Possibly, but he would have to sign off on any move.

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I just don't see the return being worth it. Although, the contract year bounce might make Alex want another contract.... which i would not be in favor of, unless it were a team friendly one year deal or something.

They didn’t make the playoffs in 16 because of several factors. The pen wasn’t a huge one, and was secondary to:

1) injuries to Cain, Moustakas, and Gordon
2) the horrendous production from the #5 spot in the rotation. KC was something like 10-12 games under .500 on days that spot started

The pen was actually dynamic in August before fading in Sept.


You’re basing this on?

Moore’s track record in trades is pretty strong. Wade Davis for Jorge Soler being his only real bad move of a valuable asset.

Why get rid of Soler?

Seems like he’d make a nice power-hitting DH.

1. Homer Bailey is our only deadline trade asset. And he’s a good one

2. DM doesn’t know “how to build a bullpen” any better than other GMs unless I see proof.

3. His PadrAIDS trade for Cahill et al was brutal but then, Strahm isn’t that big a sacrifice.

4. Justin Smoak’s 1st RBI in 2010 debut scored Vlad Guerrero. Yesterday Vlad Guerrero Jr 1st RBI scores.....guess who?

God damn give Mondesi a contract before he gets too expensive

Mondesi is literally a MVP candidate

Good lord Gordon already has 8 HBPs. That puts him on pace for about 38 or 39 which would be the 2nd most in a single season. He needs to pick up his pace a bit if he wants 1st place. Ron Hunt had 50 in 1971 and here's an article to show you how absolutely insane that is https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...by-50-pitches/.

Great clutch dinger by Doze. 2-2 game

Pump the breaks. Hes been the 4th best best offensive player on the Royals so far. As long as Trout and Betts are in the AL hes not winning an MVP.

Dozier might have an argument though.

Kennedy gives up the walk off.

Way to go Kennedy. :shake:

What a limpdick "effort" from the offense. Monty and Joel are blaming Gutierrez for Kennedy giving up a 3 run jack.

I hate when people bring up effort, as if theyre not trying.

Ian Kennedy is who we thought he was.

I’ve never hated a royal like this POS $15m reliever

Alcides Escobar says Hi.

Chris Getz is heartbroken.

And Jeremy Guthrie just threw an 83 mph fastball at his son in anger.

Jose Guillen says hello!

How do Escobar and Guthrie even sniff a “most hated Royals” list?

You weren't here for PB's lovefest of them, then.

No hate for Neifi Perez?

Bleached out blond dude playing first base says hello.

Kennedy has been very good. He should be our closer moving forward. He is very difficult to face if you havent seen him yet

Zimmer has had 3 straight scoreless and hitless outings, but he's also allowed a walk in every single one of his appearances. Things are definitely looking up for him and hopefully soon he will be up to replace Fat Wily or Boxberger. Ned Yost said that Zimmer has to earn his spot on the big league roster, but apparently that doesn't apply to Peralta or Boxberger. They both have ERAs above 6.5 and WHIPS 1.650 and higher. Then you have this Kalish guy who's never gotten a shot, but has always had decent numbers and really good numbers this year between AA and AAA he has 20 innings, 1.35 ERA, 3 Walks, 26 Strikeouts, and a .850 WHIP. What's the point in keeping him in AAA? Is it because he's not on the 40 man? Who ****ing cares? Cut Wily Peralta and Brad Boxbergers worthless ****ing asses. Kalish is 27 years old for ****s sake, so it's not about service time. It's time to give the guy a chance, but Dayton is a ****ing reerun and will keep Peralta and Boxberger to try to raise their trade value. I can't stand that ****ing idiot. Bring up Kalish and Zimmer and get rid of those 2 losers. Also get Nicky Lopez and Bubba Starling here too.

P.S. our pitching staff is a joke. Yeah everyone knows the bullpen is bad, but God damn our starters are trash too.

Keller - 4.07 ERA
Lopez - 5.09 ERA
Junis - 5.12 ERA
Bailey - 5.25 ERA

Duffy has looked pretty good in the time he's been back, but Jesus Christ outside of Keller and Duffy that shit is pathetic. Hopefully the pitchers we drafted last year can amount to something, but I won't get my hopes up. This organization has a knack for ruining high upside arms.

This is not the year to be overly invested in either the Royals or SKC, they're re-somethining...

Just let them play their games and hope for a better year next year...

There are no years to be overly invested in SportingKC, so that’s easy.

As it relates to the Royals, because who really GAF about soccer......

I like checking in on the games. Not really emotionally invested, but it's been fun to watch the lineup improve. Our pitching is a nightmare. We really need some of our Pitchers in the minors to be ready to step up next season

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Heading to the game tonight. Hopefully it’s a good one.

I like checking in, too. There are a lot of fun guys to watch here (Mondesi, Merrifield, Dozier, Gordon’s resurgence, Soler). Junis, Keller, and Duffy starts are good to catch and I like Lopez, too.

Lopez and Starling (if he continues to hit) are going to be there eventually, too. Starling was out for a bit with a minor injury. I still think it makes sense to give him a few more months at Omaha to show sustained success. No need to rush him now.

