http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/26/the-royals-coming-roster-crunch/ 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/2016/05/26/the-royals-coming-roster-crunch/#comment-855 Fri, 27 May 2016 13:59:46 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7252#comment-855 Obviously written before the news on Moustakis as they can now free up a roster spot by transferring Moose to the 60-day DL. There’s still a roster crunch coming, but they can now open up a spot without having to DFA/release anyone for the first roster decision to come up.

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/26/the-royals-coming-roster-crunch/#comment-853 Fri, 27 May 2016 12:00:42 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7252#comment-853 […] Darin Watson wrote about the upcoming roster crunch yesterday with Mike Minor due off his rehab assignment by June 9, Chris Young making good progress in his recovery, and Kris Medlen sort of hanging around doing something. It’s going to be very interesting to see how the pitching staff shakes out over the next few weeks. Let’s just pretend Medlen isn’t coming back for a bit because I think they’re going to take their time with him. When Young comes back, he’s going on the big league roster. They’re not going to cut ties with him because of a few bad starts and an injury just 1/6 of the way through his contract. We know Minor is on the big league roster too, so what to do? We know that Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Luke Hochevar and Joakim Soria are safe in the bullpen. That leaves Scott Alexander, Brian Flynn, Peter Moylan and Chien-Ming Wang as possibilities to go. Alexander has been fantastic, so I think he stays. Moylan has been pretty good too and was great in Triple-A. I think he stays. So my choices are to bid adieu to Flynn and Wang. I know that some will argue that Wang has been really good, but his 16.2 innings have basically all been extremely low leverage. Maybe the Royals could deal him to a team for a low-level prospect or cash or something, but that’s where I find the room. The question then is who hits the rotation. Personally, I’d probably keep things the way they are in spite of Gee’s rough outing against the Twins on Wednesday. Let Young and Minor work in the bullpen for a bit. They might be needed for the stretch run and their arms will be fresh. The Moose news makes it pretty clear how he finds his way off the 60-day DL and on to the 40-man roster, though. […]

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