You Are The Dayton Moore. A Rival GM Approaches You At The Winter Meetings...

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 1, 2011 7:37 PM EST

...says he understands that your team still has some holes. Asks what it will take for his team to obtain the services of Alex Gordon. After verifying with your assistant that Alex has two full years of team control left, and will be 28 in February, you tell the GM you will get back with him in the morning.

Morning comes. Before you have even grabbed a cup of coffee, your cell phone rings. It's Him. What are you going to tell Him?

A) Sorry, no can do. Aforementioned player is off limits. We have every intention of signing him to an extension before Spring Training.

B) We need starting pitching bad. Here's who YOU have, that we WANT:

C) We need pitching, but have some other needs also. This is the package that we will HAVE TO have:

D) Call me back at the trading deadline.

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If we ever trade Gordo (NOO)

I would want GMDM to get at least a #1 Starting pitcher and some sort of other prospect

Good game homie

by tiquanunderwear on Dec 1, 2011 7:47 PM EST reply actions

What type of prospect? Pitcher? Position player? If so, what position? Big League-ready only?

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 1, 2011 7:58 PM EST up reply actions

Hmmm Maybe an outfielder with talent

That could come in and compete for LF after Alex is gone

Good game homie

by tiquanunderwear on Dec 1, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions

It's Ni!

by BrRoyal on Dec 2, 2011 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

Just to throw out an example of what I would want...

Let’s assume its the marlins, I know its ridiculous, but lets just assume.
1. Anibal Sanchez. He’s still young, improving and his HR rate should be helped a bit by the K
2. Noah Perio a 2B at high A. He’s got talent, its just a ways off.

I think thats a good package, provided we can resign Sanchez.

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by RoyalPug on Dec 1, 2011 8:56 PM EST reply actions

Great example

And that is the type of move I could live with.

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 1, 2011 9:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

So if that trade were to happen,

Who would play LF and who would leadoff?

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 1, 2011 9:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Bloomquist... And Bloomquist.

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by averagegatsby on Dec 1, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

Rasmus..

lol

by vic1124 on Dec 2, 2011 4:04 AM EST up reply actions

There is a chance the Marlins don't resign him.

So, if the Royals wanted, they could have Sanchez AND Gordon by waiting a year. So…I don’t like it.

by dejezeus on Dec 2, 2011 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

If you take the above out of context, it sounds quite sexual.

You Are The Dayton Moore. A Rival GM Approaches You At The Winter Meetings…

says he understands that your team still has some holes.

Asks what it will take for his team to obtain the services of Alex Gordon.

Morning comes.

What are you going to tell Him?

Sorry, no can do. Aforementioned…is off limits

Here’s who YOU have, that we WANT:

This is the package that we will HAVE TO have

Call me back

Yea, I need to grow up.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 1, 2011 9:37 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

Would it be more or less sexual if he had Frenchy with him?

You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 1, 2011 9:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

People are now staring at me. I burst out with ridiculous laughter from this.

I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.

by mitchfreakingmaier! on Dec 2, 2011 9:44 AM EST up reply actions

Hi AA,

“Sure, nobody’s off-limits. I really like Lawrie, Ricky Romero, and Drabek. Take Getz while you’re at it.”

by Loose Seal on Dec 1, 2011 10:32 PM EST reply actions

What would I say?

“THE FUCK YOU DOING WAKING ME UP SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, ASSHOLE???”

by KennyPowers_from_Scout on Dec 1, 2011 11:17 PM EST reply actions

I love Gordon and I think he's very valuable to the Royals

But I would trade any player, including the Royals best players, if it is a trade which would improve the team. The complicating factor is a potential Gordon extension. Trading Gordon now would mean trading away the possibility of having him for more than two years. If an extension is still a possibility (and I have a feeling that one is currently being negotiated), this probably isn’t the best time to pull a Gordon trade.

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by Scott McKinney on Dec 2, 2011 1:34 AM EST reply actions

Scott, is you're choice A)?

by Rufus R. Jones on Dec 2, 2011 1:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

I guess so

I could still be bowled over by a tremendous offer. I’d probably say that we’re in the process of working on a contract extension, but if you want to make an offer, go ahead. I’ll listen. I’d make them make the first offer in this case.

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by Scott McKinney on Dec 2, 2011 2:39 AM EST up reply actions

At least three players is what I would be looking for in return:

1) Top of the rotation starter
2) ML-ready above-replacement outfielder
3) High-ceiling prospect

There is some flexibility on points 2 and 3, but none at all on point 1. Using Philadelphia as an example:

1) Cole Hamels, in his last year of team control
2) John Mayberry Jr. (turns 28 this December. I want to say he has four years of team control left. Might be five.) In 296 PAs, he hit .273/.341/.513, .369 wOBA, 133 wRC+, 2.5 fWAR last year.
3) Tyler Cloyd/Julio Rodriguez. Assuming that the Top 10 Phillies prospects (per BA) are off-limits, I’d take Cloyd (8.5 K/9 and 1.4 BB/9 in 146 IP last year, mostly in AA) or Rodriguez (9.7 K/9, 3.2 BB/9 in High A last year). There may be better options available. I do not have the inherent knowledge of the Phillies farm system to give a thorough option, but after researching for a little over an hour, these are two names that stuck out to me. Other than Trevor May or Jonathan Pettibone.

We should trade for Vance Worley.

by JKWard on Dec 2, 2011 5:51 AM EST reply actions