Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16916223)

2023 MLB Opening Day Payrolls
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...s/11612107002/

N.Y. Mets, $353,546,854
N.Y. Yankees, $276,999,872
San Diego, $248,995,932
Philadelphia, $243,009,439
L.A. Dodgers, $222,717,834
L.A. Angels, $212,228,096
Toronto, $ 209,938,983
Atlanta, $203,077,500
Texas, $195,869,490
Houston, $192,667,233
San Francisco, $187,932,500
Chicago Cubs, $184,219,250
Boston, $181,207,484
Chicago White Sox, $181,158,666
St. Louis, $175,637,308
Colorado, $171,108,778
Minnesota, $153,588,740
Seattle, $137,119,947
Detroit, $122,235,500
Milwaukee, $118,761,987
Arizona, $116,471,292
Washington, $ 101,190,153
Kansas City, $92,468,100
Miami, $91,700,000
Cleveland, 89,424,629
Cincinnati, $83,610,000
Pittsburgh, $73,277,500
Tampa Bay, $73,184,811
Baltimore, $60,722,300
Oakland, $56,895,000

Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 16916382)

Theo from the Real World threw out the first pitch

Can’t be more than 7K people here

1/3 are KC fan

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 16916346)

They just optioned Taj Bradley to AAA


And for good reason: he was only 3-0 with a 3.52 era in 15ip. Only has 23k

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16916469)

Theo is actually more known for being a comic than his real world career now.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16916186)

Gotta spin the wheel and take your chances with him.

As it stands, the Royals have already burned two years of service time (or will have by the EOY) and haven't gotten a deal done, so you may be right.

What they needed to have done was A) Wait to call him up in 2022 and then B) with 6 seasons still remaining until FA (one of them likely to be an arb4 year), leverage that into a deal.

I mean you're maybe talking $45-50 million total before he hits FA even with a Super 2 year in there?

Let's say $50 million - So you offer him a 10 year deal worth $200 million. It essentially buys you 5 years of FA eligibility at $150 million total. Sure, it's risky and expensive, but it's what teams like the Royals have to do to keep guys like that if they turn into star players.

Look at the deal the Mariners did with Rodriguez. It's a really interesting deal and sure it subjected them to risk, but it also guaranteed Rodriguez will never have to work again after his playing days are over even if he blows his arms off tomorrow. It's essentially a 7 year, $120 million deal w/ a team option for 8 years/$200+ million (depending on MVP escalators) afterwards that converts to a 5 year, $90 million player option if declined.

So Rodriguez is effectively guaranteed $170 million over 12 years with a chance to earn gobs more depending on how he performs.

Witt's agency is Octagon so it ain't Boras pulling the strings here. I feel like KC could've gotten something done. But they don't appear to have planned terribly well and their window to do so is closing fast.

Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 16916511)

He doesn't want to be in Kansas City.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16916415)

The Star finally hired a beat writer for the Royals
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Personal News: I am excited to announce I am joining the <a href="https://twitter.com/KCStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KCStar</a> to cover the <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Royals</a>. Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USATODAY</a> for a great run and to everyone that helped me on this journey. <br><br>This is a childhood dream to cover baseball and I’m excited to get things started. ⚾️</p>&mdash; Jaylon T. Thompson (@jaylonthompson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaylonthompson/status/1650998302853177344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 16916165)

Witt definitely isn't re-signing in Kansas City. If he were it would have to be 10 for 400 million and we know they aren't doing that, so we can forget him.