I was looking at pitching stats for the bullpen. Turns out only half of the Royals bullpen suck;

Doing great (both have 0.00 era;
Herrera
Keller

Doing OK;
Grimm
Hill

Really Suck;
Maurer
Boyer
Flynn (only played in one game but gave up 3 runs in 1.1 innings)

Don't know yet;
Burch Smith ( pitched in one game, gave up one run, got no outs )

Maurer and Boyer have been disasters for their entire careers. There shouldn't be any surprise for the Royals regarding those two.

:rolleyes:

The Royals CAN trade him, but it has to be for the right return.

It’s got to be a huge win for the Royals to do it, to the level of the Brewers win with Jon Lucroy (that netted top 25 prospect Lewis Brinson and top 75 prospect Luis Ortiz, for only 1.5 years of control).

Considering Perez is controlled for 3.5 years at market value (or maybe even a little less), it’s kind of staggering to think about a comparative return for him.

It would take at least one prospect of Brinson’s stature, maybe even more highly regarded. Plus a top 50. Plus a top 75-100. Plus a lotto ticket.

Is there a contender motivated enough to provide that, that has a deep enough farm system? I just don’t know about that.

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I'm assuming he doesn't like the idea of trading Perez.

It's a ****ing reeruned idea that's why.

Thanks, I appreciate the insult.

So, you think we are going to make another run before Sal's contract is up?

Perez turns 28 in May. In two years ( 2020 ) he'll turn 30. In my opinion, catchers don't age well and he seems to be hurt a couple times a year as it is. Who is the best catcher in the minors that could replace him in 2020 or 2021?

Yankees?

Why would the Yankees want him when they have Gary Sanchez.

Sanchez is only 25 and hit 33 homers last year. It'd be hard to bench him. Now, if he got hurt, that's a different story.

I think you're correct, but I thought they might be willing to part with pieces for a guy like Salvy.

You aren't going to get a return that will match what Salvy brings on the field, in the stands, or for the PR.

Also baseball isn't football or the NBA where you need to blow the bitch up to get the top pick to get the franchise QB or player in basketball. Draft wherever and still have a top farm system.