prior, no but I’d consider Mulder if he rehabbed all last year. The potential is too high and the cost is non-existent

by WURoyal on Dec 15, 2009 10:49 PM EST up reply actions

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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 15, 2009 11:09 PM EST up reply actions

Can't hurt

Somebody’s gotta start for Omaha, and the good arms aren’t quite there yet.

Murphy was an optimist.

by The Ol' Perfesser on Dec 15, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions

He's one last name letter from perennial favorite Justin Huber ;)

by sterlingice on Dec 16, 2009 1:16 AM EST reply actions

Love this deal, even though Humber probably won't pan out

Seems like Humber has been rumored to be dealt in every big deal for years.

Unless I'm wrong...
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by Top Ramen on Dec 16, 2009 11:53 AM EST reply actions

Brandon Phillips...

was a failed prospect? I thought he was part of the Big 3 Deal for Bartolo Colon? I dont remember him playing much for the Indians, figured they traded him before he got a shot.

by KCG816 on Dec 16, 2009 8:48 PM EST reply actions