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Do we even have enough bullets left to make another deal? With Zimmer and Manea being so injury prone it seems there's not much available to trade

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 11620035)

I don't know about any of you guys and your Facebook feeds, but Brandon Finnegan getting traded isn't sitting well with the "women I went to high school with" demographic.

Are they in line to replace Dayton?
Are you still receiving favors of a sexual nature from them?

No? Then cross them off the list of could give a ****.

For the casual and new Royals fans whose first true great moment as a fan was seeing Finnegan go from college to the WS in less than a year it was a great moment and I can see the disappointment. For everyone else, it's a great deal for us especially considering he likely isn't going to shape up to be a starter.

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 11620059)

65 games left

I honestly see us going 40-25, at least. Maybe even something like 43-22. I bet we get to, and perhaps eclipse, 100 wins.

Only 25% of our remaining schedule is against teams over .500.

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 11620080)

the thing is ... Ned doesn't manage our bullpen to where we need a LOOGY. He just doesn't need to when Madson, Hochevar, Herrera, Davis and Holland are all dominant against RHB and LHB

I don't think we need to waste a roster spot on a LOOGY, even though he has been very good. We can, or we can just use his spot to stack our bench even further.

I wouldn't mind acquiring a defensive whiz to be our 25th guy. Someone who can't hit, but is an excellent defensive infielder.

Dyson?

My question is Butera- we've seen so little of him I can't honestly say I have an opinion on him good or bad?

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Originally Posted by Mosbonian (Post 11620121)

Yeah....I'm going with the normal CP response here

Unless there are pics or a link this probably is just conjecture or didn't happen.

(j/k Duncan)

Spoiler!

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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S (Post 11620394)

Some guys you draft because they will be better trade pieces than players. Brett Wallace was that for the Cardinals, and he is what got them Matt Holliday. Finnegan is never going to be anything other than a back of the rotation guy/long man at best. Packaging him with two other guys whose upside is a #4 starter is a hell of a nice get.

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 11620240)

Just like the damn Giants own us.:shake:

What kind of prospect level were Lamb and Reed?

Lamb is a former top 20 guy who never came quite all the way back from Tommy John.

He's been doing well in Omaha but his stuff profiles as a back-end guy right now. He had an excellent changeup before the injury, with 14-15 MPH separation from his best fastball, but it's more lik 8-9 now, which is still good but not plus-plus.

Reed is a helium guy. Big lefty, great build, good fastball and slider (there's more about him in the spoilers of the OP). Lot of upside, could be another Duffy type if it all works out. Still a long ways to go (I think he has made 4 starts at AA at this point).

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11620174)

I dont know if I want the Royals to make any more moves. We are virtually guaranteed a postseason spot. If you KNOW Gordon will be healthy, then I dont know if we need OF help. Who cares if we win 100 games if we are almost assured the division anyway. Id rather even rest guys.

If we do anything I would like Zobrist. But im sure he will be expensive and Beane would probably charge us a fk you tax. He can play OF and IF, the only problem is Ned would not use him enough in my opinion, so some of his value would be wasted. Zobrist is a BETTER everyday option both at RF and 2B. An argument could even be made that hes better at 3B than Moustakas (assuming each player regresses & progresses toward their career avgs). If we got Zobrist then Infante should immediately move to back up IF. You could still play Infante more than most back up 2Bs as you could give Zobrist spot starts at RF based on favorable matchups.

If acquired, I think Zobrist's immediate position would be LF. Once Gordon is back, he would play either 2B or RF - whichever spot has a weaker performer in it at that point (probably 2B, considering the way Rios has looked of late).

Sports center said LoCain set career high with 37 Xtra base hits. And its still July

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 11620103)

Meh. Prado might not be realistic. He's on the books for $11M this year and $11M next year. We could probably get him super cheap but then we're paying $19M for Prado/Infante in 2016.

I wouldn't rule it out. With attendance and the position they sit for the next few years. The payroll may open quite a bit with the full expectation that it's will be scaled back as they’re going to bring in younger guys for some of the talent we'll lose in FA.

Biggest determinant being higher paid guys potentially available that either have no more than 2 years left on their contract or will sign for shorter deals.

The organization can be a bit more aggressive under these terms because you insulate yourself from a Verlander scenario. They can be reasonably competitive in salary if a chunk of payroll isn't dead money.

Obviously it still has realistic limits - no mega contract deals like Cueto is going to be offered this winter. Also, losing guys to teams willing to tack on extra years. But, dollar for dollar we probably will be more competitive in being able to match salaries for some talent outside of just the bargain bin.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 11620342)

I believe that is the plan.

Is Mondesi ready enough to replace Omar come next ST?

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 11620287)

Stems from when Cueto was a little pussy and started kicking people with his spikes because he was "scared" in a baseball fracas. Ended the career of our backup catcher who got kicked in the head by Cueto. Carpenter had to have stitches in some cuts on his back where Cueto kicked him with his spikes. In the head and back?

That was a while ago. I'm sure he has matured. No sarcasm.

Please poast video please

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Originally Posted by Sure-Oz (Post 11620194)

How are the dodgers just 12 over .500? Royals would probably have a better record in the NL too

Look at our record against the NL the last couple years - project it out. There will be some variance but you're including multiple seasons so it had a little bit of normalization.
They'd wax asses in the NL.

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 11620255)

They may not be thinking this far ahead, but I'm pretty sure if Cueto starts Thursday, it sets him up to pitch both Detroit series the following two weeks.

Does he tenatively project out to pitch at Cincinnati?