serious about shitty right handed pitching.

They can have him. I'd rather we retain Young anyways.

The last two years have revealed just how far away Myers is from the Royals philosophy. Offensively, he is a power hitting bat who has struck out at a concerningly high rate for his entire career. His struggle to make consistent contact likely raised red flags with the Royals minor league scouting.

Even more concerning may have been Myers defense. His defense at both right and center have been atrocious in his young career. Put those struggles in Kauffman and we may have been pining for replacement level talent in right field.

I love Wil, and want him to succeed. His wrist problems (arising from a crazy outfield collision) are the worst thing that could have happened to a young hitter. However, it's now clear that his skill set may never been the right fit for the Royals. Kudos to Moore and his scouts for seeing that as he was coming through the pipeline.

Pelfrey is weak. . Detroit can have him

Pelfrey and Detroit's defense could be an interesting combination.

Detroit is really good up the middle with Kinsler and Iglesias, and really bad at the corners with Cabrera and Castellanos.

Martinez is also pretty bad.

He's a nice sixth starter signing, but yeah, I'd rather have Chris Young, personally.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Greinke in agreement with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DBacks?src=hash">#DBacks</a>, pending physical.</p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/672944503452508161">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Didn't see this one coming!

Oh shiiiii

Mother of God. This would be awesome. Keep him in the NL and let lewdog watch him.

Dback released 7 new uniforms today. I really some of dig them.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-...forms-for-2016

To go with their new uniforms..

Cueto turned them down and they got a better player. Kinda funny.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...ms5s-4-web.jpg

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IIRC, they signed. 10 year, $1 billion dollar TV deal recently so they can afford him.

6 year deal

They're definitely unique. Kind of refreshing and I think it works for them, however, I hope I never see the Royals with any sublimated designs like that. Our current uniforms could stick for quite a while I feel like, especially with our success in them over the last couple of years.

It'll be cool to go watch Greinke this summer. Perhaps I'll adopt the D-Backs as my NL team. I'm in Arizona this weekend house hunting. Hopefully I'll find something I like enough to make an offer to get some stability back in my life lol

Some reactions around the baseball world:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What in the holy hell Zack Greinke</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/672948100319879172">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Personally, I think the chance to hit at Chase Field sealed it.</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/672949159876538368">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/672945446445260800">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Just goes to show he was always about the money. I know dealing him away brought Cain and Escobar, but it still steams me he quit on the Royals. And it makes me incredibly happy that they've played in two World Series and he hasn't come within spitting distance of one.

Or that he really believes in the DBacks.

They can score a lot of runs, they were 8th in runs scored. They just dont have pitching.

Well the Dback haven't really ever had a following so they need to generate a buzz with shit like this.

The Royals should never go away from what they are working with. Established franchises that have been around a long time should continue with more classic looks IMO.

6/195

Hey man! Enjoy the perfect 75 degree weather we are having and will have for the next week!

Hope it all goes well. I'd definitely be down for some Greinke games.

Admittedly, I've only seen them play a couple of games against the Nationals. I don't remember anything standing out about them. I did do a double take the first time I saw Goldschmidt's stats on the scoreboard.

I just think that if he wanted to win - truly wanted to win - there were better options available. And I don't mean the Dodgers.

I know the Cards got a huge tv deal too.
Too bad the Royals are missing out on this tv money.

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Better AAV than Price.

Ken Rosenthal is saying it's actually 6 years, $206 million. That includes some deferred money though.

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The Royals only have themselves to blame

LMAO

$206 million dollars.

Jesus H Christ.

That comes out to almost $35 million a year. No one else has ever done better. He is going to make $1 million per start.

Ho-Lee Shit.

Greinke is the highest-paid player in baseball, and its not even close

We just need to be at least decent in 2018 and we'll get a fair deal for our market size.

Thanks.

I'm digging the weather fo sho.

I'm still a fan of Greinke. He was the only bright spot on the Royals for a long time.

It's hard for me to blame him for wanting out at that point, definitely.

