Chris Young just seems like a house of cards. He will be 37, can't go more than 5 IP. The magic has to run out at some point. He's got Bruce Chen written all over him

I feel the same way about Young. I think we should be focusing on finding the next guy to serve that role rather than pay an inflated price to bring him back.
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Rany, the day of Game 7 last year: "It looks like the game could simply come down to which manager is more aggressive about pulling his starter and turning the game over to his immensely capable relievers."

We can protect him by having him skip starts and only going 5-6 innings at a time. He's going to be cheap, and getting someone appreciably better is going to cost a few million more than he will.

If we can sign Gordon and Zobrist, I don't think our season is going to be decided by who our fifth starter is. We're going to dominate the division again, and Young can go back to the bullpen in the postseason.

We just won the WS after starting the season with Ventura, Volquez, Duffy, Vargas, and Guthrie as our rotation. They combined for 46 wins on the season.

I trust the Royals to do the whatever is best regarding Young. I do view him differently than Chen, though. So much talk about how hard it is for batters to see the ball against him. His style makes age less of a factor. Kind of like a knuckleballer.

The only catch is, and I've seen John Smoltz talk about this... we've been to the World Series two straight years. We've logged a lot of extra miles on Davis and Herrera's arms.

Dayton knows this though, and that's why he talked about getting more innings out of the starters next year. One, it's just smart. Two, I'm guessing Ned will be extra careful about resting our big bullpen guys early next year so we can make another run. We got by this year, but it'll probably be tough to win 2 years in a row getting less innings from the starters.

I love Young being able to provide some longer relief, even if it's less often. I wouldn't back up the Brinks truck, but he should be affordable.

Except for getting 3 straight Gold Gloves awards and being an RBI machine in the playoffs. :rolleyes:

He should be able to buy some shampoo now.

That is a lot of money for a .225 hitting asshole.

Are we worried Young may lose some velocity?

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Well duh. Even the royals knew he would.

I love new baseball fans. Welcome aboard.

Some executive was on MLB network saying Eric Hosmer would be his #1 choice to build a team around. Might have been qualified by position player, I don't remember.