Winter Meetings Day One Open Thread
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 5:00 AM EST
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It's funny, but I didn't know the Winter Meetings existed until about 2006. Now, I can't wait for them each December. Longtime readers know the drill: if you see something posted by one of the usual suspects, post it here.
Dayton Moore has been active at the Meetings in the past, and he's already off to a fast start this off-season. Expect the unexpected. Which may be better than the insane (aka the least well-recieved post in RR history).
Your regular assortment of links is after the jump:
- Royals To Sign Noel Arguelles - Royals Authority
- The Royal Tower: Royals sign Cuban LHP?
- Bryan Bullington By The Books | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog
- Rany on the Royals: Kevin Appier: A Retrospective.
- J.P. and Dayton | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog
- The Royal Tower: TRT's 2010 Prospect List - #20 and #21
- Broken Bat Single: 2009 PCL Heat Chart
- Royally Speaking: How does Pudge fit into "the process"?
- Royals Top 30 Prospects: #12-7 - Royals Review
Baseball:
- A Brief Primer on the Rays Off-Season to Date and a Look Forward to the Winter Meetings - DRaysBay
- Dodgers' Juan Pierre drawing interest - MLB Daily Dish
- A Good Trade Doesn't Have To Be Foxy - Athletics Nation
- 2010 Draft Order – Updated December 4 " Andy Seiler's MLB Draft Blog
- Will David Wright's power return? - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
- Baltimore Orioles Top 20 Prospects for 2010 - Minor League Ball
- Blogger Hints 101 - "Headlines to Get Your Baseball Blog Noticed and Increase Traffic" - Beyond the Box Score
- Braves GM Frank Wren on Starters and Trades - Talking Chop
- The Template | U.S.S. Mariner
Grab Bag
- A hung parliament won’t stop the cuts | Martin Ivens - Times Online
- Anatomy of a Rumor- The Blue-Gray Sky
- Do Goalies Need to Face Shots in Order to Stop Shots? - Behind The Net
- Missouri = Poor ticket sales for bowls? - Rock M Nation
- A sign that Libs have got it right | The Australian
- YouTube - Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz (HQ Audio)
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I thought Terre Haute claimed that title
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
They should have had it in Pawnee
Then Leslie Knope could have tried to build a stadium on the empty lot and lure a team to make its home there.
Was it the wife
who killed her attorney husband and tried to frame her stepson?
Or was it The Stand?
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supposedly the Mets are interested in Gil...
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/mets-looking-at-meche.html
I’d be open packaging his 2/24M with Guillen’s 12M to pick up Castillo’s 2/12M. Other than that, I think we’re losing more by dealing Meche than we’d get elsewhere.
I also like dealing with Minaya whenever possible. It’s worked out well for us before…
no way we bring in Castillo.
Past his prime. He is another JoGui in waiting.
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That's His Upside
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think the money is the more relevant issue here
I’d rather dump guillen and meche’s deals and have 18M in free salary than Pagan and 10M free.
Castillo put up a solid .387 OBP last year, granted his SLG was .346… Not a horrible guy to have around though.
highly unlikely
yet they would be unexpected.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Dec 7, 2009 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
Castillo
I don’t get a Castillo deal, with Getz in the fold as well as Callaspo, at this point. Maybe a month ago, but not now… From the rumors, KC’d probably get Pagan back, but I don’t know what else? Metsies seem to be loath to trade pitching, so I don;t really see a match anywhere. Unless it’s a precursor to another deal… dump Guillen and Meche for Pagan and Castillo, then do Castillo for Bradley? Just spitballing… not in favor of it…
I agree
Doesn’t seem like a good match unless the Mets are willing to take on Meche’s salary without dumping Castillo on us.
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I think we have at least a shot to get a decent match here
I do NOT want Castillo brought in. But the Mets need pitching and it might be a good time to sell on Gil. I like Gil and he’s done some good things for us, but with his injury history and with the Royals trying to up his durability (with Hillman in charge of that), he’s going to be done by June.
I haven’t looked through their system, but I say Gil nets us a few decent prospects. And at least a “throw-in” that GMDM does so well with.
