Can you guess who these fine former Reds are?
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@DHoltzy: In 2015, these aces have season highs in hits vs. the @Royals: Sonny Gray, David Price, Chris Archer, Chris Sale & now, Dallas Keuchel. And some guy named Johnny Cueto tied his season-high with nine hits.

How much cash are the Reds sending the Royals?

looks like Cueto and Volquez

Maybe

Cueto = 1
Ventura = 1b

Duffy = 2

Volquez = 3

Guthrie = 5
Young = 5

But, Young will be WAY more effective if he's worked less come the end of September. Plus , Young is a great change of pace. Have fun adjusting if you've been seeing Ventura for the entire game and then Young's speed and deceptive delivery.

Ah, did not know that

Yea, i figure Young will be the guy that Yost brings in when a starter implodes early in the game.

Whatever we win off of 1000 scratchers tickets!

That stat is such a bonermaker when you expect having to see top guys like that in October.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3 outs at The K + 6 outs at Target Field = a 7.5 game lead in the division w/ 65 games left &amp; without a single start from Cueto yet. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a></p>&mdash; Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier610) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier610/status/625403735263424512">July 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Or Medlen. Duffy and Ventura are the key. If they keep pitching like this, we have four legit starters and two long guys with great track records. In Medlen's case, he was the best starting pitcher in the National League in the 2nd half of his last two healthy seasons. Young is a great change of pace. Then you have Morales/Madson/Hoch/Herrera/Davis/Holland to slam the door behind them.

Awkward...

Jizz worthy post. If Duffy and Ventura can continue this small sample size (Duffy's getting bigger obviously). This team is scary good

His mlb career in a nutshell

Sorry guys - had an initial job interview today that started at 1.

This trade is absolutely a huge upgrade for KC and a price very similar to what I've been trumpeting for a while now: Based on the Zack Greinke, 2012 trade to the Angels.

Reed, Lamb and Finnegan for Cueto is not a price that hurts KC at all. All premium prospects kept, nothing hurtful sent out. All potential "star" pieces kept.

Finnegan is one of the best picks in recent Royals history in the draft. He might still stick as a starter, but he has not taken great steps forward this season.

Lamb is what he is... a quality depth piece who might be a good back-end starter. If his stuff continues to improve as he works back from TJ, Lamb could improve that impact/upside a little bit.

And Reed is the one in the group with the highest upside. A quick-riser with great size and potential. Still far away and still needs to improve control. I could see him eventually being similar to Danny Duffy, maybe with a little better breaking ball and less fastball.

So, to equate this to Greinke in 2012: Reed and Finnegan is the equivalent to Segura plus John Hedwig. Neither have quite the same value as Segura, but they both have more than any of the other pieces in that deal. Lamb is the third piece/Ariel Pena.

Great, great, great deal for KC. Any time you can acquire an ace for your 4th and 5th best SP prospects and a quality late-inning relief type, you're winning.