Besides the fact it would be great to have him in the rotation, I want Ervin to re-sign purely to see Rany's head do this...

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/359...0gif%20320x214

I agree. If Santana is willing to sign for the 3/$40M range, I would hope that they are looking to move either Hoch or Davis for prospects and a little more monetary flexibility.

I've long advocated working on an extension for Shields, but if he wants a Greinke contract it's not going to happen in KC. Theoretically, signing Santana would give us less flexibility in future years, but if all of our pitching prospects pan out then it still strikes me as a contract that can be moved barring serious injury/terrible performance.

I can't imagine why any team would ever trade a prospect for Hochevar or Davis.

I know we're conditioned to hate Hoch (including me a year ago), but he has value as a relief pitcher. We wouldn't get much, but we'd get something even with his 2014 salary.

I bet the Dodgers would give us something for Hochevar.

Dodger dogs?!? I would be in for that.

Sarcasm?

Looks like we have our replacement for Bob Dutton.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>This passes for news: This will be my last week at The Star-Ledger. Excited to cover the Royals for The Kansas City Star.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughSL) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughSL/statuses/428579433860304896">January 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Andy McCullough is the new Royals beat writer for the KC Star. He comes from New Jersey, where he covered the Yankees for the Star-Ledger.

Pfft, what a front-running, band wagon, fairweather writer.

Royals got Carlos Peguero from Seattle for either a PTBNL or cash

edit: looks like this guy is insurance, helping our outfield depth if someone gets hurt. He destroyed AAA in 2011 and 2012 but struggled in the majors. Last year he didn't do as much in AAA, so he might be a AAAA player.

Overall, thats fine for a PTBNL.

edit2: Everett Teaford was designated for assignment to make room for him.

The pick that another team surrenders for signing Santana has nothing to do with the pick the Royals receive. We will get a sandwich pick between round 1 and 2, regardless of whether the other team is surrendering a 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Add that to our regular #1 pick and our competitive balance pick that we received and we have three late first round-ish picks this year...assuming we don't sign Santana.

I never even thought Santana was a real option for us to be able to get, but if we are close in the bidding I would be SO happy. Considering Shields will be gone after this season, it'd be nice to have Santana in the rotation with Vargas and Guthrie in the event the younglings aren't up to par... (like most of our homegrown pitching over the years)

ROFL :clap:

Craig Brown ‏@royalsauthority 8m
So the #Royals DFAd Everett Teaford, who is currently on the Royals Caravan tour at Nellie’s Restaurant in Cameron, MO.

Rany Jazayerli ‏@jazayerli 4m
Awkward.