Poll: Who will be DFA'd tomorrow?

by jsolo on Jul 22, 2009 11:54 PM EDT

I tried to give what I deem are the most likely moves. These are the Royals however so they'll probably do something absurd like trade Kila for 2 washed up veteran middle relief guys to provide bullpen leadership.

I assume if there are multiple moves, they will all involve colon. I'd love to see about 7 moves made including dumping 3-4 relievers. That would be far too progressive for this team though. I'm sure at most we'll get a Colon DFA for Waechter even though Rosa and Hayes absolutely need to get the call - not that I have an issue with Waechter, but doubt he'll be back next year.

Poll

Who gets the ax tomorrow?

Colon

11 votes

Wright

7 votes

Bale

0 votes

Tejeda

2 votes

Colon and Wright

9 votes

Colon and Tejeda

5 votes

Colon and Bale

3 votes

Some move not listed

3 votes

Nothing. The Royals are confident their bullpen will be fine.

56 votes

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The Royals have destroyed any optimistic inclinations of its fanbase

The “Nothing” option is jumping out to a lead already.

by jsolo on Jul 23, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions

This is becoming more of

a support group with each passing day

Holy Shit!!!...Peterson resigned...Am I dead?...Is This Heaven?

by RoyalsFanStuckInCardsLand on Jul 23, 2009 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions

We should hire a psychologist

by BrRoyal on Jul 23, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

NHZ?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 23, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

or Pizza Cutter

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 23, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

he could be resident psychologist

and life guard for the RR pool parties, held at the palatial site headquarters.

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 23, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm optimistic

that whatever roster move the Royals make, Hillman will find a way to put the whoever remains in a position in which they’re likely to fail.

by 2X2L on Jul 23, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions

that and the guy brought in won't play for 2 weeks.

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by 306008 on Jul 23, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions

sounds the perfect time for a Kila call-up!

“That Kyle Hawaiian Guy thing didn’t really work out”

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 23, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Tomorrow they will sign Colon and Wright to extensions and release Kila

by Soria's Unibrow on Jul 23, 2009 2:41 AM EDT reply actions

Don't be ridiculous

Kila will be traded for a crappy Braves reliever from 2005. My money is on Blaine Boyer.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jul 23, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions

These are the Royals however so they'll probably do something absurd like trade Kila for 2 washed up veteran middle relief guys to provide bullpen leadership.

That is funny

But the Royals don’t think highly enough of Kila to even attempt to trade him for washed up players

by GobbleforCyoung on Jul 23, 2009 8:57 AM EDT reply actions

I've been calling for Rosa and Hayes for a week now,

and I see that Rany is now on board with that too.

In addition, assuming Meche returns, I would love to see the Royals attempt to turn Chen and Davies into relievers as well. I can’t shake the feeling that Chen might actually be OK in that role, or at least an upgrade over any number of the 6 non-Soria relievers currently on the roster. FWIW, usually when I’ve had these ideas about starters becoming relievers, they have proven to be accurate in the past. After all, nearly all relievers are failed starters, or they wouldn’t be relieving in the first place.

My idea with Davies is more out of desperation, in hopes that maybe this would help the “light come on” by forcing him to concentrate on throwing strikes and/or concentrate on refining only 1 or 2 pitches, with the idea of this helping him return to the rotation again next season. Honestly, I’ve almost given up on him, but because of the dearth of alternatives in our upper minors, the Royals almost have to try him one more time, don’t they?

Anyway, these combined moves would allow the Royals to trade or release 4 of the current 6 relievers. Once Farnsworth comes back, that would allow for a 5th to be discarded. I think I would keep only Juan Cruz, in the hope that he regains his former good form.

Reading back over this – how sad is it that I just advocated dumping five-sevenths of a ML bullpen, and can’t really find a good argument for that being too radical of a change? It’s just stunning how bad this bullpen has become this season.

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

by loyal2sdad on Jul 23, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

"Nothing. The Royals are confident their bullpen will be fine."

TRUST THE PROCESS! TRUST THE PROCESS!!!

"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 Jul 23, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs

any news on Jose Guillen's suddenly painful leg?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 23, 2009 1:41 PM EDT reply actions

I'd love to see a long DL stint

of course, that should be, “I’d love to see a long DL stint, IF it means Lubanski or Parraz gets a call up later this summer as a result”

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

by loyal2sdad on Jul 23, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly

But if they follow the ~~pattern~~ process, when he goes on the DL they will trade pitching prospects for a crappy replacement RF.

by Black and Gold on Jul 23, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Ryan Church?

has be been a Brave long enough?

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 23, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

not yet

but even so, he’s actually a decent player (the Francoeur-Church trade was arguably even more of a screwjob than the YB-Cortes trade) — decent hitter, decent defender. Cheap contract, too.

I analyzed both dumb trades at the time. (Dumb from the Royals/Mets perspectives. Very smart by both the Mariners and Braves.)

Church is a “born-again,” though, and has said some pretty dumb things in interviews about it. So that would make him atttractive to both the vulgar religiousity of the Royals as well as the vulgar anti-religiousity of some Royals critics. Everyone’s a winner.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 23, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions