ZiPS had us 69 wins now has us 67.

Big whoop

A couple of years of top 3 picks isn't a bad thing at this point.

Unless Salvy's body is just already breaking down, this will be a nice pause on his career that might extend it. He's been a warrior. A year of rest might be a good thing. And while Viloria isn't our future, I really hope he surprises and creates some trade value with a solid season.

Having the first pick with a Bryce Harper/Alex Rodriguez as the clear cut number one player would be nice.

He’s got a very nice spirit.

Isn't there a decent chance Perez is now done with the Royals? If Melendez comes up mid season and performs well, don't you trade Perez?

No way they trade the face of the franchise as long as DM is here.

Melendez is not coming up mid-season. He doesn't need to be on the 40 man roster yet and he's only 20 and could use another couple of seasons to cook in the minors. It's Viloria, Gallagher and whatever vet they might sign at some point this season, if needed. Salvy will be catching for the Royals next year. Beyond that, I'm less sure.

Yeah, I’m good with Perez missing this year. KC might crack 100 losses again without him, which kind of sucks, but not really.

It will extend his career a bit and give him a chance to recover from some of the wear and tear he has been subject to.

It’s also an opportunity for him to change his body, similarly to what Molina did around this age, which would be good.

No idea what the 2020 draft class looks like, but if there was an ARod or Harper, we’d know about him by now.

With it being TJ I wonder if this will have him moving to 1st base full time much sooner. Not sure how much wear and tear he needs to be putting on his arm catching all the time.

You mean done with mlb?


TJ surgeries don’t work on most position players and never for C. Matt Wieters is a good comp here. His career basically ended after TJ

Mr. Haglund should take note!

Choo, Cozart, Matt Holliday, Paul Molitor all had it.

Wieters’ came back from it to have a few more productive seasons, then hit his 30s. It doesn’t seem to have had a significant effect on his caught stealing percentage, which has remained mostly the same.

I don’t think there’s enough track record to say TJ for a position player ends a career.

Good lord Mondesi has a chance to be a legit superstar. Not a Eric "Im kind of a big deal in KC" Hosmer KC Star. Im talking Mike Trout super star. If he were to duplicate last years production over a full season (lets use Hosmers 2017 season for PA) he could be in the MVP talk.

So at 671 PA instead of 291 PA his numbers look like this:

671 PA/634AB/109 R/176 Hits/30 2B/7 3B/32 HR/85 RBI/74 SB/25 BB/178 SO/.276 BA/.306 OBP/.498 SLG

This is what Mike Trouts 162 game avg looks like

711 PA/589 AB/121 R/187 H/34 2B/7 3B/37 HR/99 RBI/29 SB/105 BB/152 SO/105 BB/152 SO

If he does that it would be something never accomplished by someone else and that is 30 HR 70 SB, 30 HR and 60 SB has never been done before either. Hell 30 HR 50 RBI has only been done twice.

I know its something hes always had trouble with, but if he could just get a walk 1 out of every 2-3 games thatd give him around 65 walks. Thatd put his hypothetical slash at:

.296 avg/.362 obp/.532 slg/.894 ops

If he is able to take more walks he could potentially steal 85-90 bases. The crazy thing is that hes not even in his prime yet. In the next couple of years he could very well be the best player in the league.

https://theathletic.com/843976/2019/...d-ranking-gms/

Brutal.