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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
Sad to say it, but after reading a baseball insider's article (I'll have to find it again and then I can link it), but I am now leaning toward the reality that Gordo and Zobrist are not going to be back.
Yeah, I'm sure plenty of people already figured as much, but the article mentions a rather different viewpoint for the team's plans in the near future.
Essentially, it's not that they can't pony up for both guys, it's deciding that they are banking those dollars to have for the young guys hitting FA in a couple years.
I was surprised to hear that the information he got from his sources with the Royals organization is that the front office fully intends on keeping Hosmer, Moose, Cain, and Escobar.
Basically, the Royals have a very good relationship with Boras, and anticipated this even before drafting these guys. Other teams had already determined they would pass on Hos and Moose no matter if they were available because they knew the implications of Boras' clients. The Royals were well aware of this, and have been planning accordingly to be able to keep the guys they drafted with high picks should they end up reaching their potential.
Who knows, but I do find it interesting that they might have a very different idea of how things work out when a good amount of the younger talent is about to hit Free Agency. . .
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I'd rather have $35,000,000 to pay our young guys after 2017 than have it tied up in a couple of players in their mid to late thirties, so I'm fine with this plan. We still need to beef our farm system back up the the point where old players are being pushed out by up and comers.