That's awesome, thanks

This graph really supports my thoughts that we need to sign Gordon and Zobrist and just go with these next two years to try to win another World Series. The 2018 team is going to look very different. If they get four year deals we will clearly be able to afford both of those salaries in the years where we are concerned if they are still playing up to their contracts.

They won't pick up the last year of his option, he'll be gone in 2018 too. Dayton set the whole thing up from the beginning to have complete flexibility starting that season. We should be able to make some competitive offers for our own guys. Plus hopefully players like Mondesi, Cuthbert and Starling can contribute by that point.
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Lulz at the team giving Heyward the Brinks truck. LOFL

2018 is scary.

Omar Infante's contract is going to haunt us for awhile.

Hey guys, I woke up this morning and just remembered something:

WE WON THE WORLD SERIES.

How awesome is that? Still. Always.

It looked like a great signing at the time. Maybe we can get him to start using PED's.

This really happened...

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Edited: After SK's response, subtract Holland's contract from this since he's non-tendered, so that's good. I also bet you can subtract Collins and Coleman's contract since I bet they both also will get non-tendered.

Yes, same for Collins and Coleman.

Max explains some of this at the link.

Dammit, you got me before I can edit it! :cuss::D

Well, boo.

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Is Chris Young still a possibility? Seems like Volquez's, Ventura, Duffy, Medlen, Young, and Zimmer is at least as good as what we started with last year. Seems like it would be affordable enough to keep both Gordon and Zobrist as well.

I submitted a question to McCullough's Royals chat at noon today. Something along the lines of,
"Alex Gordon has been the perfect Kansas City Royal. He has been referred to as the captain of this team. He is, right or wrong, viewed as this generation's Geroge Brett. With the Royals most likely failing to sign Gordon to a contract, what message does it send to our current roster of "homegrown" players that we are not willing to pay market value or anything close to market value for our talent? Why would any current player have any confidence in GMDM in terms of being offered a contract that isn't insulting? How do Salvy's teammates view his joke of a contract?"


Again, with all of this money coming off of the books this off-season, in addition to the ~$50 million made during the postseason, how the **** are we supposed to believe that this team can't afford to pay players such as Gordon or Zobrist?

Gordon does not look to be a candidate for rapid regression. The guy is in fantastic shape and has showed no signs of slowing down, other than, arguably, coming back early from a (freak) groin injury. I would think that the Royals could potentially count on moving Gordon and Perez both to DH/1b duties, or even possibly move Gordon to RF in the future if need be. If the Royals wanted Gordon to exclusively DH and work solely on power, I imagine he could add more strength to his frame and could focus solely on hitting.