Yeah, although I think what was bothered some people was that the organization had invested so much in him and let him work through all his personal problems, even when he about quit baseball. Then he turned on them, and even beyond that, killed the trade with the Nationals even though everyone bent over backwards to accommodate him. Also that he admitted that he quit on the team. Today, I'm guessing he's very glad he didn't quit.

That is somewhere around $11,000 per pitch depending on what his average pitch count per game is.

Not even Walter Johnson would have been worth that kind of money.

Damn. So much money in baseball it's sickening.

David Price is the closest.

I'm glad for Grienke though he's a good guy and I hope he brings the D Backs into the playoffs.

Sickening? Why?

Good for greinke

Good for Zack he now owns the keys to Fort Knox. I do always wonder what he thinks about abandoning the ship before it found success. I am surprised no reporter has asked his thoughts on his former team. Anyway I don't have any animosity towards him for wanting out of what he thought was a bad situation.

I'm a big fan of what he brought us when we traded his ass away.

Just crazy. Not bitching.

He was asked about us last year. He said he enjoyed watching us and thought that the 2014 Royals had one of the greatest defenses in baseball history.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Samardzija gets 5 yrs, $90m from Giants.</p>&mdash; Tim Brown (@TBrownYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/673202608824160256">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Holy...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeff Samardzija led the A.L. last year in runs allowed, hits allowed and homers allowed. Also, his K/9 sank. I love baseball.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/673203934350082049">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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The giants have had such good luck with big starting pitcher contracts too.

A real good reason to hate the Giants now.

Interesting never seen that one. Thanks

Wow these signings are way out there guess its a buyers market. Really looking bad for resigning Zobrist.

I'm also glad he rejected that Nationals trade too.

Insane.

or Gordon.

I think that trade was something like Zimmermann + Espinosa or Desmond + Wilson Ramos (may have been a different catcher, not sure on Ramos).

That could have worked out.

I still think the Brewer haul was better.

Zimmerman, Espinoza, Drew Storen and Derek Norris.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeff Samardzija led the A.L. last year in runs allowed, hits allowed and homers allowed. Also, his K/9 sank. I love baseball.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/673203934350082049">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perfect, looks like I&#39;m all set after last season.😂 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CareerWorsts?src=hash">#CareerWorsts</a> <a href="https://t.co/JUrz2WAicr">https://t.co/JUrz2WAicr</a></p>&mdash; Jeremy Guthrie (@TheRealJGuts) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealJGuts/status/673207173103509505">December 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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ROFLROFLROFL

I love JGuts.

He's awesome. Personality and leadership wise. Results, not so much.

Will this myth die? We "invested" in him only because of his immense talent. We did it out of self-interest. If he had sucked, he'd have been released.

Oh. I thought the word "sickening" was a complaint.

I don't think anyone argued otherwise. I didn't even say I agreed with that line of thought, just pointing it out. It's a business at the end of the day. But do remember that they signed Greinke to an extension before he won the Cy Young and a year later he basically quit. I don't think he's completely innocent either, but it worked out.

That's why I hate Greinke. When it's all said and done, he had a 4-year contract with the Royals that was worth $38,000,000, and he ****ing quit on them in order to force the team to trade him.

I think a guy getting paid that much money ought to TRY. I know, as it turned out it was a great trade for the Royals. But that doesn't excuse Greinke deliberately tanking his last season with the Royals.

Nah.. kind of funny I remember people being stunned when Canseco become the first 3 million dollar man.

@Buster_ESPN: The perception among other teams is that it's only a matter of timing before Chris Young works out a new deal with the Royals.

Isn't it this week when all the domino's all fall

O'day: stays withe O's. ( who would have thought that Jim Johnson would need to be replaced?)

4 years/ 31$.

Millionaire speed dating.

Ryan Madson has agreed to a 3-yr, $22M deal with #Athletics pending physical, source says.

Wow. The A's huh

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That's a ton of money and years.

A's throwing $$$ at ex Royals. Dang.

Good for Madson wtf is Beane thinking

Beane going full reerun offering that to an old reliever.

Nice work Billy!