LOL. I was just kidding, man.

I would imagine GMDM would be hesitant to deal much more in terms of depth in the minors. This year's trades diminished the system somewhat (which I'm fine with...it was perfectly appropriate.)

If Gordon departs, what do you think about Rajai Davis? I know he's fast, but don't know what else he brings.

Not a fan. His D is average and his main value is his speed on the bases, IMO. He just turned 35.....Pass.

Good Rolling Stone interview with Hosmer.

One highlight:

:clap:

"At GM meetings, everyone wants to be the Royals"
http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city...-royals-111015


I'm pretty sure I'm being trolled badly by some supreme being when I read shit like that.

I love it when sports writers act like Miami and Houston are small market teams.

Yeah, someone is going to have to explain that to me. In what ****ing world is HOU a small market team? I can see why someone might consider Miami a small market team due to population in Miami proper, but that still doesn't really jive with me, because the Miami metro area is +5MM.

I must be missing something. Miami (28) and Houston (30) had two of the three lowest revenue totals last year. Of course they're "small market" as we know the term In baseball. If that term bothers you then use small revenue. Same ultimate message: they're broke.

Royals were 16 by the way at $231m vs Hou at $175m

Here's an interesting option. Passan references his profile as "Royals type" at the end.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Another top Korean player, outfielder Hyun-Soo Kim, plans to play in MLB next year. News at Yahoo Sports: <a href="https://t.co/oCFUYsgKwZ">https://t.co/oCFUYsgKwZ</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/664925174886588417">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like Rany agrees with me that we should sell out for the next couple years.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I almost hope Alex Gordon gets a 6/$120M offer he can&#39;t refuse. Because if he gets 5/$80M and the Royals don&#39;t match, I&#39;ll be annoyed.</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/664907005203718145">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/dirkchatelain">@dirkchatelain</a> I&#39;d be comfortable with 5/$80 or 6/$90. When you consider the explosion in revenue I could be convinced for 5/$85 or 6/$96.</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/664909383701278720">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And given that the roster will be devastated by free agency in 2 years, I&#39;m okay with overpaying in 2018-20 for a good player in 2016-17.</p>&mdash; Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) <a href="https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/664914654255255553">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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If you're going to go for it, you go all in. GMDM has demonstrated that he clearly understands this.

Either they're going to go balls to the wall while the nucleus is together (Gordon + Zobrist + really good SP), or make moves to position themselves for a smoother transition when these guys leave, meaning that 2017's trade deadline could be heartbreaking.

Yeah well we've seen how well the "let's be indefinitely mediocre and hope everyone has a career year at the same time" strategy has worked for the Chiefs.

Heyward/Gordon/Zobrist/Latos

Go for Royals 14/15/16/17 Dynasty Status.

$200MM payroll? Sounds legit