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Originally Posted by Chief Chief
IMHO this trade SUCKS BIG-TIME!
When will the future actually arrive to the K? DDJ is a player who developed in the last few years within our club and is hitting (no pun intended) his prime years right now. He deserved to get a Gold Glove last year and was on his way to deserving one this year. He's an above-average hitter with some decent power and can run. But now DM's throwing him out because negotiation time's coming up? Pay the man! He's worth the risk. This is looking like the Carlos Beltran deal: Toss away a legitimate All Star and get players who have budding potential. This is EXACTLY what Zack Greinke was bitching about earlier this year. When will DM finally seal up the revolving door, hold onto his cards, and go all in? How many teams have reached the World Series with 22 of its 25 players under 30 years old? And yet we retain Billy Butler who, yeah, hits alot of doubles, but is a sub-par defensive player with limited range and below-average speed and is often the 2nd out of double plays? R U F'n kidding me? And that's just one Royals player who DM should have traded before offering DDJ to anyone. DM: You're doing it bass-ackwards -- keep the proven productive ones and get more by packaging up and trading prospects with (possible) up-side who are 2 or more years away from the bigs. If before today anyone out there doubted that the Royals were the farm system for the other MLB teams, then this is now your wake-up call: There is absolutely no way anyone can deny it.
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heh, ok dial it down a bit. DDJ wishes in his wildest fantasy that he was as good as Beltran.
I like DeJesus, he's a nice solid guy, but he's a left-fielder worth about 2 wins above replacement. If a win is worth about 5 million, then starting at 10, and discounting due to his non-premium position, perhaps he's a solid decent $8MM or so outfielder. At 6, he's a nice discount this year, but he sure as hell is not an all-star, and there are lingering concerns that his hand injury could sap his power next season.
I'm annoyed about the move because I think we could have gotten better for him at the deadline (or maybe sign if he doesn't have a wildly inflated opinion of himself) and DM let him go too early, not because this was a pure Beltran salary dumping surrender.