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I don't think the Royals will end up with Kennedy AND Gordon. If they retain Gordon, they do not get the sandwich pick. Since Kennedy would cause the Royals to lose their first round draft pick, I don't see it happening. If Gordon signs elsewhere, they could give up their first for Kennedy, since they are drafting so late, and have the sandwich pick.

Also, Parra is not tied to a Qualifying Offer. The Royals could have Parra and (Chen, Gallardo, or Kennedy) and still have the sandwich pick.

How many million is it going to cost to find that first rounder? The Royals should be in competing mode for winning now, to a degree.

So, if you don't have to sign in first round pick then you could allot that money over to sign a pitcher on a shorter term contract because he's not going to be on the books 4-5 years down the road.

Yes, there is of course the argument about getting young talent with a number of controllable years for cheap salary because you don't want to deplete the farm system. But, it's at least food for thought if you really are looking at competing this year and next year while the core of the team is still intact.

Sure-Oz

01-05-2016 08:43 PM

More non news

@JonHeyman: Royals still would love to sign Alex Gordon after bleak start to talks. Also on OF radar: parra, span, fowler, Murphy, etc.

Wilson8

01-05-2016 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 11991789)

I'd take Kennedy because I think he has better raw stuff, Eiland has a history with him, and he's got more upside, IMO. I think Kennedy could have a Volquez-like bump up in Kansas City. He's also a giant red-ass, which I kind of dig.

I found this from a story on stats from the 2015 MLB season...

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Nine to Know: From the Bill Chuck Files of 12/27/15

Batters hit .190 off Hector Santiago on the first pitch of an at bat, the lowest rate in the majors. Batters hit .484 off Ian Kennedy on first pitches, the highest rate in the bigs.

http://www.gammonsdaily.com/sunday-n...ember-27-2015/

SO...seems like Ian might want to do something different with his first pitches.

Also if Dave Eiland got that corrected, it would certainly improve Kennedy's pitching stats.

Where do you find stats so you can figure a .484 average on first pitches?

mr. tegu

01-05-2016 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wilson8 (Post 12002627)

I found this from a story on stats from the 2015 MLB season...

SO...seems like Ian might want to do something different with his first pitches.

Also if Dave Eiland got that corrected, it would certainly improve Kennedy's pitching stats.

Where do you find stats so you can figure a .484 average on first pitches?

Baseball reference and then the splits for whatever season you are interested in seeing. You can see the pitcher's numbers in all counts.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...&year=2015&t=p

ArrowheadHawk

01-05-2016 10:48 PM

Seeing twitter rumors about signing Gordon, 4 years $80 million

KChiefs1

01-05-2016 10:55 PM

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Always like Cookie. Good news!

BigCatDaddy

01-05-2016 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 12002707)

Seeing twitter rumors about signing Gordon, 4 years $80 million

Elaborate please?

KChiefs1

01-05-2016 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 12002707)

Seeing twitter rumors about signing Gordon, 4 years $80 million

Bye Bye Gordo.

Wilson8

01-05-2016 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 12002674)

Baseball reference and then the splits for whatever season you are interested in seeing. You can see the pitcher's numbers in all counts.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...&year=2015&t=p

Thank you very much. You are correct and when you look it up - http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...&year=2015&t=p
Kennedy did have a .484 AVG, .492 OBP, .968 SLG, and 1.460 OPS on First Pitch.

OK, so now where do I go to see what pitch Kennedy is throwing for his first pitch?

It seems this might be something easily corrected.

ArrowheadHawk

01-05-2016 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy (Post 12002722)

Elaborate please?

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...19739aff90.jpg

BigCatDaddy

01-05-2016 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 12002729)

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...19739aff90.jpg

Does that mean with KC?