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This guy showed up on Baseball America's Hot Sheet in September
KIRK NIEUWENHUIS, CF
METS
Team: high Class A St. Luice (Florida State)/Double-A Binghamton (Eastern)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .452/.514/.774 (14-for-31), 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 4 BB, 10 SO, 1-for-1 SB
The Scoop: Nieuwenhuis has to be upset that the season is ending, because at this rate of improvement, he’d be flirting with hitting .400 by mid-November. He was plugging along with a solid but unspectacular season until August arrived. Since then, he’s hit .363 with 15 doubles, three triples and eight home runs-he had 10 home runs heading into August.
*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 7, 2009 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Here is the list of Mets from Sickles Last year...
2009 Mets Prospects with results…
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Ruben Tejada looks intriguing
Kyle Allen, Eric Beaulac as well.
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I really think Dayton could take the rest of the winter off
And this would be his best off-season yet. Seriously, I’ve really liked his minor league FA pickups and the Arguellas signing.
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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 7, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
I'd still love to have Pudge back there
receiving ZG and teaching our youngsters within the system. They could learn so much from him. Not to mention with him behind our plate calling pitches, ZG would be even more dominate.
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If Pudge was still good defensively
I might agree with you. I might even be willing to tolerate how severely his bat has deteriorated.
But Buck has plenty of big-league experience and really, aside from throwing out basestealers, he is better than Pudge right now both offensively and defensively. Both Meche and Greinke have raved in the past about Buck’s game-calling smarts. He has plenty to teach younger pitchers too, I would imagine.
In short, if all Pudge has going for him at this point is intangibles, no thanks. Buck and B. Pena would be preferable.
Buck had an OPS+ of 103 last year, same as Olivo
And he’s better defensively (except for CS%, which Olivo was terrible at last year). I’m not against keeping him. Especially if someone else’s backup will cost $1.5M or more.
What will Buck get in arbitration?
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$3-$4 million
On the market, he is not worth that. He would be worth non-tendering and trying to re-sign around $1-$2 million (although I bet there is a fair amount of competition for him if he is non-tendered).
He made $2.9 million last year
and arbitration consider both service time and how much a player made last year in addition to actual performance.
Pudge is a bit above average defensively
but he can’t even hit as well as Yuniesky Betancourt. Oh, and he’s in this late 30s. What’s the point other than a pointless Dayton Moore nostalagia trip? What’s next, bringing a crappy CF who’s worse than MITCH to take his place? Let’s see, Scott Podsednik? Just kiddin’. Oh, wait…
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He's hoping a year or two in KC
Will persuade Pudege to enter the HOF with a Royal’s cap on. That will cement his legacy forever, the man who developed (cough) only the second Royals HOFer!
let's hope
he keeps it going. I’ll be honest, as much as I’ve held out hope that he would/will turn things around, I am terrified that he’s going to do something really stupid to wipe it all out.
so far, so good, however.
"He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it felt...he lives vicariously...through himself- He is the most interesting man in the world"
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Dec 7, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
I was thinking more like
Willy Taveras $4/40, but Betard works as well.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Dec 7, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
yes,
the spelling was intentional.
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Dec 7, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
I want to see a move or two at the major league level to improve the team
but at the same time, I’m terrified at many of the rumors that have surfaced so far (Podsednik, Pudge, Bedard*)
* depends on contract
Unless I'm wrong...
My Twitter feed
I think the Pudge and Podsednik rumors
have a lot more to do with their agents trying to pump up interest for clients that are facing a bad market than it does with the Royals really being interested in signing either of them. Who knows, though? With Dayton I’ve learned to hope for the best, but expect the worst when it comes to free agent acquisitions.
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 7, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
What's even worse, is that Dayton thinks he's competing against himself now
Hopefully, 10 years and $100M is enough to sign Pudge.
Unless there is a trade
the free agents who would fit the Royals’ budget might not become free agents until December 12, the non-tender deadline.
In other words, the Gabe Gross era is maybe five days away.
its weird that we haven't had a Francouer rumor in months
someone make this happen
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
The process is working
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
There was some talk the Mets wanted Jacobs.
