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2014 Royals Repository
With my 6,000th post on ChiefsPlanet (it only took me 12 years to get here), I bring you: The 2014 Kansas City Royals Repository.
To be discussed here: All things Royals, as they attempt to post another winning season and make it back to the playoffs for the first time since 1985. 25-man RosterAvailable HERE AL Central Standings: Link Duncan's Top 20 Royals Prospects
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02-01-2014, 04:44 PM | #826 |
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Bonifacio plays winter ball. None of the infield prospects look that much better. KC makes some moves including signing Omar Infante. A month later, KC and Bonifacio’s agent agree to new contract. Two weeks later KC designate Bonifacio for assignment.
Having Emilio signed to a contract might make it easier to trade him. During the offseason does a player on the 40 man MLB roster have to be designated for assignment so he can clear waivers to be traded? |
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02-01-2014, 04:50 PM | #827 | |
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He is probably a better UTIL IF from a defensive standpoint than Boni, though he is not quite as versatile and can't handle CF. Doens't have quite that offensive upside either. I expect they will trade Bonifacio. They aren't just going to let him walk for nothing. Wouldn't have gone to arb or come to an agreement if that was the case.
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02-01-2014, 04:50 PM | #828 |
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Can't Bonafacio play shortstop? They sure could use some insurance if Escobar sucks anywhere near as badly as he did last year.
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02-01-2014, 04:52 PM | #829 |
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Does this mean Colon will take his place?
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02-01-2014, 04:56 PM | #830 |
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He can. I think we all assumed he was the backup there... although he actually hasn't played the position in a couple years. Infante has actually played a bunch of games at SS too... but I think it's been a few years. Infante has pretty much played every position except 1B and C.
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02-01-2014, 05:01 PM | #831 | |
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Ciriaco and Colon are both stronger at SS than Boni or Infante. I think we still one more move to get a capable SS on the roster behind Escobar.
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02-01-2014, 05:17 PM | #832 |
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I actually don't have a problem replacing Boni with Ciriaco.
I would have a problem if they're doing it just so they can afford Chen and not another, superior starter. |
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Ciriaco can produce solid on the defense... Offense.... meh. |
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02-01-2014, 06:21 PM | #834 |
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No. If you want to trade someone in the offseason, you just trade him. A move had to be made right now because of the Chen signing, the DFA clears the spot for Chen. We now have 10 days to waive or trade Bonifacio.
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02-01-2014, 06:26 PM | #835 |
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option for another year with Chen too
"Bruce Chen and the #Royals agree to one year deal with a mutual option for 2015."
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02-01-2014, 06:36 PM | #836 |
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What is it with DM and those stupid mutual options?
Have we ever seen a mutual option get used, I honestly don't know.
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02-01-2014, 07:36 PM | #837 |
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We all still want to know why.
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02-02-2014, 02:47 PM | #838 |
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Buster Olney made an interesting point about Ervin Santana in his article today. There are some concerns about the health of his elbow, which is making teams wary about a 3 or 4-year deal, but because of the draft pick compensation, there's no way anyone would give up a pick for only 1 or 2 years. So, he could be stuck in a weird no-man's land.
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02-02-2014, 03:35 PM | #839 |
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Al - in that case, a deal with Kansas City might make sense for him.
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Moving Billy Butler is not the answer to this problem. While Butler did not have a good year last year, he's the least of KC's problems, IMHO.
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