Well that didn't post right from phone.
Rosenthal tweeted looking like Boston is getting serious.

Another team trying to be the royals

Kimbrell & Chapman is serious stuff. Bosox has always kicked our ass's.

Beating Boston in the ALCS will be the sweetest thing ever.

(Am I doing this cocky fan thing right?)

@MaxWildstein: #Royals are considering making a run at signing Gerardo Parra, according to @nickcafardo.

Things not looking great with Gordon according to this link:

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But the bright side is that the Royals are optimistic about their chances to retain Ben Zobrist's services.

Losing Gordon would suck, but bringing in a Zobrist/Parra combo at not much more than Gordon would cost by himself (Zobrist and Parra can probably be had for $23-25 million total AAV, Gordon likely to be in the 18-20 range) would be a solid consolation prize.

Parra isn't flashy, but he has been basically a league-average bat over the course of his career and has been a standout defender until this year. If kept to a corner OF spot, like LF, I thiink he'd do well in KC. Milwaukee kept trying to use him in CF, which is a stretch.

I'm also intrigued by the South Korean OFs who are about to be posted, Ah-Seop Son and Hyun-Soo Kim. Both are all-around hitters who walk more than they K and play good D in LF. Neither has the profile of Jung-Ho Kang or Byung-Ho Park, who posted for $5 million (4 years, $11 million, for a total commitment of $16 million over 4 years with a sweetheart team option for year 5) and $12.5 million (TBD), respectively.

Royals close to re-signing Zobrist?

http://kingsofkauffman.com/2015/11/1...x-gordon-gone/

Parra seems like a guy with a strong arm, but not necessarily a standout defender. Admittedly, I haven't seen all the metrics.

So what do the Royals do with Infante, assuming Zobrist is re-signed? Trade him along with a prospect to get someone to take on his contract or eat the contract? I doubt they have him sit on the bench making that much money, and reportedly, Z-man really prefers to play second base, although I'm sure he would cover right or left for the Royals for part of the season if they asked him to.

Play him all over the place, would be the answer to what to do with Zobrist, IMO.

He plays some LF (assuming Gordon not resigned). He plays some RF. He plays some 2B. He plays some 3B.

Why? Play him where the biggest hole is: 2B. That creates the most value. Get Outfante out of the lineup, you can find at least some production from an OF

He'd play 2B primarily (unless Infante hits at a good clip). But you'd still be able to use him all over. That's where his value really balloons... his ability to play a bunch of spots and give guys a day off is huge.

Infante would just be an expensive utility guy. Ideally, we could get someone to eat half his salary (unlikely), though.

I'd kill to acquire Josh Reddick to play RF. Great arm, great speed, low K rate, 28 years old, good teammate from reports, and 1 arb year (7-8m?). Unfortunately I doubt we have pieces anymore to do a deal like this. Almonte plus?

Oak, despite being last, had great SABR peripherals and Beane believes in those so he probably thinks they will revert. And prob remembers being burnt on the Donaldson disaster. Still, Reddick is the 1 guy I'd want.

Reddick and Marcell Ozuna are the two guys in the trade market who make a lot of sense for KC.

Reddick would be an awesome add, and it would be interesting to see where they hit him, if acquired. I'm not sure how high his value would be, as a one-year rental, but he's certain to turn down a QO at the end of the year, so you'd need to compensate them at least with the equivalent of a sandwich pick of value.

You'd think, anyway. Maybe Beane gets obsessed with a Royals player for no apparent reason (cough, cough, Brett Lawrie) and makes another bad deal.

I'd send them Almonte for Reddick in a heartbeat.

I would not. Almonte is the #1 SP prospect we have atm. If we have any hope of staying competitive past 2017 we really need either him or Zimmer to work out.

With Zimmer and Manaea's injury history, there was a very good reason why Almonte was considered untouchable at the deadline.