Go Royals!
IIRC that was a blog post
and the guy was taken to task for it.
Doesn’t mean Minaya wouldn’t do it though.
RUMOR!
ESPN Chicago’s Bruce Levine says sources have told him that reports that the Cubs traded for Tampa Bay’s Pat Burrell then shipped him to the Mets is completely erroneous.
From ESPN’s Winter meetings live thingy.
oops, this
Also, Levine says the Cubs and Royals have had discussions about finding possible salary matches for Milton Bradley.
that would have to basically be Meche, right?
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
or Jose G I guess
not really a true match though
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Mech and Gullen for Bradley most likely.
Go Royals!
that would be a decent deal for the Royals
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
what do you thing the renovations were for?
heightened security at the K. No way Milton’s finding the press box now.
At Least He's
Turned his life around.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
Meche? are you kidding?
Bradley for Guillen? Yes— the Cubs unload a headache and free up $8mm (2/20 vs. 1/12). The Royals need to think outside the box; accepting Bradley’s temperament to get his underpriced production is the kind of move the Royals can make that most teams would not. If you assume Guillen is worthless (and you should), it’s likely that Bradley will be worth more than the 2-3 incremental wins needed to justify the extra $8mm spend.
Adding Meche to the deal makes no sense for KC, and assuming the Cubs are hell-bent on not bringing Bradley back in 2010, there’s no need for the Royals to be so generous.
agreed it would be a bad trade
but guillen is only owed $12 million, while bradley is owed $20
so if we take the report that they wanted to match the salaries, it doesn’t quite fit
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
The Cubs shot down Levine's report of meeting with the Royals about Bradley, tweets Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Pierre
would be a solid pick-up assuming the cost was not too great.
Imagine if we were an NBA team
We’d have so many good trade offers because teams would love our expiring cap space!
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I like the idea of dumping Meche
This kind of move can only reduce the number of beard patches on the team. A net plus, in that respect.
StonewallPDS
if the royals are actually gonna do this right
thats what they should do
but think less about the salary than getting prospects back
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
Beard patches only work
when they match the team color, a la red for the Cardinals.
Blue beard patches would only look right on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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by cmkeller on Dec 7, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Have I mention that
Meche is a “warrior”?
Except for the fact that he is playing a child’s game, and hasn’t really fought in any wars?
StonewallPDS
by StonewallPDS on Dec 7, 2009 2:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
how does that compare to gritty?
The Original member of the Ndamukong Suh bandwagon
by averagegatsby on Dec 7, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
Slimier
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Go ahead and discount any Guillen, Farnsworth, or Cruz rumors
All those contracts have substantial negative value.
No NL team will take a 12 million gamble on Guillen being able to play RF this year.
No AL team would give us anything for Guillen unless we’d eat over half his salary.
Its the Mexican first name, and French last name that confuses me
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he either loves or hates Cinco de Mayo
or is it Diez i Seis de Septimebre?
one is for a mexican battle against the French
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
And his nickname is "Manny"
Or should be.
StonewallPDS
He's like Scott Podsednik
except way more expensive
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
dayton needs to return to the Odalis Perez trade model
eat salary to buy prospects
where did that guy go?
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
that guy was the GM equivalent of Jeff Francoeur's 2005
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
i'll probably eat my words soon but...
he hasn’t actually done anything yet… for all we know we will end up with some prospects
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by CollininCalifornia on Dec 7, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
All these links between Colletti-, Moore-, and Hendry-run clubs are perfect
Love the Dutton WM preview article, too:
Moore is looking to maybe trade cost-controlled guys like Callaspo and DeJesus, Bannister and Davies, but is ’disinclined" to trade Gl Mche.
He wants to bring in Ivan Rodriguez, who I think was last good when my grandparents were alive.
Apparently, Mitch Maier isn’t good enough for CF, but mid-30s Scott Podsednik, who hasn’t regularly played Center Field in years and can’t hit better than Mitch, is a consideration.
If that article isn’t enough to push anyone onto the “Fire Dayton” side of things, I don’t know what will, other than finding out that he slept with Tiger Woods.
