Guy just has to hit the ball in the air. That is literally about it.

You'll get more if someone is desperate now AND with years of control. You don't need them AT ALL this year if you are the Royals.

This is exactly what I was thinking with the Yankees and the Sanchez situation.

Yankees will upgrade their catcher position by calling in the backup with a .800 OPS before calling the Royals about Perez.

Fair enough. Didn't know what the Yankees had behind Sanchez. The dude playing now doesn't have very impressive numbers.

Duffy tanking his trade value again

Too much to ask our highly paid top of the rotation pitcher to do his job.

Apparently Danny wants all of us to be buried with him.

If the right deal is out there now, I'm all for it.

You do have to wonder how much of his lazy bullshit they'll put up with before they look to move him.

It's just damn tough to convince yourself to move on from a guy with the ability to make a Piazza caliber impact offensively. His attitude is just so damn bad and has been for awhile now.

I mean, Perez for Sanchez doesn't get done. Perez and Duffy for Sanchez likely doesn't get much traction either unless they're just damn tired of him. The Yankees don't have a real need for Whit and the Royals don't have much to offer outside of that.

They should try to ship him to Miami for Realmuto just as a stick in his eye. I haven't seen a guy as indifferent out there since...well, Dexter Fowler. But before Dexter Fowler, I've not seen it since Hanley Ramirez got himself traded out of Miami.

I have had an epiphany.


Having a player like Salvy on your roster as a catcher.. isn't exactly optimal.

He's too good defensively to not put behind home plate, but you can't run him out every day because -wouldn't you know it- the physical demands of the position are arduous.

You can't give him too much rest because his bat is historically too good to sacrifice for multiple days. Fine, so you DH him or stick him at first... but what happens when the backup catcher gets hurt midgame? You're then down a catcher and you lose the DH for that game.

So then you Gattis/Schwarber the guy and make him a full time player at another position or be the full time DH. But that's assuming he's not a liability at another position defensively and his bat is comparable offensively to other full time players at those spots.

If I'm a GM, why should I tell scouts to look for prospects like proto-Salvy when I should probably be looking for proto-Cervellis?

Disclaimer: this epiphany is independent of DJ's post. I just got around to posting it now and didn't see his commentary. I am in no way, shape or form influenced by the evil takes of a Cardinals fan.

Over selling Perez's bat, no?

Sal was one of the most consistent parts of the Royals lineup from 2013-2017.

As in "his bat is too good compared to the rest of the 25-man roster".

Fair enough.