It's like bringing Brady Quinn in as "competition" for Cassel. (Yeah, rf in baseball isn't even close to comparable to qb in football, but you get the idea.)

That is what I figured he was out until, which wouldn't be that bad for us.

By then, he can fill in for Cain who will be out with a broken dick.

I don't think Young or Soriano are very good options (or realistic).

Young IS Jeff Francoeur. Terrible plate discipline, swings at everything, sometimes gets red-hot and rakes. He also is atrocious defensively. He was too bad defensively to play the OF for the Tigers. A team that is fine with committing long-term to Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder at the corners, with the RANGY Jhonny Peralta at shortstop.

That says a lot about Young's defense (or lack thereof). I don't think he'd be an upgrade over Francoeur in any way but salary.

Soriano is intriguing at $5 million/per, but he's old and isn't good defensively in LF. Hard to imagine him being studly in RF (though I think his arm is good enough for it).

Signing a guy or two like Nady as depth is probably the best bet at this point.

I keep seeing people refer to Cain like he's incredibly injury prone. I realize most of that is the impression from this season, but the guy is pretty durable. He's not Cal Ripken, but some Royals fans act like the guy is J.D. Drew or something (Not Saul - just in general).

Games played by Cain, career, by year:

2005: 56 (rookie ball - short season)
2006: 132
2007: 126
2008: 126
2009: 60 (Hamstring injury)
2010: 127
2011: 134
2012: 75 (hip flexor injury)

He's been a pro for 8 seasons. He has had serious injury time missed in just two of them. Not a crazy ratio at all for someone who plays CF.

Someone offers you a bet on whether Cain misses 20 or more games due to injuries this year...which side are you taking?

If you can't flat-out replace Frenchy, at least platoon him. He's always hit LHP better than RHP (although last year the difference was marginal, which shows just how awful he was). Hell, give Lough a shot at the beginning of the season.

Thing is, I don't think Yost likes to platoon.

Him staying healthy and making no more than one 15-day DL stint? I'd take that bet.

Ditto.

Bob Dutton is on twitter right now basically saying "Hey morons, Franceour is starting and isn't going anywhere." He is basically giving a general reply to every fan questioning about Bourne, Bourjos, Ibanez, etc. It's kind of funny.

It's hard to pinpoint what Ned likes to do. Since he's all over the place.

I want us to hit more HR (but gives away outs on sac bunts like crazy in early innings).

I want to let young guys get at-bats in tough spots, so they've been there before (But only some of the young guys).

etc, etc.

Take the over.

Royals sign Nady to minor league deal, KC Star reporting.

You're changing the question. Do you think he will miss fewer than 20 games?

Let's not forget that Cain got injured making a great play last year. Sure he may have injury issues, but I have a hard time knocking the guy for making that play. If he starts ramming himself into the wall regularly, maybe I'd be concerned.
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