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Originally Posted by dlphg9
Duncan,
Why in the hell did the Royals decline Mike Minors option. The guy comes back from a long hiatus and just absolutely kills it.
2.55 ERA/1.017 WHIP/10.2 SO9/2.9 WAR
Greg Holland's highest WAR was 3.1 and he pitched in 3 more games than Minor pitched.
I know he was a pretty good prospect and was pretty damn good before his last season with the Braves. We sign him to a 2 year deal and according to spotrac KC declines a $10 million option. It makes no sense, he came back, had his best year ever and was basically Greg Holland, but we decline the option. Now he has the 2nd highest WAR in the majors and is by far the best pitcher in the majors this year.
Minor 5.7 WAR
Scherzer 4.7 WAR
Why didn't we just sign him to an extension? Was he against it? Was it because Dayton gave Ian Kennedy too much money? It'd be nice to have him in the starting rotation. God, just think of the haul we could get this year if we had signed him to a 3-4 year deal. He would have been fairly cheap and be under contract this year, next year, and potentially the year after.
So what went wrong?
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It was 10 million mutual option. Both sides had to agree to it. Minor wanted to be a starter.