Ah, so basically it's pure speculation.

exactly

Agreed, i would do this deal only if Grienke doesn't want to be part of this team. I just don't see him wanting to stay beyond this year...i'd hope we could get this kind of haul, it may set us back for NEXT year but set us up bigtime for the future. I'd hate to lose Zack, but if we have no choice we have to take the best offer, id love for this to be it.

Yes. Put him on a team that gave him run support last year.... Cy Young candidate.

Grienke has 2 A pitches and one solid b and is able to change speeds and field his position well. That head scares me a bit, but he is still really young (same age as hochaver)

That website belongs to the guy that does the post game show for the Royals. He posts over at the scout board a lot. He's fairly well connected. I don't think he's suggesting that Greinke would fetch all of those players in a trade. If the Braves are dumb enough to do it, you pull the trigger before they come to their senses.

This is what makes following the Royals so tiresome. We spend years suffering through developing these players and then let them go once they turn into stars.

What do we get in return? A bunch of "prospects" that we will do the exact same thing with. All with some vague hope that one day all the prospects will suddently "hit" at the exact same time and we might have a winning record for one year before losing them all and falling back into the baseball abyss.

The Chiefs seem to have adopted the same approach. Who is our most talented young player? Why that would be Jared Allen, arguably the league's best pass-rusher. What should we do with him? Why, trade him! We will get Jamaal Charles, Jajuan Morgan, and Brandon Albert! Now THAT'S how you build a Championship team, baby!

For those players, I'd trade ZG in nanosecond.

Jesus, you're a moron.

It's fun to speculate and it seems like very few Royals are safe from the rumors. I have two problems with this:

1. The Braves' system might be loaded, but they need those guys to help the big league team.

2. Why does it always have to be Atlanta in connection with Dayton Moore deals?

Yeah, I know it's tanana over on the scout board and he is on 610, but has he ever provided a scoop on a trade before? Sure, the guy has more inside info than a regular fan, but it still seems like he's just speculating and I don't remember him breaking any Royals news before.

I think Heyward and Hanson are their top prospects. Those are the guys that were considered untouchable in Peavy talks.

uh yah, he's good my friend. Top 5 in strikeouts, great era, and is always going to get you at least 7 innings. Apparently you havent seen him pitch other than what they show on espn

remember what we gave up for him? octavio dotel... yah, how is that a bad trade?

Because people think we should be able to trade TPJ for ARod.