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I will say the same thing I've been sying re: Sanchez, Guthrie and Santana.
The Royals have $6 million of wiggle room towards their soft cap for this year. EVEN if they're still working within that range, there's no reason Sanchez's year 1 couldn't be lighter than the rest of the contract.
If his average is 15 million per year, you pay him $10 million this year and spread the extra $5 million out over the 4 or 5 years left on the contract.
Now, if only the Royals had a way to save $4 million really easy (bangs head against wall)...
You'd be tied to about $25 million a year for Guthrie and Sanchez for the next two years, but you'd also be able to shed salary from Francoeur ($6.5 million), Chen ($4.5 million), Santana ($12 million), and replace the third expensive pitcher's spot right away with a younger, cheaper arm like Duffy, Paulino, etc.
And trading Wil Myers straight up for James Shields would be really dumb for KC. Trading him AND another piece would be astronomically stupid. Screw Andrew Friedman.
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