Royals Waiver Wire Possibilities
Heyman Thinks Hoagy, Bloomers and Maday would all clear waivers, and he even thinks we might get Gil through. I don't think we're out to waive Gil, but he is mentioned. Could we take a run at Dunn?
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philofthenorth
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Won't everybody be "Placed on Waivers"
this month (save Greinke/Soria/Butler/Gordon).
Doesn’t August work like this…
Royals place player Gil Meche on waivers (for example). If nobody claims him, then he can be traded up until Aug. 31. If someone DOES claim him, the Royals then have the option of keeping him, or allowing the claiming team to take Gil meche & his contract…
Why take a run @ Dunn?
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Aug 4, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What would you want to give up for Dunn?
Dunn’s a great hitter.
He’s obviously much bertter suited for the AL, where he might still be an above average player assuming he takes to DHing okay. He’s probably overpaid for next year at $12M, and then he’d be gone… I guess the Royals could try to get WAS to take a chunk of his salary, then trade him after enjoying the homers and walks for the first half of the season. It would be fun, but with the Royals not contending until probably 2012, it doesn’t really fit.
He’d be good, but I’m not sure his game is ideally suited for the K, which is pretty much neutral overall, but depresses HR rates while increasing hit rates on balls in play — the opposite of Dunn’s TTO approach.
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't give up anything for Dunn
or anyone like him until I gave Kila 3-400 PAs to see what he can do.
We don’t need another base clogger in the system.
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Aug 4, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Wouldn't Want
To give up much of anything for Dunn under these circumstances, but he was everybody’s here’s favorite free agent last year. Hoagy for Dunn, however, would be perfect. I’s throw in Maday and Sporqie, too.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 4, 2009 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by kcbottom9th on Aug 4, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by philofthenorth on Aug 4, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if they call in the next 5 minutes!!!!
Yes, I'm still alive. Sorry to disappoint you.
by royaldaddy on Aug 4, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if they call in the next 30 seconds
Vince the ShamWow guy will beat up a hooker just for them!
by AxDxMx on Aug 5, 2009 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is there any way to regress Dunn's numbers to the Royals level of sucktitude?
Maybe something simple….like the following:
Dunn Royal HR = (3-Year Avg) * 0.55
Dunn Royal RBI = (3-Year Avg) * 0.45
Dunn Royal SO = (3-Year Avg) * 1.4
Dunn Royal OBP = (3-Year Avg) * An irrelevency coefficient (i)
Dunn Royal Salary = (True Worth) + 3,500,000
Just some rough numbers, but that may be helpful to define how someone like Dunn would actually perform in KC. I’m thinking a full season line of Dunn in KC would look like the following:
HR = 25
RBI = 90
BA = .215
OBP = .350
SLG = .475
OPS = .825
Salary = $15,500,000
Time to take for those on Royals Review to turn on him………..priceless.
Turning Kool-Aid to Jesus Juice since 2009.
by Discodave on Aug 4, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He'd still be our best player
And I still don’t want him.
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Aug 4, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
15. Willy Taveras, Reds outfielder: But with .279 on-base percentage, who’d want him?
I know that is supposed to be a rhetorical question, but……..
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Aug 4, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is he a speed guy? Might be an option.
soon to change name to, "The Not So Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt"
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Aug 4, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Negative WAR, Over priced. He's ours.
Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.
by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Aug 4, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We Could Rebuild
Him, better, faster, stronger………….
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by philofthenorth on Aug 4, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From page 3 of that article (I think we found our #1 off-sason need)
• Two coveted free agents this winter could be Rockies GM Dan O’Dowd and Dodgers GM Ned Colletti. Colletti’s contract calls for a mutual option, meaning if he declines, he’s free. Both have done an excellent job this year.
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Aug 4, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
O'Dowd wouldn't be so bad
Ned Colletti is Dayton Moore with a moustasche and snakeskin boots
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
...and deep pockets
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Aug 4, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dan O'Friggin'Dowd?
not sold
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
by BHWick on Aug 4, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not my favorite
but I’d take him over Dayton Moore in a heartbeat
Eric Hinske isn’t great, either, but he clearly is a better player than Mike Jacobs.
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but getting dan o'dowd would be like signing Hinske to a 5 year deal...
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Aug 4, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In case anyone was wondering
Dayton is a free agent after 2010.
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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 4, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That soon?
That has cheered me up. No way he is kept on right? Right?!
by kcbottom9th on Aug 4, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Glass family makes the call
Does that answer your question?
Whatever they decide is most likely to be incorrect.
To turn this franchise around, I would recommend required viewing for the Glass regime of the Seinfeld episode where George did the opposite of his first inclination, with great results. There’s a lesson in there.
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
by loyal2sdad on Aug 4, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sell the team to Mark Cuban!
He bugs the crap out of me personally, but he’d be good for the team he owned and for baseball as a whole.
Just stay the f— of of my TV, Mark, bring in smart guys, put in the money, and we’ll get along fine.
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
too bad it doesnt matter.....
selig wont let him buy a team…otherwise he’d have either the cubs or pirates already
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Aug 4, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How About Paul
Allen, the accidental billionaire? He already owns 2 sports franchises, he wouldn’t even notice us back there in KC.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 4, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and that would give us a guy behind the front lines, right?
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some Of The
Helicopter pilots that fly for him used to work with me here in Alaska, but they’re hardly ever in Seattle.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 4, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's turned surprisingly cheap recently....
from what i’ve read…
you’d think a guy with multiple yachts worth more than the royals wouldnt be too concerned with losing a couple million/year on the royals
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Aug 4, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rich people don't get rich by throwing their money around
And if they do throw their money around like some lottery winners, NFL/MLB draft bonus babies, etc., they usually end up poor again very quick. In his case though (if he has just $1B), he would have to give out $32 a second to get rid of his money, that’s $115,000 per hour.
by AxDxMx on Aug 4, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So multiply those numbers by 10
That’s $320 a second, $1,150,000 per hour over the course of a year to blow his money. That’s a serious chunk of change.
by AxDxMx on Aug 5, 2009 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A couple years ago
He released a statement telling Royals fans to stop emailing him, he’s not buying the team.
Seriously.
BOOM! ROASTED!
by GoBabies!! on Aug 4, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
d'oh
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by devil_fingers on Aug 4, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we should start writing letters again?
If we show him that doesn’t work, maybe he’ll actually buy the team to silence us.
by AxDxMx on Aug 5, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he did found microsoft...im sure he's got a kick ass spam blocker
Fire Everyone
by billybeingbilly on Aug 5, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought we were talking about Mark Cuban
Anyways, I said write LETTERS. I suppose there is a spam blocker for that too though.
by AxDxMx on Aug 5, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs














