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Originally Posted by CHIEF4EVER
You know what the sad part of it all is? We would have a MONSTER team if Glass had only ponied up for Dye, Beltran and Damon. I am sick of the Royals being the Farm team for MLB.
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It was possible, but Beltran was a stretch with Boras as his agent.
Dye's making $4mm, Damon's making $8mm and Beltran's making about $12mm. That's $24mm in your outfield. You got Sweeney making $11mm, Berroa at about $1mm, you wouldn't have Teahan, or Buck, so you figure comparable veteran replacements at somewhere btw $4-6mm total. You'd have a rookie 2b either way at something short of a half mil, and a DH (Stairs) at +$1mm. Thats $19MM for your starting infield. Pitching would be about $24MM or so, and your bench would be about $5MM. That brings you to a total of $72MM for that team. That would almost exactly double their current payroll. and put them in the top 15 in MLB salaries, vs their current of last (#30).
IMHO, The Royals don't need a $72mm payroll to compete. But, they do need to be in the $55-60MM range for sure. Spending ~33% on one player is not a good idea imo, even if he's worth that money relative to the rest of mlb. If they keep developing the young arms, and keep progressing with the bats in A & AA, this team could be ready to make a run at the Central in '07. Next year, they should be competitive, but '07 should really be our year. They need some guys to put pressure on Buck at the minor league level, and they have to have at least one of their young corner outfielders make a big time move in 06.