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The following is an analysis of why Guillen's 97 RBIs in 2008 were overrated.  I myself used to side with the RBI crowd, but have come around to a different vision of thinking, as have most on this site.  But for the few holdouts, I present you this. 

This is slightly modified from a comment I made in another thread.

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Because I know we can't wait to see who's going to be suiting up for the boys in blue next year, I went through and mocked-up a preliminary roster for the Royals in 2010.

This roster still needs a RF, 5th starter, and LOOGY. I estimated arb awards and have $64.5 million spent thus far. So, assuming our payroll is no more than $75 million, we've got about $10 million to burn. Here's what I've come up with:

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via seattletimes.nwsource.com 

Fixing this team takes allot, considering are market system. Right now I am on the Dayton Moore bandwagon but not Trey Hillmans. To fix this team is first through free agency, are free agents are Miguel Olivo,Jamey Wright,Bruce Chen,Coco Crisp. The only one I would keep would be Coco because before his injury he gave this team a huge spark with his speed,quickness and glove. next is Cuts Willie Bloomquist and Josh Anderson these kids are not getting it done and that's all that it comes down too. know we have openings at pitching and catching. Free agents to replace these guys, would have to be a cheap veteran like Ivan Rodriquez who would be a nice cheap pickup and would compete with John Buck for backup catcher. Next is we need to relievers so I say we call up Carlos Rosa and give Arron Crow another year to develop, and then sign a guy like Rafael Beatencourt or LaTroy Hawkins to a one year deal. And maybe one or 2 outfielders for depth im thinking Garrett Anderson or anybody else. 

Then are lineup looks like this 

C Bryan Pena 

1st base Billy Butler 

2nd base Chris Getz 

DH Alberto Callaspo 

SS Mike Aviles 

3rd Base Alex Gordon 

Right Outfield Jose Guillen/Garrett Anderson 

Center Field Coco Crisp 

Left Field David DeJesus 

Then next is the pitching staff. 

Closer Joakim Soria 

Setup Kyle Fransworth 

Relievers Juan Cruz,Carlos Rosa,Dusty Hughes,LaTroy Hawkins or Rafael Betancourt 

Starting Pitchers Zach Grienke, Gil Meche, Robinson Tejeda, Brian Bannister, Luke Hochevar 

I think this team could compete in the division. 

The RRKLYr3 fantasy baseball league needs one more new manager to take over an orphaned team.  This is a 20 team keeper league that is based on Yahoo.  15 teams returned from last season's tough competition.  Going into the last week of the season 12 teams were still in the hunt for a playoff spot.  This is a very hardcore league.  If you need any advise about getting into the league email AxDxMx, NYRoyal, Marbotty, and or the 2009 winner Focs. 

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Last night at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Denny Matthews and his ghost writer Matt Fulks had a promo event for Denny’s new book that included an audience Q and A at the end.  While most of what Denny had to say dealt with reminiscences of old time good ol’ ballplayers, there were some interesting tidbits to take away:

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The Royals continue to the be the most active bidders on the minor league free agent market. Not content with guys like Wilson Betimet, John Bannister, Edwin Bellorin or Brad Thompson, the Royals today announced the signing of P Jorge Campillo. Campillo, 30, has the benefit of being both an ex-Mariner AND an ex-Brave. He only pitched 4 1/3 innings in the big leagues in 2009 due to shoulder tendinitis, but he posted a 3.91 ERA in 158 2/3 innings in 2008 with Atlanta. He is another soft-tosser, but a strikethrower with a 2.39 BB/9 innings in 180 MLB innings.

Campillo was a teammate of Joakim Soria for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic in 2009.

Fangraphs: Jorge Campillo

Two reasons to like Jorge Campillo

via www.theonion.com

Part of me wishes this was true. Especially when we were forced to pay for renovations and didnt even get the rolling roof.  We shoulda called their bluff and not voted for that POS addition, and either let em leave or built a new stadium downtown in place of the Sprint Center. F the Royals, F the Chiefs, welcome to a loosing city Mavericks. We cant even get the goddamn Onion in print here in KC??? Not that the news paper is a thriving product, but its free and we all love Free stuff ya buncha t-shirt Tuesday totin fools.

The Royals have signed former Cardinals right hander Brad Thompson to a one year minor league deal. Thompson, 27, was 2-6 with a 4.84 ERA in 80 innings in 2009, and has a lifetime 4.36 ERA in 385 MLB innings. He is a groundball pitcher, with a career groundball rate of 52.2%. His strikeout numbers are very low - 4.20 per nine innings for his career due to a fastball that tops out at about 87 mph, but he doesn't manage to walk a ton of guys, and when he keeps the ball low he can be somewhat effective. Not a bad candidate at all for a long relief/5th starter. Certainly better than signing Horacio Ramirez for $1.9 million.

Thompson hopes spring training doesn't interfere with senior prom

A good buddy of mine thought the following return would be pretty reasonable, while I disagreed and thought it would be way, way too much to ask for:

-An MLB-ready middle infielder

-An MLB-ready centerfielder

-Three AA prospects

-Three A prospects

-First-round draft picks from 2010 through 2020 (11 total)

He also noted Greinke's team-friendly contract and the following:

"Consider the value-added significance of Greinke in KC.  Imagine how much interest in the team - not to mention ticket sales - would suffer if they made another Dye for Perez or Beltran for Buck, Teahan, Wood deal."

What are everyone's thoughts?