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A bold idea to really jumpstart the Royals rebuild


I've been thinking of this for a while - there are only 3 assets the Royals can really trade that will actually provide the type of prospect haul to substantially increase the odds that the current bumper crop growing in the Royals minors will, after being supplemented by these trades, be so overwhelming that they could possibly render Moore's poor ML evaluations moot. Here we go:



Step 1: Greinke, Soria, Butler are the 3 assets. Keep Greinke and Soria, trade Butler. Butler should produce a nice haul of 3 or 4 prospects, with at least 1 (if not 2) Grade A or A-

 

Step 2: Bring Kila up to play 1B for the rest of 2010 and all of 2011. After he rakes, trade him for a similar haul of 3 or 4 prospects. By this time, Hosmer will be ready for 1B (2012)

 

Step 3: Use some of the savings from Butler's arb year savings to extend Greinke for another 2-3 years (thru 2014 or 2015)

 

With the wave of pitching prospects, all we need is for one of them to turn into another #1 like Greinke, then you have the 1-2 pitching punch that seems to characterize championship clubs. The rest of the rotation could easily be well above the rest of baseball's 3 thru 5 guys. Soria still manning the closer role. Offense led by Moose and Hosmer, with Myers somewhere in the lineup, Colon and Giavatella revamping the MI.

 

It is painful to say trade Butler - but Moore needs to do something ballsy. Hosmer looks like a LH version of Butler, but with better plate discipline and much better athleticism. Easily could project to be a better player than Butler (and I LIKE Butler...)

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