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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor
I think most of us had already resigned ourselves to the fact that Gordon is probably gone, but we hoped Zobrist would stay. And our reason for that is that at 35 years old, Zobrist just doesn't (or shouldn't) have anywhere close to the market value that Gordon has.
If Zobrist is indeed drawing that much interest, I'm fine with the Royals going in a different direction. The absolute worst thing this team could do is overspend on older players.
Like everyone else, I'd love to see the Royals play in 3 straight World Series, and there is that big fear that when the window closes after 2017, times will be bad. But let's face it: teams very rarely make it to 3 straight World Series. The Royals are probably not going to win the American League again this year. Let's not overspend on older players and GUARANTEE massive suckage in the future.
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In a year or two, do you see us keeping Hosmer, Moose, Cain, Esky, Wade, etc.? Of course not. Do we have all of those guys back next season? Yes. We have a great shot to win the division again if we can keep one of Gordon/Zobrist and fill in the rotation. Need to take advantage of this window as much as we can.