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the team isn't "mature" enough
maybe dayton thinks by acquiring Podsednik and playing him in CF every will push the league average UZR down enough that it will vault MITCH and Josh’s numbers into the stratosphere.
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
its amazing how quickly this thing ran off the tracks
2006-7: moore sorta cleans house, makes a bazillion moves, gets Glass to spend more on amateur talent
2008: gil meche contract working out convinces moore he can build a winning big league club through FA… drafting expensively continues, but nearly everything else related to the rebuild stops
we’re basically the red sox or yankees in how we’re approaching things now (with 30% of the budget)
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
And moreover,
With respect to Mr. Butler, one “Pudge” per team is enough.
StonewallPDS
Are you kidding?
If he slept with Tiger, he could score an entire year’s payroll as hush money.
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So when does Noel get officially signed?
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Dodgers, Mets
Discussing Luis Castillo/Juan Pierre deal.
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NOOOO!!
It’s bad enough that we might miss on one of them, but Dayton can’t let both slip through his fingers!
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
"I was doing this when BJ was in his father's nutsack." -Renzo Gracie
by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 7, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Podsednik makes zero sense
First, Moore says he wants to obtain as many cost controlled players as he can. Then, he wants to get Podsednick?
Now, granted Mitch is no great shakes – but he IS cost controlled, he COULD get a little better, and, I’ll say it – he wasn’t that bad last year in the first place.
Certainly not a part of a contending team in some distant future year we can all only dream we will live to see – but DEFINETLY a viable placeholder until the farm system develops another Beltran.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
Latest Royals rumor from the meetings
Reportedly, Moore is sharing a room with a “right hand man” this week in Indianapolis.
No word on who exactly this new insider is, other than he signed the hotel register as “I. Wolf”
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Dec 7, 2009 4:35 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Just stroll
right into Mordor!!!!!!
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ask Eldrick
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions
That's the guy who cleans up messy murders for Marcellis Wallace
*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?"
You sendin' the Wolf?
Sheeeit negro, that’s all you had to say!
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 7, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Better than JoGui
for ~$11M less
Rox released Murton, I guess he’s interested in Japan.
Tangled up in Plaid
by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Mark Teahen show replacement should be the
“Josh Fields throwing passes to route-running fans with Chris Getz in coverage” ….Show
Tangled up in Plaid
by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
That'd be ok.
But I’ve literally just erased three jokes because they’d all be too obscure.
Well you didn't say that
Of course I’d rather have Murton than Guillen’s contract, but as you mentioned, Murton is headed to Japan.
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
Maybe Trey-San Will
Accompany him.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
that'd be just fine
I’m sure he has unfinished business over there
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by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
But..
If the Rockies want to move Spilborghs, then I’d be interested.
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Spilborghs seems destined to end up here
probably after stints with SEA & ATL, once he has overwhelmingly negative value
Tangled up in Plaid
by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
He's not great in CF
But he does have experience in all 3 OF positions and has been above league average defensively, IMO. I don’t have the stats to prove that statement, I just watch a lot of Rockies games.
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
Does anyone have interest in Duchscherer?
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
Mrs. Duchscherer?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
A dollar says
Minaya gets absolutely owned in a Duchscherer deal
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by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I guess he just declined arb
my bad
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by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
he's divorced
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Then She's Probably
Really interested in him now.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Dec 7, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
Sooo....
no interest from anybody here…ok, gotcha..moving on.
How about Boof, is he still a non-tender candidate?
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Duchsherer is a decent pitcher
health concerns, though
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
But would you take the risk if the price was right?
And what would the right price be?
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
I'm not sure
depends on whether he can start or not
Seems like a good candidate for a incentive-laden deal
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 7, 2009 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
yea...
he just doesn’t seem like a good fit for where the royals are at
same as the bedard deal, 4th place teams don’t need to spend money to get to 3rd
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
Soo
we should not spend money and hope that the same players we have will suddenly get us to 3rd? Or do you believe that we have the ability to just skip 3rd and go straight to the top? I’m of the thinking that getting to 3rd would open a lot more doors for this team for the following year.
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
What doors exactly?
Locking up Butler? More desirable FA destination?
