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Originally Posted by Lex Luthor
Completely agree. If this team ties up that much money in Alex Gordon, we are out of the running when Hosmer, Moose, Cain, Escobar and Davis are all free agents after the 2017 season. We may wind up losing most of those guys anyway, but I'd like to at least have a shot at retaining them.
If Alex Gordon were 5 years younger or if the Royals were a big market team, keeping him would be an easy decision. But neither of those things are true.
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I would generally agree. Re-signing Hos will no doubt be tough... but if you're going to offer a $20+M a year contract... I'd rather give it to Hos. I feel pretty good about Cuthbert, so if Moose walks, he walks. If you could sign Esky, Cain and somehow get Hos... you could fill in the gaps with Mondesi, Cuthbert, maybe Starling or one of the other young OFs. You could still field a competitive team.
Plus waiting to sign any of those guys means you're working under a new TV contract (for part of the deal, at least).