Escobar's Extension:

2012 $1MM (This is an immediate raise, they had previously agreed at about 500k for 2012)
2013 $3MM
2014 $3MM
2015 $3MM
2016 $5.25MM option, 500K buyout
2017 $6.5MM option, 500K buyout

It's like we're actually building something real for once. I'm a little freaked out.
I wonder if the Mayans mentioned the Royals acting like a big boy club finally because then it would all make sense to me.

How long do we control Hosmer and Moose?

6 years, both of them. (Hosmer just barely failed to get a full year of service last season)

So, through 2017, just like Escobar.

O/U on Escobar getting hurt in the next week?

Thank you, sir.

If the bet pays when the player suffers any injury, however minor, that the team says directly caused him to miss as little as one game, I'd probably set the line at 20:1.

We'll have lot of free agents to re-sign in 2018 if things go as planned. Of course by then we'll be going for a 3 or 4-peat as champions so everyone will stay and we'll be rolling in cash so it's all good.

Looks like the Yankees will kick ass in 2018....

I think you've tapped into DM's wildest daydream.

Wild-Ass daydream scenario:

2012: KC finishes 6 games back of Detroit, but grabs the 2nd wild card. They fly down to Texas for the game, but sadly they lose. Playoff baseball in KC has to wait.

2013: The Royals again lose the division, this time in a 163rd tiebreaker game in Detroit. Kansas City hosts the Angels, wins the Wild Card game, then goes on to end their postseason in Tampa Bay.

2014: The Tigers are finally done, not only losing the division to the Royals, but also a Wild Card spot to the Indians and are out of the playoffs altogether. Royals go on to win the American League, but lose the World Series 4 games to 2.

2015: Royals win 117 games with one of the most prolific offensive performances in the modern era. The Royals go on to thrash all comers, winning the World Series in 5 games.

offseason: Moustakas, having blossomed into a good 3rd baseman, though not a perennial all-star, is signed through 2020. Negotiations with Boras go nowhere on Hosmer, but the Royals are not going to consider trading him, not when they have a title to defend.

2016: The offense regresses, but 2 pitchers (no idea who) that definitely took massive steps in 2014 and 2015, finally establishes themselves as a monstrous double-ace threat in baseball. Royals win 119 games in a down year for the AL. Gamblers who want to take the field against Boston, New York, and KC are offered 15:1 odds. Royals win the World Series in 7.

sometime in some offseason between 2014 and 2017: The Royals long-term TV deal with FSKC expires (when the hell does it expire, anyway?), sparking a fierce bidding war for broadcast rights. Royals execs are giddy at finally seeing multiple bidders. (as in more than 1, with the 1 bidder not really all that interested, and grudgingly agreeing to show some games offered up by a KC franchise with hat in hand)

2017: The AL Central greatly improves. Royals win the division by only 2 games, Twins and Indians take both Wild Cards, other divisions are won by Baltimore and Oakland. The White Sox lose 114 games. Royals sweep the World Series.

offseason: Hosmer enters free agency, but the Royals are now awash in TV money and sign him to a long-term deal.

ROFL

Man, your cynicism would even trump what I've seen on royalscorner, is the fact that we're at least working to sign our young talent not at least a little uplifting for you?

Yep, I got to the point of hating him.

I guess I could live with that, but I'm a little disappointed that they aren't winning the WS every year through 2017.