http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/19/what-exactly-is-going-on-around-here/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/19/what-exactly-is-going-on-around-here/#comment-754 Fri, 20 May 2016 12:00:38 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7064#comment-754 […] Clark Fosler did a nice job of writing about the decision to send down Christian Colon when the Roya…, but I want to weigh in briefly. I know it’s not terribly popular to go against the organization, but it’s beyond clear to me that they got this one wrong. I’m aware that Omar Infante is still owed $13.8 million by the organization and that’s a huge cost to just eat, but at this point, he is a sunk cost. The guy is hitting .239/.269/.301, which is somehow an improvement over his abomination of a season last year. Now, though, he’s not even playing good defense. I don’t think Colon is a world beater, but I do think that a guy who has a career .350 OBP in 216 career plate appearances to go along with two of the biggest hits in Royals history in the postseason should get an opportunity to start at second base. If they had someone better, I wouldn’t care. But it’s time to move on from Infante. I suspect they will soon enough, but this move is just very curious to me, no matter how much he’s making. […]

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