Well damn, you are correct. I guess I remembered Henderson leaping up and ATTEMPTING to make a great play, and I forgot the part about him not actually making the play at all. Come to think of it, that was part of the drama, wasn't it? Dave Henderson's redemption by hitting the game winning home run.

30 years from now I'll probably be telling people how vividly I remember the Royals winning the 2014 World Series on Alex Gordon's inside-the-park home run in game 7.

More than likely, 4 for $60 was the Royals opening offer. A little above the top contracts offered to Meche and Guillen at $55 mil. A little low, but not insulting and gives him the largest contract in Royals history.

I think the Royals would be willing to go 4 for $70 mil, but that would probably be the ending point. They're looking to lock up some younger guys in the next couple years and you don't invest the kind of money Gordo's agent is wanting in a player in their 30's, whose value is very tied up in his defense. Range and speed will decline with age.


That being said, with the plethora of second tier OF options available at cheaper rates, wouldn't shock me if Gordo ended up back in KC at 4 for 70 . . . .

Yankees

/2015 Royals wannabes

When DM took over, what if he said "within 10 years I'll have won a World Series, gone to another one, and had the Yankees copying my methods"


The press room would've erupted in laughter.

That puts Dayton Moore's accomplishments in perspective, doesn't it?

That is why I won't complain no matter what happens with Alex Gordon. GMDM seems to know what the hell he's doing. Any Royals fan who panics now and says bullshit like "The Royals are just cheap bastards" and "David Glass just wants to jerk off on piles of our money" has not been paying attention the last 5 years.

@royalsclubhouse: Alex Gordon, to Lincoln Journal Star, after being asked about Heyman's claim last week that there was no chance of KC contract. "No truth."

Maybe but not sure that is the time or place to say otherwise.

It sounds like Alex Gordon wasn't insulted by the Royals initial offer after all.

http://www.royalsreview.com/2015/12/...e-no-chance-to

I figured that's the case.

This Heyman individual needs to be neg repped/trolled into submission.

Why? How would you know who's telling the truth?

I would trust the player/agent than a uninformed reporter who has no well established connections in Kansas City. Especially if it's Alex Gordon.

The problem is, how can one identify how much the market is for Gordon if Upton and Cespedes are still on the market? The longer those two guys who are out there, I have to think it hurts Gordon's value on the market.

Plus, you do remember Michael Bourn? He had to settle for 4/$48M and Bourn was a year younger than Alex when QO-tagged.

I think Alex will find something between 4 years $80 with a 5th year option (you know how much GMDM loves those options), in my opinion.

It may suck and be a blow to the team to lose Alex, but circumstances are what they are, the market and TV deal hamstrings them for now. Ultimately, as you said - they've earned the right to steer the ship and chart the waters based upon doing something NOBODY expected to be the results.
Back to back WS is a lot harder than even getting on a hot streak and winning one. That dictates true talent and not simply dumb luck.

I honestly don't buy a word about the leaked reports. No news is simply no news. Nobody is chomping at the bit to sign him at some grossly overpriced contract.

It could still happen, but it is just as likely that the waters have cooled a bit and teams have rethought how much and how long they want to offer him.

If Gordon had an offer of 4/80 with a 5th year option, I think he'd have signed it by now. My best guess at this point is that he's back next year with something along the lines of a 4/60 deal and a 5th year club option of $20m and a $5m payout if we decline it.

I just heard on 610 that they will be playing the radio broadcast of each postseason game in a row starting soon. I didn't catch exactly what day and time it would start though.