What's the story with Kelvin Gutierriez? Is he legit, or is this just a flash in the pan? If he's legit, I love the thought of him at 3B, Mondi at SS, Lopez at 2B and Doze at 1B. Whit takes a perm-spot in LF after Gordon is traded this Summer. Thoughts?

I still like Ohearn at 1st and Dozier in RF with Soler at DH.

Gutierrez is a good glove, contact guy who had questions about translating his raw power.

He wasn’t an elite prospect but he looks like at least a solid bat.

I think he could be a UTIL-type Guy. I know he can play some 2B and might be able to stretch it at SS, too.

I’m confident O’Hearn’s bat comes around again due to the peripheral stats. Need that LH power in the lineup, too. Especially if Gordon leaves after this year.

Serious what's up with Jake Kalish? Through all levels he has a 3.08 ERA, 1.161 WHIP, 8.5 SO9, 1.8 BB9 and this year hes played even better and has bumped his SO9 to 11.7. So why isn't he in the majors?

Dozier is still hot. Another home run tonight.

And Mondi as well.

That was a bomb! Curious what the exit velocity was on that one. 115-ish?

****ing Junis. Jesus Christ....

This isn’t a ballpark... it’s a Barbie dream house. It’s 200 ft to left.

It went 443 FWIW

Lol Wily Peralta really proving he belongs. Im glad this organization holds players accountable.

Did the losers lose again?

Barely!

If Soler can stay healthy until the trade deadline, I'd take whatever the Royals could get for him. He's been unable to play a complete season in the Majors due to injuries and his ineptitude in the outfield is scary. After trading him, my new DH would be Alex Gordon. Moving Alex to DH, allows the Royals to move Whit to LF. Which opens up a spot for Lopez at 2nd. And, if the the Royals / Gordon can come to a team friendly, short term contract extension with the understanding that he is primarily their DH, I'm good with that.

315 ft to center & 362 ft to left center. ;)

Just keep Soler at DH cause like you said he sucks in the field. Lopez at 2nd, Gordon in left, Whit in right. Hamilton's range in center has not impressed me at all......bat is not good enough either....

This is a horrible take.

If Soler could stay healthy, I'd agree. After the trade deadline, I expect Hamilton to be gone and Starling playing CF. Khalil Lee (AA) or Elier Hernandez(AAA) can play RF. Gordon isn't getting any younger. DH would preserve his old body.

Hamilton isn’t cheap by royals’ standards....unless we can trade him...which I doubt... do you think we drop him? It was a stupid signing from the jump.

Move Gordon to DH?

Considering he’s remained an above-average LF who adds value with his glove, it would whack about half of his value to the team.

If you’re moving Soler to a full-time DH slot and promoting Lopez, Merrifield can just go to RF (and you can still kind of rotate guys through DH for a 1/2 day break, using Merrifield to spell them in the field).

Lopez is going to be one of those guys the prospect lists just missed, I think. He’s not flashy or toolsy, but the skills are just so good.

Do you expect Soler to stay healthy? I'm hoping he stays healthy until the trade deadline so he can be traded. The Royals are going to have a new LF next year. And, since winning this year is not the priority, go ahead and make the move.

He’s making $5 mil. this year, which is cheap by MLB standards, with a mutual option for next year. If they can trade him for something at the deadline, they probably will. If not, they’ll probably just decline his option after the season. Especially considering we may see Bubba later this year in the OF, Whit may be in RF much more regularly once Lopez comes up and Lee could arrive sometime next year. That doesn’t really leave any room for Hamilton next year.

https://www.royalsreview.com/2019/5/...-zimmer-opener

Are they prepping Zimmer to be a starter? He started Sundays game and pitched two scoreless innings.

Our replacement for Owings could be in Omaha, Erick Mejia. Seems to be able to play anywhere and is currently batting .309/.414/.415

If they made a big splash next year to sign a legit #1 or 2 starter, they'd have a solid enough rotation I think. Keller is better than his current ERA and Duffy appears to have his head screwed back on.

Baikey’s FIP is 3.78. He’s thrown great this year. Very similar to Ervin Santana in 2013. I love Bailey. Velo is 93.6 also.


Rest of the entire staff is pure garbage tho, outside Keller.

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What do you think you’re getting back in this scenario?

Soler has 3 years of team control left after this year if I’m looking at his service time right. That’s a lot of control at pretty cheap prices. If you get an offer that makes sense, sure, move him. But it also isn’t like he’s killing it right now and has sky-high value.

I DO think the odds of him staying healthy are better if he’s DHing 4-5 teams a week. They could still get a Nelson Cruz-lite performance out of him.

Hamilton was cheap, doesn't block any prospect, and has speed to cover center field in Kauffman Stadium. How is that a stupid signing?

Kinda looks like a guy that could have a nice, long, Placido Polanco sort of career.