I’m curious what these doors you speak of hold
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by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I’m no expert at this sort of thing. But I would think an improved team, even if only to 3rd place, would increase attendance and revenue at the stadium. Which in turn SHOULD mean that Glass will continue to spend money, especially if the product on the field is improving. And winning makes KC more desirable, whether it is in the free agent market or internationally. My point being, we always complain that we can’t compete for bigger names or even mid-level guys because nobody wants to come here. Well, make it more appealing and then they will. And in most cases, 3rd is more appealing than 4th. Climb one rung and then use what you gained to your advantage to continue climbing.
FKA "MileHighKCfan"
I'll play some Devil's advocate and agree here, to an extent
If not for the Royals winning 75 in 2008 and looking like they were going in the right direction, does Zack sign an extension?
There is some value to not losing 100 games and being in a perpetual state of suck the last 3 months of the season.
Probably not what you were hoping for
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I just don't see much difference between 3rd and 4th
they’re both in the “bleh” range, in this division especially.
I want to stay the hell away from the FA market, unless it’s a vastly undervalued and/or low risk type guy.
Tangled up in Plaid
by McClure 'stache on Dec 7, 2009 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
spend money on the draft and young players
not two year flyers
either rebuild or don’t
by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Adam Everett re-ups with the Tigers for a year
post at FanGraphs if/when I hear about the money
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kinda thought he'd get at least a 2 year deal elsewhere
but maybe not
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I love the first comment over at Fangraphs (after the typo)
“.240/.204/.342?
That’s quite a lot of sac bunts and sac flies slotted in there somewhere."
Rumors
I love how one guy can say that a move is imminent and then later another guy says nothing is imminent. There is no consequence for running with a rumor and hoping that it actually goes through so you look like you knew all along and then nothing happens. I love it, all glory and no shame!
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My response to your post is imminent
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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 7, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm hearing unconfirmed rumors
that I’m pretending to ‘stay late’ at work but am really just browsing for the latest hardball goss…
by Yunielateral Movement on Dec 7, 2009 6:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
It's actually been confirmed
that you are not pretending any more, you are actually staying late.
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ESPN has just assigned Pedro Gomez to harrass you 24/7/365
until the truth is known.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Dec 7, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
Your wily Latino charm
will not work on me, Pedro.
I will neither confirm nor deny constantly checking Royals Review in order to ‘be there’ with the rest of you on the very second we all become aware of the next glorious piece of The Process.
by Yunielateral Movement on Dec 7, 2009 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
Taking a page out of Trey "Hardest working man in baseball" Hillman's book, I see...
Unless I'm wrong...
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matt murton is going japanese
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by CollininCalifornia on Dec 7, 2009 6:36 PM EST reply actions
The Vapors approve
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Dec 7, 2009 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
Not a bad move from his perspective
He likely could have found a job in majors as a bench player (and is good enough to start for some teams), but he would make the major league minimum. In Japan, he can make enough in one year (U.S. hitters often get at least $1-2 million) that he does not have to worry about retirement. And he can come back in a year or two and try the majors again.
The 2008 meetings would suggest "yes"
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3766880
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by Will McDonald on Dec 7, 2009 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Damn could have had Penny for........
$7.5 guaranteed? Incentives to $9? I didn’t think he’d get more than $5 for a year.
Mozeliak rolling the dice
Tangled up in Plaid
Ugh. That's a lot of money for him
But I guess pitching really is thin…
Any word on what Carl Crawford is going to do yet?
And besides Guillen, who will be available next year…
Too early to extend Guillen?
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by averagegatsby on Dec 7, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
Like we did with Teahen.
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by philofthenorth on Dec 8, 2009 6:33 PM EST up reply actions
My guess
the Rays are gong to hang onto him, since they should contend again next year. If they feel like they’re out of it at the deadline, they’ll move him.
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 8, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
The re-signing of Julio Pimentel did not get its own thread?
He went from Top 10 prospect to future reliever to hurt to minor league free agent to reclamation project in two years.
the Royals re-signed him? cool, i guess.
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by CollininCalifornia on Dec 7, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
thank goodness
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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 8, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
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