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Anyone who actually is a fan of the sport of baseball remembers that the Royals won last year.
Some because it was a team that won it all after capping two consecutive seasons of winning games through timely hitting and fundamental defensive baseball in a era that should be dominated by pricey pitching staffs and long ball mashers. Others because of how much of a travesty it was for such a "dirty" and not-really-that-good team to win a title solely with "devil magic" (Looking at you, BFiB). Anyone who doesn't know that the Royals are the defending WS champs are casual fans who stopped paying attention to baseball once the NFL season kicked off last September.
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06-12-2016, 07:57 PM | #1832 |
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Have you been day drinking again?
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06-12-2016, 08:04 PM | #1834 |
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No idea. I know someone will throw Alex out there as an option. I just dont want to return to the likes of Ryan Shealy, Ross Gload, and Ken Harvey.
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The White Sox radio guys referred to the Royals as World Champs about 9 million times this weekend, and that's Ed Farmer.
I've thought for a while Cuthbert could end up being our 3B in 2018. I think they'll make an effort to re-sign Hosmer. Not saying they'll do it. But most of that contract would be under a new TV deal... and the TV ratings are still off the charts good. I don't think they could throw 4 or 5 of those contracts around, but I think they'd try for Hosmer over Moose or Cain. |
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Cuthbert and Dozier would both be above average defensive first basemen.
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Hosmer will get $25 on the open market. Moose will easily get $12 million and Cain will be 32 years old after the completion of the 2017 season. The new deal won't kick in until 2020 and even then, no one knows what kind of money they'll get. $50? $60? $100? No one knows. |
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06-12-2016, 08:26 PM | #1841 |
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I'm sure Vallot could also play first. It isn't a position that you need to focus on in the minors. If you can develop hitters you have plenty of potential guys at 1B.
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06-12-2016, 08:35 PM | #1842 |
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If Moose comes back and plays well he'll get far more than $12M. I think Cain is probably gone. Hosmer might be a $20-25M player, but they just gave Gordon $18M a year. It's not unthinkable. |
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I guess. There's only two years crossover with Gordon's contract. Even if they signed Gordon again, he won't be making $18M a year. Plus there'll be money freed up if our infield is Cuthbert/Mondesi/2B. I think the bigger issue is another rich team coming in and driving up the price out of our range.
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