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Originally Posted by Three7s
If he did, Paulino might not be in the rotation! Not knocking you or anything, I like Paulino too. Just saying that most people seem to think that if the Royals did get another starter, Paulino would be the one out.
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Well, if that's true, Moore would be acting '09-level stupid. At the very least, Paulino deserves a shot. More so than Duffy, at the absolute very least.
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Originally Posted by Saul Good
If we're building for the long haul, I'm okay with not signing a starter just for the sake of signing a starter. I'm not a fan of anyone who was available. Let's see what we've got this year so that we can know how to attack next year. If we look up in August and find ourselves in the thick of things but needing a starter, then we can make a trade.
Kyle Davies isn't in the rotation, so we're automatically better than we were last year.
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True about Davies. But, in hindsight, the Chen contract is a poor decision (still light on the dollars, so hard to care too much), and Jackson seems like it could have been a Meche-like move (perfect time to buy).
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Originally Posted by Stanley Nickels
I've gotta disagree with you on the condition that next season we do open the checkbooks. Some agents of the starting pitchers that were available find ways to get word to certain teams that they'll sweeten the pot for them to end up in those cities. I really think DM saw the one-year deals for aging guys as fruitless for a maturing club. I'll take his word that he didn't know that they were gonna go as cheap as they did. If, however, we don't get one next year, I'll be pretty frustrated, even if we have a few young stud arms.
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I'm hopeful that we'll be set next year with guys coming up through our own system. My problem is that I think 2012 is here for the taking, and I'd like to see some aggression to try to capitalize.