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Originally Posted by suzzer99
You think the Royals could keep a Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, Max Scherzer or Clayton Kershaw? Show me some examples of small market teams keeping generational talents. Closest I got is Christian Yelich and Joey Votto - not quite generational talents imo. And those are exceptions, not the norm.
Meanwhile the Yankees never have to worry they'll lose Judge, Dodgers never have to worry about losing Bellinger and Kershaw. Yeah those teams might lose a Betts or a Seager sometimes. But again, those are exceptions for big market teams, not the norm. And when the Sox lose Betts, they sure as hell aren't losing him to the Royals.
Big market teams can afford to risk giving a huge contract to homegrown stars or free agent guys and them not living up to it. Small market teams have much less margin for error.
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Yes, if the Royals had a generational talent they could keep them.