I'm not the baseball wizard Duncan is, but how many teams out there need a 3B? Not many. The market for 3B is bleak. Turner will be back for LAD, unless he has a set back and needs surgery most good teams are set at 3B.

That's half the reason he came back to the Royals in the first place.

The Yankees still might be your best bet, but you'd need Andujar to fall off, and the Yankees aren't big on giving up prospects these days... especially for a half season rental.

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Best bet is the Braves staying in it and deciding its worth sacrificing a little surplus prospect value for a run this year with their young core. They have a stud prospect but he’s likely still a year away.

Best bet would be getting a single top 100 prospect for him, I think.

So, pitching Duffy on 3 days rest maybe not the best idea . . . .

Who would have thunk it?

Flush this season.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e7823e3f88.jpg

Get the #1 pick Royals. Keep losing and these 1 yes guys need to keep performing. Can't wait for the deadline so I can cheer for guys that might be here past next year

#1 Pick!!!!!

Any sure fire studs in the draft next year?

What's funny is the last time we had the #1, we long lamented that it came between two busts - Luke Hochevar and Andrew Miller.

Amazing how both ended up finding their place as lockdown guys in the pen.

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Hopefully not another damn pitcher

White Sox be like hold my Four Loko though.

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RIP Verne Troyer

It’s a bit early for 2019 but I’m going to look into it.

In 2018 draft news, HS RH Kumar Rocker’s projected draft slot is slipping because no one thinks they can get him off his commitment to Vanderbilt.

That’s exactly the type of situation the Royals are positioned to take advantage of with their # of picks and huge draft pool.

Rocker is like 6-8, has a huge arm, and a plus-plus slider.

We appear to be talking just fine with hm. Why not sign him for a few more years and cut payroll in other areas?

Shit. Get a strike on that guy.

Sauto's neighbor is ranked right about where our pick will be in the first round,
http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/...issouri-state/

I know him pretty well. Very hard worker. Really wants it

It would be really hard to do since he's dead.

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Yep, stay away from **** sticks like Ashe Russel.

Keep thinking about that 2015 World Series.

****ing sucks that we kept Almonte instead of him.

MLBN is showing it live.

Was that Dayton’s or Beane’s call?

He did it. Heck of an effort against a team that was off to one of the best starts ever.

As far as I know it was Dayton's call. Either Manaea or Almonte. We picked wrong obviously lol

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GMDM alluded to the fact that Beane wanted either Almonte or Manaea.

Would have been nice to have the 2015 World Championship & Manaea.

Oh well...

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That's all I've got.

The world series was awesome, but I'm with kcchiefs1 I'd take the world series and Manaea. It's a good thing I'm used to the losing. You have a ton of Royals fans who started being fans during the winning. I'm willing to bet most of them won't be fans anymore.

Very depressing that the Royals could have given up Almonte instead. It does show that Dayton and his scouts can't spot good pitching.

Be nice to have a young pitcher like that. Nice job, allard Moore.

Their primary concern was injury with Manaea. But yeah, it was a large mistake.

I don't think Moore has really made the right decision on just about anything since the World Series.

To be fair to Moore on this point, Manaea has yet to show he can get through a full season without injury/wearing down.

If he does get through a full season at this level, that man is a CYA contender. I think we always knew his ceiling, and I doubt anyone would take back that trade.

I wouldn't take it back.

Id take it back and send Almonte instead lol

lmao all these captain hindsight int his thread

Still want to know why they just let Almonte go

It's enough for me!

Me too

Sometimes you have to go with talent instead of the safe route. I'm pretty sure you've said all along that losing Manaea was going to be the biggest loss from any of the trades in 2015.

You should have a direct line to Dayton.

Is this just the game threads now? Ambivalence has set in

Yeah. The rest of it wasn’t a worrisome loss to me.

I knew Lamb was JAG. Reed and a Finnegan most likely relievers.

I think Ruiz is going to the guy last year they miss more than anyone.

Sonic Slam

Almonte just won someone cold hard cash.

Knew I should have turned it off after the top of the 6th. :doh!:

Took all of 2/3 of an inning for Skoglund and the Pen to blow a 3 run lead

You guys too lazy to start a game day thread? Moosedong.

Back out to another 3 run lead......how long does the Pen hold it?

well, flynnnnnnn is pitching now......

And the Pen gives up a leadoff double.....no lead is ever safe with this team

And they held....can they hold for 6 more outs?

and just like that, flynnnnnnnn lowers his era from 4.50 to something better. one of you stats nerds can google it for me if you like.

;)

A win, with power and relief pitching just like we drew it up

Did HUD actually say on the broadcast that the Almonte grand slam just turned the season around? LOL

He did, and I very audibly scoffed at it in front of my wife.

Soler maybe not a bust?

Royals aren't last in the AL Central.

LMAO Mother****erJones time here this year was shorter lived than normal.

With nearly 40 games against the Tigers and White Sox, pretty good reason why this team won't lose 100 games this year. That and it takes really, really good suck to lose 100 games in a baseball season.

His plate discipline and raw power are legit. Needs everyday ABs and trust.

ROFL:clap:

500 AB’s, Ned.

I’m most salty about the fact that he hasn’t been starting every game this year. There’s absolutely no excuse for Paulo or Almonte to be stealing his AB’s. Can you imagine if Wil Myers had this start for us in 2012? We’d all be stoked right now.

When you have a gritty guy like Ryan “Getz” Goins you have to get him in the lineup. That’s how you win championships.

He never was. Royals fans of all fans should know better, given what we saw with guys like Moose and Gordon over the years. 25 year old Moose got shipped to AAA and everyone thought he was a bust. Now he's looking like one of the top sluggers in baseball.

Doesn't mean that's what Soler will be, but he has the potential, and unlike a lot of prospects he's had a little success in the majors with the Cubs. Just got to keep running him out there and see if he figures it out.

Clay Bushholz must be activated before May 1st. Who will be removed from the 25 / 40 man roster to make room for him, Grimm or Boyer ?

Gordon is also expected to be activated soon. Who's optioned to Omaha, Orlando or Almonte?

I assume when Perez is activated Gallagher will be optioned to Omaha since he has done nothing to justify keeping him on the 25 man roster.

Feel like Boyer and Grimm are First on the chopping block, though they may let Grimm have some more rope because of the quality of his breaking ball.

They should option Orlando, as Almonte is better at everything except sprinting in a straight line.



He was if you were inpatient or looking for another reason to pile on Moore.

They could remove Orlando from the 25 / 40 man roster and give his spot to Bushholz. Bushholz joins the rotation and Skoglund is optioned to Omaha. That way, the Royals would keep both Grimm and Boyer.

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Alright, everybody. Here is where the Royals go on that hot streak Ned has been talking about. 5-15? Pfft, they get Salvy back and they're right in the thick of things! Am I right?

ROFL

I would agree with this if Grimm nor Boyer ever get to pitch in a game where the score is close. Plus, replace Skoglund in the rotation with Buchholz.

Wouldn't of felt right to have Cain in KC without Salvy.

Excited to see Cain and Salvy