***Official 2021 Royals Season Repository Thread***
 

Moore hasn’t made a trade with a real asset(s) since Manaea for Zobrist. They don’t win the WS without that and Manaea has been solid but frustratingly inconsistent for the A’s, while also having trouble staying healthy.

Before that, it was Myers/Montgomery/Odorizzi for Shields and Davis.

I guess you could look at the Cueto trade as involving real assets, but as I said at the time, they were selling high on 3 guys who had major question marks as pros.

Manaea has had a very Duffy like career. For being told around the league that we gave up the farm for rentals in 2015, it's amazing that trading away someone who would have given us a Duffy like 6 years was the extent of who we parted with -- and it's made me bullish on always going for it when my team just needs a couple of pieces to get over the top.

Finnegan will always be one of my favorites

Checks out.

World Series MVP Jorge Soler

He had 3 go ahead homers and was the 6th player to ever do that. He also hit .300. I could see someone giving him a decent contract. He turned the corner to a really nice season after he left.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RHPs Wade Davis, Jesse Hahn, Greg Holland, and Ervin Santana have elected free agency. <br><br>Our roster is now at 35 players.</p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1455927768819064834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That's what can happen when you have a real hitting coach

Royals hitting coach in 2019 is the same coach in 2021, Terry Bradshaw. Soler did just fine in 2019.

He was in a terrible slump, but everyone could see the signs of him coming out of it beginning about 3 weeks or so ahead of the trade deadline

Not a surprise with Wade Davis, Greg Holland, Ervin Santana, and often injured Jesse Hahn.

I wish them well and hope they all retire and live happily ever after.

It will be interesting to see what changes are made to the Royals pitching staff.

Brady Singer RHSP 25 $593,700 Pre-Arbitration
Carlos Hernandez RHSP 24 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Brad Keller RHSP 26 $5,200,000 2024
Mike Minor LHSP 33 $11,000,000 2024
Daniel Lynch LHSP 24 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Kris Bubic LHSP 24 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Kyle Zimmer RHRP 30 $588,700 Pre-Arbitration
Josh Staumont RHRP 27 $588,700 Pre-Arbitration
Joel Payamps RHRP 27 $580,000 Pre-Arbitration
Domingo Tapia RHRP 30 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Jake Brentz LHRP 27 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Dylan Coleman RHRP 25 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Scott Barlow RHRP 28 $650,000 Pre-Arbitration
Jackson Kowar RHSP 24 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Jon Heasley RHSP 24 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration
Jake Junis RHRP 29 $1,800,000 2024
Richard Lovelady LHRP 26 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration - Out with injury and surgery
Gabe Speier LHRP 26 $570,500 Pre-Arbitration

Do you think that Danny Duffy would be brought back as a relief pitcher and part time starter? He never pitched for Dodgers.

Will Trevor Rosenthal be back from his thoracic outlet syndrome and hip surgery and could he be a low cost home town signing?

Dates for MLB offseason

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/...on-begins.html

Good job skunkhead trading away Soler

It will be interesting to see what players they put on the 40 to protect from the rule 5 draft. If there is room I’d take a flier on Duffy in the pen (arm barn). Maybe he needs surgery and we are looking at a deal similar to when we signed Minor the first time. I’m guessing he would be signed after the rule 5 draft takes place, if he is.

Anyone read the athletic? DM and Picollo interviews are in article by Alec Lewis but I don’t get it.

You realize he is a free agent, right?

What's your point? Skunkhead has hung onto plenty of players for nastolgia purposes in the past.