That may be shooting a little higher (Polanco was a criminally underrated ballplayer) but it may not be far off either. He probably won't reach those high-end versions of Polanco that we saw in Detroit (that I still think may have been a little 'aided') but Polanco was a damn good player; steady as the sunrise and helped teams in a lot of different ways.

Polanco was what we were hoping Christian Colon was going to be.

We got our Polanco when we signed NoMar OutFante.


Too bad he’d turned into Chris Owings by then.

I see what you're saying. Probably get very little for Soler. Wouldn't be getting all of Gordon's value if he's moved to DH because of defensive value.

Look at this roster;
Gordon LF
Starling CF
Whit RF
Dozier 3rd
Mondesi SS
Lopez 2nd
O'Hearn 1st
Maldonado C

That leaves DH. Who would you rather have? Soler or Gutierrez ? I'd rather have Gutierrez.

Yikes.

I sure hope that's not what the Royals were hoping for when they took him instead of the guy they were rumored to be after - Chris Sale.

Don't get me wrong, Plapo was a nice player and literally any team in baseball would've been made better by adding him due to his versatility and polished approach. But man, if you're sitting that high in the draft and targeting a 'Placido Polanco sort', that's.....unfortunate.

Should I wait to pick up some tickets for the July 13th game be Detroit? Are tickets going to get any lower between now and then? Prices don’t seem to have changed from early last month.

Gallagher has 4 singles in 32 AB. Last year his hard hit % was 434/480 players with 50+ balls in play. I guess what I’m saying is: he’s the biggest pussy I’ve ever seen in a Royals uniform.

Dude, in your last few posts you've indicated you hate;

Ian Kennedy
Omar Infante
Chris Owings
and now
Cam Gallagher

That's a lot of hate. Have you considered "Anger Management"?

so stat nerds how well is Dozier playing?

Don’t forget about PB’s personal fave . . . . “Alshittys Escobar”.

That’s a fair criticism. Maybe I’m being too harsh on the talents and abilities of our 12-24 squad?

I’d rather have Soler playing basically every day and Gutierrez serving a UTIL-style role. He has some alarming peripherals (K rate, BABIP) that suggest this isn’t real.

There's talk the o's might not draft Rutschman. It's too bad we couldnt sell high with Salvy had to keep him around so all 10k fans would come out and support the team!

In offensive slash profile, yes. Lopez offers more defensive and baserunning value. He should be a 15-20 SB guy at the MLB level, easy.


Salvador Perez has two years left on his contract.

Rutschman won’t be done playing college baseball until end of June (in all likelihood) and won’t make it past high A this year. He’ll almost certainly start next year at High A. His arrival time would be mid season 2021 at the earliest.

Your complaint is invalid.

Im quite certain PB IS Kevin Kietzman.

Slow down now.

Placido Polanco was an elite defensive 2b for large swaths of his career. And while you have little reason to recall this, when Tatis got dealt and Mac's leg didn't work and all kinds of weird stuff happened in the OF in 2001, the Cards put Polanco at 3b where he was GG caliber (I think he was a finalist). He also played credible SS at least in his younger days.

Polanco was a hell of a defensive player at multiple positions on the IF. Unless Lopez ends up among the best defensive 2b (and at times 3b) in the AL, I'd be hard pressed to concede that he provides more defensive value.

.333 is alright by me!!

The scouts I have on him mention above-average SS defense, with good hands, good range, and sufficient arm strengthC.

That profile should play pretty similarly to polanco at 2B.

I remember Placi being a really good 2B and solid 3B (arm was a little lacking). Don’t think he ever had the chops to stick at SS on an everyday basis, though.

KC is considering moving Mondesi to CF for Lopez, and that’s a guy profiling as an above-average SS with the tools to be more.

Plapo couldn't stick at SS as he aged, no. But earlier in his career he was absolutely capable of playing it. Would he have been a guy I'd have said "yeah, that's a starting SS?" No - but I wouldn't have said that about DeJong either and that guy's proven to be a hell of a defender over there by simply being a very sound player.

I mean I guess there's a question here regarding how you view 2b when you get right down to it. I've played both sides of the bag and I will contend to my dying day that SS is an easier position. The technical skills required at 2b are far greater than SS and some people simply never get them ironed out. So while it may be that Lopez has a little more range (I think you're underestimating Polanco's arm - it was good; not elite, but good), what made Polanco so damn valuable at 2b was how slick he was over there.

Athleticism doesn't rule the day at 2b. So is a good SS inherently more valuable than an elite 2b? I'm not sure it is. And frankly, if the Royals are looking at moving Mondesi to CF to make room for him that's probably more of an indictment of their long-term CF options than anything (and frankly, shortsighted and kinda foolish, IMO).

It's possible I'm undervaluing Lopez on defense - do you believe it's likely that he's appreciably better defensively than what DeJong's been to this point? But I also think you're not giving due weight to just how good Polanco was at 2b and how well he played at 3b when he was asked to.

This would be big. I haven't heard this rumor for a while. But, your sources are usually right-on. So, Starling goes to LF or RF?

Pablo Sandoval making a defensive play at 2B gives me fuzzy skepticism of baseball conventional wisdom.