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10-30-2014, 11:04 PM | #212 | |
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I think a trade would be preferred by KC than what is currently available in free agency. The Colorado Rockies or the Los Angeles Dodgers might be willing to trade one of their outfielders to the Royals for some bullpen help and minor league prospects. Colorado had Charlie Blackmon, Corey Dickerson, and Drew Stubbs. They also have Carlos Gonzalez coming back from injury. Brandon Barnes only batted .257 but he may just need some additional playing time in the majors. Colorado ownership has also expressed interest to bring back Michael Cuddyer. That creates a crowded outfield that might require a trade. The Dodgers also have a crowded outfield situation with Carl Crawford, Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Scott Van Slyke, Yasiel Puig, and Joc Pederson. I would think Crawford and Ethier's contract and value would make them hard to move. Kemp has a lot of value but he too has a huge contract that will pay him over $21 MM each year for the next 5 years. I like Charles Cobb Blackmon for what the Royals need. He can play RF or CF. He bats left handed. Had 28 stolen bases, .288 average and 19 HRs last year. He's 28 but won't be ready for free agency until 2019. He can also hit Madison Bumgarner with a .375 average against him. He was the Rockies All Star last year, so they may value him too much to trade. I would love to have Matt Kemp, but KC would have to get LA to pay part of his $21.5 MM salary per year. |
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10-30-2014, 11:19 PM | #213 |
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Ian Kennedy would be nice, but you only get him for 1 year and he has Scott Boras for an agent. Free Agent Brandon McCarthy, 175 strike outs and only 33 walks in 2014 looks very good.
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10-31-2014, 12:47 AM | #214 |
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10-31-2014, 05:31 AM | #217 |
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Will it be difficult to determine how much revenue the franchise generated with playoff tickets and merch and could any of that money go to payroll?
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If you are trading for Rockies outfielders you start and end with Carlos Gonzalez. Even though his salary would be a little much though.
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The rough rule of thumb is maybe $1MM per game. So, maybe the Royals got about $15MM extra from the postseason, plus whatever extra enthusiasm and increased ticket sales in 2015.
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10-31-2014, 10:24 AM | #224 | |
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The Rockies guy that makes the most sense/seems like the best fit for KC to me is actually Drew Stubbs. i don't buy his significant improvement against RH in 2014 as a long-term thing yet, but he would be an interesting platoon partner for Jarrod Dyson. He's a RH bat with good pop against lefties and a career .823 OPS against them, and he's got a good defensive reputation. It would seem Stubbs could offer the opportunity to sacrifice very little defense with Dyson out of the game while offering a major offensive upgrade against lefties. He's also an effective and efficient base stealer, which fits what the Royals like to do. The biggest problem with Stubbs is that his likely unsustainable good year against righties probably inflates his value too much.
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I'm hoping we see 4-5k extra season tickets sold. That would be a 50 percent increase, but I think/hope a lot of corporate entities will jump up and buy season tickets/more tickets since the Royals are a "hot" item in town. If they can get that type of increase, with another winning season, I think we can see KC get to 27-28k in average attendance, which would be great. Ultimately, HOPEFULLY, this year helps Glass realize that spending money helps you MAKE more money in baseball. And we do indeed see the payroll pushed a little more, into the 95-100 million range.
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