I am a beer snob and I certainly looked down on their stadium for only having 3 beers available – all shitty Bud products.

but he’s not, selling low

some people would say gordon… but that’d really be selling low

The team has seemingly been trying to trade or maringalize Butler for a while… not sure it’s quite the right time yet.

DDJ’s bat is returning to norma. PRetending that Dayton Moore had a clue about player valuation, DDJ’s got value, especially on his screw-the-player contract. I love DDJ, but now’s the time for a team like the Royals to be selling all their guys 29 and over.

Teahen’s revived his career (where are all the “non-tender Teahen!” people now?), and while he costs a bit more in arb and isn’t as good a player as DDJ was at his age, he’s younger, can play some 3B as well as the OF corners — and, contrary to some people, isn’t just a “super-utility” except maybe on the top 2-3 teams in baseball. He’s not a star, but he’s a solid starter. That has value.

I guess anyone’s tradable if Moore knows what they are worth. I have doubts about that, of course. Yes, that includes Greinke. Seriously, just hypothetically, putting emotions aside, I think you’d have to take Longoria straight up for Greinke — Longoria’s arguable the best positoin player in the American League, he’s still getting better, and he’s tide up in a horrific (for him and his agent, who should have his license pulled) for the next 8 years or something. he’s good enough no defense he could probably play above average SS. Greinke’s historically great, but relative to Longoria, he’s more expensive and only under control for 3 more years. Even ifyou think he’s a bit more valuable straight up,t he contract makes Longoria a more valuable trade chip.

The point being, anyone should be available. Some guys just require things teams would be stupid to giveup (i.e., the Rays would need more than just Greinke to make the Longoria trade fair on their side).

Of a Brian Bannister for Lorenzo Cain, a CF prospect for the Brewers, deal

I’d give up a Saito-type for him in the next 10 days, but then he goes to waivers

he doesn’t have enough of a sample at Safeco to sa much about it; moreover, all hitters generally hit better at home, so he might be getting that bump. I used Brian Cartwright’s regressed component park factors and Wlad’s neutralized stats and he would hit a bit better at Kaufman.

He’s worth taking a chance on for nothing. Better than wasting PAs on the usual Dayton Moore crap.