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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

No one here really gives a shit about Danny Knobler. Not sure why you think he's the gospel...

But beyond that, the key part in that is:
Hosmer + (something that doesn't start with Wil Myers or Jake Odorizzi).

If the price on Price gets driven up, the Royals can sweeten the pot.

Hosmer+Adam+Sugar Ray Marimon starting price.

can easily be sweetened to:

Hosmer + Ventura + Adam + Christian Colon (hey, he's not playing SS for the Royals any time soon, and the Rays need help at SS)

and so on. I don't know that they'd get to the point where they trade Bubba Starling as part of the package.

As for "why Price when it's only 3 years?"

Simple. Because it puts the Royals in position to contend for the AL Central division title each of those three years. They'd be giving up two years of control of Eric Hosmer for that, but they have no other way to really acquire an ace, and they have a surplus of young hitting talent.

It bridges the gap with the young pitchers and gives the Royals a chance to bring up John Lamb and Kyle Zimmer and bring back Danny Duffy without that guy having the pressure of being "the ace."

By the time Price is a FA, the Royals internal pitching options will either be in place, or the Royals will be entering a rebuild stage.

And the Royals would probably be willing to talk to him re: an extension that gives him more money up front at the expense of 1-2 FA years; something around $16 million a year gives him $10 million more over the next three years than he'd otherwise likely get, even if it does cost him about the same amount on the back end of it.

Stop over rating your players.