You have got to be kidding.

Gawd Salvy is good

Are you not seeing what other teams are getting for pitching right now?

When did your dumb ass start posting in these threads?

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One more

This isn't the same Holland that we all freaked out on before...i have total confidence he isnt shaken.

Ice in his veins.

WE'RE BUYERS AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Nice!

BADASS

Never a doubt.

Holland is a ****ing stud, seriously.

His trade value will never be higher...too bad the Royals won't explore any option.

Seriously.

Jim Johnson is dumbfounded.

Whew! Got scared there for a second.

Holland's slider is cruel and unusual punishment

After that outing, I'm the only one who thinks Holland should remain closer. /hootie

Nice recovery by Holland. Would have been a shame to waste that start by Chen. Win is a win, baby.

great game,..Holland has some nads

I wonder where the Royals would be if Chen had started the whole year and Davis was in the bullpen.

I kinda cringe with each win....i kind've want Santana traded

Not sure who you are? I have over 9K posts on this board. I would stfu and learn something or keep shooting your mouth off. Either way I probably won't remember you.

Holland is such a stud. I think he's better than Soria. I get why trading him is a good idea but he's so unhittable he can be a Kimbrel/Rivera type guy back there. We aren't going to find another one of him. Plus I guess I'm afraid we won't get what he's worth because he's not a "name."

lew is the mother****ing man!!

Is there talk of trading him?

It would be smart to explore it...being an all star this year didn't hurt.

We all know how valuable a closer is too a shitty team. GMDM atleast has several RP's that could atleast do a decent job closing. Yes, he is dominant but we all know how Soria went. RP's rarely sustain year in year out like Rivera has

I got the feeling the general consensus among Royals fans is he should be traded. I don't think there's been any serious rumors though.

And to be fair it's usually a good idea. Relievers are an up-and-down proposition. But Holland has put up top shelf numbers for 3 years now and averages almost 15 K/9 IP. They won't replace that. It just depends on what you get for him.

Just hypothetical talk on the Internet: Should the Royals trade Holland?

I don't think Dayton would ever do that. Too unconventional, too outside the box.

Good game guys. How it was only 3-2 game IDK felt like 10-1 all night.

This.

Wickedson measuring his worth by the number of posts he has on this board is laughable. He has 9000 posts and maybe a dozen of them aren't ****ing reeruned. Lew has more quality posts in a day than Wickedson does in a year.

My cat often poops outside the box....

I don't typically take kindly to people who don't know me calling me a "dumbass". I have no idea who the kid is. I would never have said anything personally attacking him but if that's the kind of person he is I don't really care about associating with him.

My record in Royals threads is extensive. Not sure why the butthurt is so strong towards me by this guy Lew.

Says the guy with zach galifianakis in his avatar. LMAO

The Orioles have some really good players but don't have Championship juice. Well, half of them are on steroids so maybe they do? ;)

Because he accurately depicted you as a dumbass

lol, you're back??? omg..... I'm still waiting btw. Or you going to go into hiding again?

Sorry, all the Opurum pics were taken.

Thanks for all the answers fellas

I think he's recently or almost married - cut him some slack.

:spock: Wtf are you talking about?

ahhh, stress. I got you

Too correct, which means Dayton will certainly never even think of it.

I'm at day #5............

Late to the party (softball doubleheader last night), but I wanted to say... that's the difference an elite closer makes.

Runner on 3rd, nobody out, one-run lead? It's cool. I got this.

Royals should definitely still trade Santana, considering what the market price is for pitchers of his caliber this year,and should explore a trade for Holland.

I love Holland, but you have to at least explore moving him, especially when the bullpen is still a relative strength.

Santana + Hoch for Bogaerts; what, in your opinion, do we have to throw in to make that work duncan?

Holland for Castellanos; what do we have to throw in to make that work?

I'm not sure the bullpen would be much of a strength without Holland at this point. Collins, Herrera, and Crow have all struggled this year.

Considering Boegaerts is a 20-year-old crushing it at AAA (800 OPS), I'd think you'd have to ship Santana and Holland to Boston to even get in the conversation, and even then, probably not enough.

You might have to include Ventura to make that work.