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11-29-2021, 04:34 PM | #6541 |
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2 things I would like to see this off-season. While teams are spending on free agents, I would love to see a big contract for Witt JR. Spend on our own talent. Two, trade Gallagher. I like him, but the catcher market is thin. Plus, it opens a spot up for MJ at the big league level. Heck the Marlins just traded for Jacob Stallings.
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11-29-2021, 04:45 PM | #6542 | |
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10 years, $175M for Witt? Would he even sign it? Most players that sign that huge early deal that covers all their arb AND some FA years are guys in rough financial shape to begin with. I suspect BWJ's family is not in 3rd-world country poor status like Franco's was... |
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11-29-2021, 05:07 PM | #6543 |
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Witt has zero reason to sign a deal like that. He isn't struggling or from a poor family, he can bet on himself.
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11-29-2021, 06:58 PM | #6544 |
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***Official 2021 Royals Season Repository Thread***
I did not know Chris Young was the GM of the Rangers.
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11-29-2021, 07:06 PM | #6545 |
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11-29-2021, 07:37 PM | #6546 | |
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Don't sleep on Vinnie Pasquantino...he's a late bloomer at 24 but had a .957 OPS last year with a .390 OBP. That guy has some plate discipline and good pop (24 HR in 437 combined AB at High A and AA). He's an 11th round 2019 pick that crushed at Burlington in '19 (.963 OPS), crushed at high A in 2021, then continued to crush at AA (.927 OPS). |
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11-29-2021, 07:47 PM | #6547 |
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Vinnie Pasquatino is a left handed Billy Butler with just a TAD more pop. I really like him.
Honestly, I’m now higher on him than Pratto. I’d be trying to swing Pratto in a trade this off-season. |
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11-29-2021, 07:58 PM | #6548 |
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Unless Pratto can handle corner OF, this team is very thin in OF prospects.
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11-29-2021, 08:07 PM | #6549 | |
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Melendez is more likely to be able to handle a corner OF spot. He can definitely handle LF. Apparently his D is lagging a bit for a AA/AAA player. His pop times and receiving are fine, but he’s not framing the ball well. I also would not be surprised to see Nick Loftin or Peyton Wilson flipped to the OF on a more full time basis. |
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11-29-2021, 08:10 PM | #6550 | |
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Personally I think they should just see if Mondesi can handle CF that'd the care of alot of issues. |
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11-30-2021, 08:48 AM | #6551 |
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Baseball economics are so broken. Seager's deal would eat up half of the salary spending for the bottom 13 payroll teams and a quarter of the salary spending for the bottom twenty. The MLB and MLBPA need to fix economic parity between teams.
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11-30-2021, 09:07 AM | #6552 | |
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Put in a floor, put in a cap, and implement more profit sharing. The big market teams may bitch and moan, but at the end of the day there is no MLB without the small market teams. |
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11-30-2021, 10:06 AM | #6553 |
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Why have we not traded our 4th string catcher, Cam Gallagher to someone yet? So many teams have garbage at catcher. Here in the Kansas City Royals system, they grow on trees.
Cam Gallagher in 378 career ABs is a 1.6 WAR player. |
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11-30-2021, 10:07 AM | #6554 |
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I think it’s been mentioned but perhaps they plan on playing Salvy at 1b and DH more as he gets older.
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11-30-2021, 10:08 AM | #6555 | |
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If Melendez hits in MLB in an expected fashion based on his Milb numbers we have a potential 8 WAR player on our hands. Muuuuch less in OF. |
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