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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
They really can't be.
They have 2 more years of Miggy being a force and his contract is so long that they probably couldn't deal him even if they wanted to. They're so married to the core of this team that they might as well try to win while they have it.
Whatever they try to do, 2018-2020 is going to suck. There's just no way to dodge that bullet, IMO. Knowing that, they might as well do everything they can to win in 2016 and 2017.
If the Royals really can't get guys like Moose and Hosmer to re-sign after 2017, the AL Central is going to be a shitshow. The only team I can see that would seem to have a strong core through that time is the Twins and even that is going to require some substantial growth by Buxton, Sano and Arcia. I guess its possible that the division could open up for Cleveland if Lindor progresses and Brantley/Kipnis are able to hold it together for another 3-4 years. That pitching staff is nasty.
Fortunately for the Royals, they have the players, they just need to keep this team together. If they can, they're in a beautiful position to own the central for another 5 years.
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What's hilarious is they can sign these bigger name guys to $100+ million contracts, but continue to have a pitiful bullpen, weak rotational pitching in their back end, and mediocre defense. Now, they’re not Cleveland level defense bad, but they seem to be of the mindset of stacking their order, having 2 ace pitchers, and band aid the rest.
Baseball is such a streaky game, it's my opinion that a team of high quality guys is going to payoff as opposed to having 3 or 4 megastars. Over 162 games it's not feasible to have to rely on a few guys to carry you day in and day out.
The Royals have a lot of good "solid" players and often times a different guy did step up and help the team when another guy or guys had an off night.
All the talk about the Mets having 4 ace quality starters couldn't match a Royals team that had no real weakness. Our D, and bullpen were outstanding, but overall everything the team did in every aspect of the game was mostly average to good, but more importantly there was no weak link in the chain.