Reasons to like the Travis Snider signing.

1. This is a low risk minor league deal.

2. In 2014, Travis Snider in 322 at bats, hit .264 and 13 HR for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

3. Will be 28 years old this season and has 54 career home runs.

4. It is one more minor league outfield option to combine with right handed hitting Brett Eibner, Jose Martinez, Bubba Starling, Terrance Gore, Jorge Boifacio, and left handed hitting Reymond Fuentes. Let the best player play.


Negatives to the signing.

1. Career slashline of .244/.311/.399

2. Always lots of hope for him as a 1st round draft pick and a top prospect for the Toronto Blue Jays but it has never really developed.

3. Left handed hitter but has a career average of .243 VS RHP and .247 VS LHP. His home runs do come off of RHP with 46 to 8 coming from LHP.

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Agents say the Royals are trying to add one more OF at low cost. David Murphy seems like a good fit, but probably out of their price range

New Pet Peeve amongst Royals fans: Fans who assume KC will trade one of the core guys who hits FA after 2017, before the 2017 season.

Everything Moore has done this offseason has pointed towards maximizing the 2016 and 2017 window.

Trading one of Cain, Hosmer, Moustakas, Davis, is in direct opposition of that approach.

I could MAYBE see them trading Escobar in the unlikely scenario that Mondesi forces his way to the bigs in 2016 and they end up with a surplus of SS (though I'd think it more likely they just play Mondesi at 2B for Escobar's final year). But anyone else? Nah.

I know we won't go on a trading binge, but if this year goes poorly, I wouldn't be opposed to stocking the farm system.

If we were doing somewhat poorly by the break in 2017, I'd be all for trading guys away and rebuilding the farm system. Could you imagine the talent you could acquire by parting ways with 3-4 of those guys?

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