Giavotella promotion poll

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 1:13 PM EDT

After Dutton's report that the Royals have a 100-150 AB goal for Giavotella this year, the promotion heat has cranked up yet another notch. They've all but told us that Giavotella will be promoted by September, so what possible purpose could delaying another week or 2 serve?

I don't know the answer to that, but what I do know is that I'll be checking Dutton's twitter daily for news of a promotion until it happens. Really, the declaration that the promotion will come soon sets a sort of fun stage, building anticipation. Without the Dutton report, Giavotella Day would have been a welcome relief to the futile Chris Getz Experiment, but with the added anticipation, Giavotella Day might nearly rival the excitement of Hosmas. I'm pretty sure it will beat Moustakukah.

So to bide our time until that Joyous Day arrives:

Poll

When will Giavotella make his MLB debut?

On or before Tuesday, August 9.

26 votes

On or before Tuesday, August 16.

34 votes

On or before Tuesday, August 23.

18 votes

August 24 or later.

32 votes

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I voted August 9 or earliler

I’m guessing it happens over the weekend.

Although the fact that the next off day is the 22nd is noteworthy. The Royals might decide to carry an extra pitcher to get them through 20 games in 20 days.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 1:16 PM EDT reply actions

Barring injury, I don't see it happening until September.

Or if the 40-man changes somehow with a waiver wire trade or somesuch. Hopefully I’m wrong – I’d rather he actually got 150 PAs.

Kila's slash for Apr 20 to May 4, 2011, right before he was sent down: .276 / .344 / .448

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Aug 3, 2011 1:23 PM EDT reply actions

I don't pretend to get all bogged down with

knowing the waiver process, etc.- it bores me. However, how hard is it to get rid of some of this dead weight on our 40 man roster. Is not Kevin Pucetas still on it, for example?

by Rufus R. Jones on Aug 3, 2011 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

There's some dead weight

But there’s also a bunch of guys that we’ll want to add to protect them from Rule 5 this winter. There is a bit of a 40-man roster crunch, but since Gia is going to be added either way, that rost crunch shouldn’t play any role in his promotion timing.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe this is me being pessimistic, but Moore seems to see the "dead weight" as players he needs to keep around for some unknown reason.

Like Jesse Chavez, for instance. But looking at the Royals.com site, there aren’t a lot of other options – Kila, Clint, or maybe Bianchi might be guys that could pass through waivers.

Kila's slash for Apr 20 to May 4, 2011, right before he was sent down: .276 / .344 / .448

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Aug 3, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

To get rid of someone on the 40 man roster

You have to designate them for assignment, which exposes them to the waiver process. Anyone can claim them as long as they put them on their 40 man roster (not the active 25 man MLB roster).

Pucetas is no longer on the 40 man (he cleared waivers and was sent to Omaha IIRC). But we do have guys like Jesse Chavez, Derrick Robinson and Jeff Bianchi that would likely clear waivers if DFAed.

We will have to add guys this winter to protect them from the Rule 5. I could be wrong, but I believe the guys we’ll need to protect include:

2B Johnny Giovatella
C Salvador Perez
IF Rey Navarro

Any others?

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 3, 2011 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions

They wouldn't really waste a 40-man roster spot on Rey-Rey Navarro would they?

He’s a borderline prospect who isn’t anywhere near MLB-ready. No team would claim him and I can’t imagine anyone would care if they did. But I could see Moore putting him on the 40-man.

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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Put the 40 best on the 40-man

Navarro could be a borderline case. If the last slot came down to Navarro vs Bianchi, it’d be a tough call for me.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Neither would be difficult for me

I have no problem leaving either of them off the 40-man. There’s little reason to be optimistic about the future of either player. And there is no risk that any team would take them in the Rule 5 draft.

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by Scott McKinney on Aug 3, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

But if we lose him

The Carlos Rosa trade was all for naught!

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 3, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Bianchi would be a minor league FA I think.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Aug 3, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Not if you're on the 40 man roster

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 4, 2011 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, you might as well protect as many as you can

It’s not like the Royals get bonus draft picks for 40-man roster spots that are left unused.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

But why?

Why start burning the options of someone who is still years away when you don’t have to?

Edgar knows best.

by kcbottom9th on Aug 3, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

The loss of the option year is the downside to protecting from Rule 5

I suppose it’s possible that the risk of being selected is so small that it’s worth taking that chance to be able to option the player to the minors at any point in the next 4 years rather than 5. But I doubt that happens much.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd like to have

at least one open spot on there too so that we can grab a Soria if one’s available in the Rule 5 draft.

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by sfeldkamp on Aug 4, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Can't have Rey Navarro turning into Jose Bautista

gotta put him on dat 40.

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by Lum on Aug 3, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope

It is late. Not because I don’t want to see him, I do. But to be honest I don’t really care about his bat, I care about his glove. If he is only here for September, to get those AB’s he’ll have to play every day which is a lot more useful for judging his D than 2 games a week and PH duty.

Edgar knows best.

by kcbottom9th on Aug 3, 2011 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Hah, that would be an unexpected degree of incompetence

If they called up Gia and let him rot on the bench. Yost said they wouldn’t do that, but with the Royals, you can’t rule anything out.

by kcdc1 on Aug 3, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I look forward to September stories

Where Bob Dutton writes about the huge drop off in defense from the mistake-free Getz to the iron gloved Giovatella

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 3, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

You should just have Dutton's tweets sent to your cell phone.

I did that a long time ago and it’s perfect. He doesn’t tweet very much usually, but you always get the news first. The only problem I have is that I usually watch the game and he will sometimes tweet irrelevant statistics like hitting streaks. Thank God Billy’s series hitting streak is over. That was the worst.

by hawkinscm87 on Aug 3, 2011 3:34 PM EDT reply actions