Lucas May traded

by seelztlb on Jun 1, 2011 10:02 PM EDT

Per MLB Trade Rumors, the Royals have traded Lucas May to the Diamondbacks for a 19 y/o Italian pitcher named Andrea Pizziconi. Add him to Vin Mazzaro and Jake Odirizzi and we have a lot of Scrabble points.

At first glance, this looks to be an absolute steal for the Royals. They ship off Lucas May, who was the 5th or 6th catcher at best in the Royals' organizational chart and relatively old at 26 for a 19 y/o pitcher with good traditional and decent peripheral numbers.

The Moore haters have to at least give him credit for putting another solid young arm in the system without giving up much of anything.

Lucas May: .176/.263/,329 in 95 PA at AAA
Andrea Pizziconi: 2.57 ERA 1.22 WHIP 5 K/9 3.4 BB/9 in 49 IP between Rookie League and A-.

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Pizziconi is more interesting than May if only by pedigree

I like it.

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by Scott McKinney on Jun 1, 2011 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

she sounds hot

Pics?

by PopeSoria on Jun 1, 2011 10:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs

So the Raptors did not take a woman 1st overall in 2006?

"That's fine wood from... somewhere."

by KeepItCopacetic on Jun 1, 2011 11:40 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah,

but we all know there just aren’t that many Zs in scrabble!

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by Justin Bopp on Jun 2, 2011 12:26 AM EDT reply actions

test sry

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

by splitty on Jun 2, 2011 12:50 AM EDT reply actions

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

by splitty on Jun 2, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

sry was just testing something

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

by splitty on Jun 2, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Can't wait for final results

"Stay Classy Kansas City"

by Mas Cervezas on Jun 2, 2011 12:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

because I'm not crazy about this

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jun 2, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Any

idea on who gets called up to Omaha? Is Sal Perez ready to move up, as Pina isn’t showing any bat?

by Jim Fetterolf on Jun 2, 2011 12:52 AM EDT reply actions

dude came off DL can't remember his name...Clark , clark came off the dl

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

by splitty on Jun 2, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

It was somebody I'd never heard of.

"That's fine wood from... somewhere."

by KeepItCopacetic on Jun 2, 2011 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Cody Clark

Forever AAA filler

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 2, 2011 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions

He's the next Vance "Crash" Wilson

It's all ball bearings these days!

by CentralChamps20?? on Jun 2, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess the three words t

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici

by JKWard on Jun 2, 2011 3:58 AM EDT reply actions

I guess the three words that describe this trade for me are "ho hum" and "meh."

It’ll be interesting to see what becomes of this pizzaconey, which to say that we got anything of anything for May is kind of absurd.

So we turned two and a half months of Scott Podsednik into Elisaul Pimentel and a dude with a girl’s name and one of the most ridiculous last names in the game.

Despite that, I’m going to have to give Dayton Moore a “Win” on that one.

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici

by JKWard on Jun 2, 2011 4:03 AM EDT reply actions

So...

Are you saying that you just invented new ball park food? The pizzaconey? It sounds badass. A large pizza stuffed with hotdogs, chili and cheese. Where do I sign?

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

by mitchfreakingmaier! on Jun 2, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions