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**alnorth** · 02-08-2014, 11:52 AM

We have a $12.5MM team option with a $1MM buyout in 2015 on Billy Butler. If we let him go some fans will cry about same old Royals letting their best players leave, but honestly I don't know if he's going to be worth it. This feels like a contract year to me, where Billy needs to prove that we should keep him on another year as a full-time DH.

How good does he have to be for you to pay him 12.5 in 2015? Would it be enough if he repeated 2012 (.882 OPS, a little over 3 WAR), or would he need to do better than that?

02-08-2014, 11:52 AM	#1042
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57166239	We have a $12.5MM team option with a $1MM buyout in 2015 on Billy Butler. If we let him go some fans will cry about same old Royals letting their best players leave, but honestly I don't know if he's going to be worth it. This feels like a contract year to me, where Billy needs to prove that we should keep him on another year as a full-time DH. How good does he have to be for you to pay him 12.5 in 2015? Would it be enough if he repeated 2012 (.882 OPS, a little over 3 WAR), or would he need to do better than that? __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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