2 1/2 weeks until Pitchers & Catchers report, the optimism is high around here.

Boys of summer coming and there's new grass on the field....lets go!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adam Frazier has a deal with Royals. One year deal.</p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1751218946814902453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Another weird deal. It's not a bad move in a vacuum, but like the Hampson deal it doesn't really work with the roster. Do we really need another 2b/utility guy? I don't get what the upside is here unless you commit to playing him all the time and hope to flip at the deadline, which we shouldn't be doing.

Why

Massey is getting dealt is the only answer here..

Massey has options. He can go to Omaha.

This is a head scratcher.

Typical Royals move.

High contact rate with no punch, and less than ideal walk rate.

We like half measures. We have no money so we would rather sign 3 shitty guys for as much as one good guy would cost.

PEDs? Maikel Garcia in 129 winter league PAs is .424/.543/.576

That league doesn't have the sheer velocity of present day Major League Baseball. It's a circuit full of junk ball pitchers.

what are ya'll complaining about? Frazier is only 3 years removed from posting a .700+ OPS.

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Royals have traded Samad Taylor to Seattle for the lovely Player to be named later.

Not Royals related, but looks like the Orioles are gonna finally get new ownership. Don't know anything about this new group, but I doubt it could possibly be worse than the Angelos crew that pretty much ran the team into the ground for the better part of 30 years. Orioles are one of the few AL teams that I've never really had a reason to dislike or hate. They had such a terrific run in the 60's to early 80's, and it's been pretty bad since they won the series in '83. They've got a terrific group of young players right now, and a good farm, with new ownership, they could be the team to beat in the AL for awhile.