Minor league deal. i hope he doesn't take the final spot. I hope he's just insurance at the minor league level.

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Zimmer has the best pure stuff of anyone still on the roster. It will be a complete surprise to me if he is not on the Opening Day roster. Looks to me like he is sticking with a Fastball + Curveball arsenal for now. Tapp also said he hit 97 today on his last pitch, not sure if that's accurate (FSKC said 95 for the same pitch), but he's getting ~20 mph differential from his fastball and curveball. It is happening, folks. Kyle ****ing Zimmer.

I put $5 on the Royals to win the AL Central at 75/1. Couldn't pass that up. LOL

Harrah's in Las Vegas is giving 100 to 1 odds on that bet. I was out there last week, and I put $20 on it.

30 win improvement....it's going to happen.

Not with this pitching staff it won't.

Man, with his injury history, I'd put him in the closer spot. Limit the innings, see if he can make it through a season without his arm falling off and use the talent in high leverage situations. Especially if he's sticking to FB, CB, and change.

I mean, I know starting pitching is more valuable, but he hasn't shown an ability to last a season in that role.

On the roster????? Of course he will be on the roster. What are you talking about?

Why?

@goldbergkc: #Royals have selected the contract of INF Lucas Duda and requested release waivers OF Brian Goodwin

Why is Goodwin released. I know he’s struggled during spring but Duda really...

Not a move I expected. The only reasoning I can come up with is, Goodwin was a left handed bat and Duda will replace that from the bench.

Since Duda was originally signed to a minor league contract, can he be optioned to omaha during the season?

I attended the Friday and Saturday games against the Giants and Brewers. I hadn't known until I saw him at the Friday night game that we had signed Duda. He belted a homer on Saturday and ended the game with a 0.803 OPS for the Spring. In person, Goodwin looks good in motion. He hit a double on Friday and looked smooth and powerful on the basepaths. I can see why the Royals wanted him. He has the kind of easy athleticism that looks good in Royals Stadium. But his Spring OPS ended up at 0.443 and his career OPS+ is just a 99, while Duda's is 118.

I don’t really get the Duda addition but can live with it as long as it doesn’t eat into playing time for O’Hearn.

Really don’t care about Goodwin.

I'm hoping they keep Schwindel on the 25 man roster. The only way I see that happening is if they put Soler in RF and Schwindel and Duda platoon at DH.