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Originally Posted by dlphg9
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Stupid Facebook Royals fans up in arms about Alshitty. "No one is giving him the respect he deserves" "OMG! I cant believe that he was only givin a minor league deal! How disrespectful to him"!
People are up in arms lol. You can tell the fans that became fans during the WS run. They dont know much. Hell, the amount of people that were upset that we "keep trading all of our best players" after we got rid of Butera was crazy. Trufans really get attached to the players no matter how terrible to mediocre they may be.
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Right, it goes without saying, but Facebook fans are incredibly stupid. Honestly, most anyone talking baseball outside of dedicated sports forums don't usually have much sense, either. Which is fine, not everyone cares for or obsesses over the small details.
Players are offered what they are worth, no player is obligated to money because they think that they deserve it. It's why I find it hilarious when players bitch (Kris Bryant, referenced below) about guys like Harper and Machado not being signed yet.
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Harper remains unsigned with less than a month before spring training begins, as does fellow superstar free agent Manny Machado.
"It's really weird," Bryant said. "Two of the best players in the game, and they have very little interest in them, from just what I hear. It's not good. It's something that will have to change. I know a lot of the other players are pretty upset about it."
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https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/01/18/kr...gency-decision
The rumors going around are that Boras' asking price for Harper is $400 million. That isn't a case of "teams having very little interest", that's a case of complete ****ing absurdity.
Anyway, Esky could conceivably enjoy another 2-3 years of being a utility journeyman. He had a hell of a career in KC from the casual fans' perspective. His bat was always consistently below-average throughout his entire career in KC, but what changed was that his once-great, Gold Glove range and defensive ability at SS fell off the face of a ****ing mountain after the 2015 season.
I saw this tweet today from Joel...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most games played of anyone in MLB since 2011 and 8th all-time most games played in Royals history. Thanks to Alcides Escobar for always saying yes to interview requests and for being a pleasure to work w/ the last 8 years. Good luck in Baltimore Esky <a href="https://t.co/rHz8gTJiDp">https://t.co/rHz8gTJiDp</a> <a href="https://t.co/CLxuahhWNT">pic.twitter.com/CLxuahhWNT</a></p>— Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldbergkc/status/1097192171323691010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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...and the worst part is that accolade Joel points out in the first sentence is also most-likely what led to him losing his glove and, ultimately, his production. It's like his body completely gave up on him.
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(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=318529)