Pregame Royals Links: Firesale Edition

by royalsreview on Jun 29, 2009 4:00 PM EDT in News Comment 36 comments

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo, right, can't get the tag on Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24) who scored from third on a David DeJesus fielder's choice to Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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4 months ago: Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo, right, can't get the tag on Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen (24) who scored from third on a David DeJesus fielder's choice to Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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I've been on the road this weekend, and won't get back til late tonight. I'm emotionally destroyed that I missed Royals-Pirates.

Has Billy Butler been traded yet?

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Has Billy Butler been traded yet?

YUNIESKI BETANCOURT NOW!

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 29, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES DAYTON IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS NED COLLETTI AND HAS IMPROVED THE TEAM WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by devil_fingers on Jun 29, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Billy fpr Francoeur

You know it makes sense. We clear the 1B/DH logjam, which lets the power bat of Mike Jacobs play 1B, Guillen to DH and Failcoeur to RF.

Everybody wins!.

by kcbottom9th on Jun 29, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

another option would be getting rid of DDJ, too, so GUillen and Francoeur can be awesome corner OF bookends

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by devil_fingers on Jun 29, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It will happen, mark my words

DJ for Diory Hernandez and Jeff Franceour
Mark Teahen for Jonathan Sanchez

100 losses here we come!

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 29, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually kind of like Sanchez

Not sure I’d give up Teahen for him, but I think he’d be a decent gamble for the right cost.

by jsolo on Jun 29, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and then maybe we swap BB

for Griffey and try to put him back in CF a la the ChiSox of last year. Hey, this team needs some veterans to teach them how to play the game.

by RoyalFlush on Jun 29, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

oh I almost forgot

I think Jim Edmonds is still available. Remember that catch he made with the Angels!?!?!

by RoyalFlush on Jun 29, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of catches

im sure we could get some dialog going with the angels for Gary Matthews, hes a gamer that plays hard and the right way.

by wildthang on Jun 29, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time to interject some comedy

This is true, I swear – when I saw the link to the story about Newfoundland and Labrador, I actually clicked on it with anticipation, for I honestly thought somebody was trying to breed some new coat colors for those dog breeds.

I shit you not.

I am stupid.

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

by loyal2sdad on Jun 29, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I enjoyed the Newfie link BTW

by kcbottom9th on Jun 29, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Barry Bonds is STILL available

and could be had for a song

Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.

by BillyMojo on Jun 29, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Post here when

Gil swears that his dead arm can make it to Wednesday

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by BHWick on Jun 29, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Royals scouting Phillies prospects

Phillies notebook

Former Phillies assistant general manager Mike Arbuckle, now a special adviser with the Royals, was at Lehigh Valley Friday when a pair of top prospects – Carrasco and catcher Lou Marson – were in action. The Royals have a couple of pitchers, Gil Meche and Brian Bannister, and several hitters who could be available via trade . . .

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 29, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Phillies

are the new Braves!!!

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

by loyal2sdad on Jun 29, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What would John Mayberry Jr, go for?

Nothing from Nothing leads to... Your 2009 Kansas City Royals

by averagegatsby on Jun 29, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jim York Jr. and Lance Clemons Jr.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 29, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm...

…what can I get for a Tim Raines Jr.?

by kcemigre on Jun 29, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ivan Calderon Jr

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by BHWick on Jun 29, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Am I thinking Mayberry is better than he is?

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by averagegatsby on Jun 29, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get the hype myself

His Minor league numbers are not that great. Decent, but not all that inspiring.

by kcbottom9th on Jun 29, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fair enough...

but is decent better than we have, we cant expect to have a team full of studs… Baby Steps?

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by averagegatsby on Jun 29, 2009 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For sure

I’d like to have him. I just wouldn’t want to give up too much. I think Meche and Banny ae worth more than him, Gil by a lot.

by kcbottom9th on Jun 29, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh I agree, but if we could unload Jacobs for him...

or this Bruce Chen guy?

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by averagegatsby on Jun 29, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seems like he'd be a decent platoon player

But not much more than a lefty masher. Probably a decent 4th OF option. Pretty limited upside with him.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 29, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tony Pena, Jr. and Tony Pena, Jr., Jr.

"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 Jun 30, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another Meche Q

are we so small-market that we can’t afford some sort of MRI for situation like that?

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by BHWick on Jun 29, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the Royals have to pay twice the going rate for an MRI

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by devil_fingers on Jun 29, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Bloomquist's Gritiness

And 95% Iron blood affect the magnetic field in Kansas City, and thus require a very powerful and expensive MRI machine.

by kcbottom9th on Jun 29, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW

Gil’s next start will be a day game. Because throwing the ball with a dead arm and bad back when it’s 85 outside is a smart idea

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by BHWick on Jun 29, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did we ever figure out why he has the dead arm?

Coffee. The NEW Performance Enhancing drug for Sport's Writers. Just ask Ken Rosenthal.

by 306008 on Jun 29, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am willing to bet

he might be partially pinching a nerve in his lower back due to the muscle spasms being so bad.

Just a wild guess though

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 29, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

or maybe not so lower back

a nerve that is affecting his arm

I really have no idea, but was just trying to guess an idea that kept the two events linked

this could not be the case

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 29, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No wilder than Nick Swartz's guesses.

by Steve Hovley on Jun 29, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A turd in hand is worth two in the pants.

But also, if you have a turd in your hand, pretty much everyone is going to know it. I would have to think that most of our players have never been less valuable as a trading commod…..commadi……chip. It hurts to give up on once bright prospects in order to fill out our minor league system with grade C prospects.

If you don't understand it, kill it.

by Discodave on Jun 29, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs