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11-17-2013, 02:45 PM | #2236 |
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So, based on Dutton's article there are about 6 players who are newly rule v eligible that we might care about protecting, and we have to decide who to protect by Wednesday. (not protecting doesn't mean you'll lose someone of course, if you don't think someone will get drafted, then there's no point in protecting them) His article says we only have 2 spots, but there's some dead wood we can hack off.
We can cut Arguelles. If no one else wants him, he can stay in our system but off our 40-man roster. We can cut Getz. Brett Hayes spot will probably be taken by Pena. So, that is up to 4 possible spots available. Here's who we are apparently thinking about protecting: RP Michael Mariot 2B Christian Colon 3B Cheslor Cuthbert OF Brett Eibner OF Lane Adams OF Brian Fletcher Even though pitchers are far more likely to be drafted, I wouldn't bother protecting Mariot. I don't think anyone is going to put him on their active roster for a full year, and if they do then who cares. I'd first protect Cuthbert, he's only 20 and is still seen as a true prospect. After that, I guess I'd probably put Colon on the 40-man. I don't want to lose one of the outfielders, but I think Colon is more likely to get drafted by some team who thinks they can turn him around. If we have a 3rd and/or 4th spot, then add whichever outfielders we like best, we shouldn't need to protect all of them.
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11-17-2013, 03:15 PM | #2237 |
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I agree on Colon and Cuthbert.
I'd probably be inclined to protect Mariot. He was in AAA all last year and had a 9.8 Ks per 9 innings. If we are considering trading a few middle relievers, he might be important yet. Save Eibner and call it a day. |
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11-17-2013, 03:28 PM | #2238 |
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Eibner and Adams have some serious merit too, imo.
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11-17-2013, 04:58 PM | #2239 |
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Eibner has no shot to ever hit MLB pitching
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11-17-2013, 05:32 PM | #2240 |
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Kansas City signs C Francisco Pena
Updated: November 17, 2013, 5:45 PM ET Associated Press RECOMMEND0TWEET0COMMENTS0EMAILPRINT KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals have signed catcher Francisco Pena and added him to the 40-man roster. The 24-year-old Pena, the son of former Royals manager Tony Pena, has spent the past six years in the New York Mets organization. He hit .257 last season for Triple-A Las Vegas with nine homers and 39 RBIs. He committed just three errors and threw out 30 percent of stolen-base attempts. Pena was also a member of the champion Dominican Republic squad in this past year's World Baseball Classic, where he was 1 for 2 with an RBI in two tournament games. The Royals announced the move on Sunday. Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press
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11-17-2013, 05:40 PM | #2241 |
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Waste of a spot as far as I am concerned.
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11-18-2013, 11:57 AM | #2242 |
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Judging by his twitter post, it appears that we have cut Felipe Paulino.
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11-18-2013, 12:00 PM | #2243 |
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Hmmm. I wonder if that means we don't think he'll recover.
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11-18-2013, 12:19 PM | #2244 |
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That's sad. I've always liked him.
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11-18-2013, 12:22 PM | #2245 |
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yeah, we kept him around for a year and a half during his whole rehab, so for us to not see how he does next year must mean bad medical news.
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11-18-2013, 04:59 PM | #2246 |
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In other news, the Ruben Tejada case could get interesting. He is probably going to file a grievance against the Mets, and I think he should probably win. Or at least, the Mets should lose for being stupid.
In baseball 172 days = 1 year of MLB service time. Ruben Tejada missed getting his 3rd year by 1 day. Normally its no big deal because when you draw a line, then someone's got to be on the wrong side of the line and also its sort of unofficially accepted that you can play games with service time to get another year from a prospect because you can always claim that he wasn't ready yet and needed more time in the minors and gee, what do ya know, 10 days after he missed his year, now we think he's ready, etc. Many teams do that, including the Royals. However, no one clearly and blatantly keeps a player from getting a year as much as the Mets did with Ruben Tejada. In late October, the Mets said as soon as the minor league playoffs were done, they'd probably call up Tejada. Playoffs end, and a ton of players get called up but not Tejada. Someone apparently looked up his service time and looked up a calendar because after most of his teammates were called up, 3 days after his AAA team was done playing, the Mets finally called him up at the exact time needed to make sure he'd fall 1 day short of getting his 3rd year. There is no rational explanation or excuse for it except the obvious one. It'll be interesting to see what happens. He'll probably be awarded an extra day of service time by the arbitrator, and start out next season at 3 years.
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11-18-2013, 05:13 PM | #2247 |
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11-18-2013, 05:13 PM | #2248 |
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Paulino had become morbidly obese and his fastball was topping out in the lower 80s during throwing sessions. Some guys make it back from that type of injury, but most don't.
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11-18-2013, 05:32 PM | #2249 |
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Josh Johnson seems to have the Giants and Padres as his top choices.
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