Maybe a tad, but Gordon has a much better OPS and can bat at more places in the order.

If you think a half season outweighs the balance of his major league career, which scouts may or may not.

He's been really good, don't get me wrong, but I believe his power numbers are a little light for a corner outfielder. Not by much, just a bit.

Be kind of nice to see one of these guys (assuming they're not traded....) go on a 15-20 HR tear over the second half and get around 30.

Getting a little tired of team "leaders" with 15-20 HR for a season.

Couldn't agree more with this. As for Gordon, keep him. I think the team will be able to get by without the new O'Sullivan, whom Moore would be sure to acquire.

I don't think they'll get much for Gordon at this point, either, hence my whole back-and-forth about Frenchy.

Only reason they'd dump Gordon is because he's got arbitration coming, and Glass may want to avoid paying him (imagine....)
Now everybody bash me for even mildly suggesting the Royals may be cheap bastards...

But Gordon's half season is better than anything Francouer has done for a season in his career. Gordon has a .367 OBP, and Francouer's highest season was .338 (he is on pace for his second highest season at .310).

Everyone knows what Frenchy is at this point; decent power and fielder, terrible OBP.

Gordon is showing that he has the potential to be much more than that, and he has the pedigree to back him up. This is the player he was always supposed to be.

Gordon's on the block to see if somebody would be stupid enough to overpay for him.

But its ok because the Minors are loaded!!

Your KC Royals, Kings of the Arizonia Cactus Leagues!

And it's still only a half season.

Right, and Frenchy's been terrible for 7 years now. There's a reason we were the only team that wanted him. I'll gamble on Gordon finally turning a corner and reaching his potential versus Frenchy changing after he's been the same player his entire career.

My thing on Gordon is can he stay healthy? He's had a number of injuries over the years here. We'll see if he can play out a whole season like he has the first half. Be interesting to see if he can keep his focus when he's just playing to pad his stats.

they will keep Gordon IF he actually open to staying in KC

Beltran was leaving
Damon was leaving
Royals chose between Sweeney and Dye iirc
Greinke was leaving

really wasn't much choice for most of them, they wanted out. Partly because the team wasn't winning and partly because the market is small and they wanted to go to a bigger market/city.

Damon left because ownership wouldn't agree to devote more resources to building a winner. He met with Glass, and the latter wouldn't guarantee that it would not be just Damon, according to media reports. With Beltran, the Royals were late and made no real effort to re-sign him. There are rumors of missing an extension by nominal amounts, but nothing more than this.