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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief
The problem is that we have a punchless lineup. We don't have a #4 hitter to build around. And really, we don't have a #1 either, although Dyson was starting to show potential before getting hurt.
We simply will have to overpay in FA because we can't develop power on our own.
Mark Reynolds? Hunter Pence?
1. Dyson (CF)
2. Butler (DH)
3. Gordon (LF)
4. Reynolds (3B)
5. Hosmer (1B)
6. Perez (C)
7. Cain (RF)
8. Anyone other than Getz (2B)
9. Escobar (SS)
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Honestly, the pickings in FA are pretty slim for big power bats. Reynolds is one, obviously, but he also is a butcher at 3B and is a low-average, high K hitter whose biggest skill (power) would play down in Kaufman.
Mike Morse, Kelly Johnson, Jason Kubel, Chris Young, and Corey Hart are all intriguing to me.
I'm not sure the Royals will want to spend big on Hunter Pence, and I'm not sure they should.
Shin Soo Choo is the best bat out there, and would be an amazing signing. But I have a really hard time seeing that happen.