http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/ 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/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/#comment-1406 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:44:38 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7860#comment-1406 The point still remains that not having Omar Infante is better than having Omar Infante and not paying him anything. Having a bad pitcher with decent peripherals is better than having Omar Infante. Having an extra roster spot is better than having Omar Infante.

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/#comment-1401 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:14:48 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7860#comment-1401 How would you feel about Infante and his contract to the Orioles for Ubaldo Jimenez? His FIP and BABIP show a pitcher that is having a run of really bad luck. Of course the Royals are taking on around 8 million in extra contract but I would think Jimenez is more likely to rebound than Infante but the Orioles might just see it as a way to free up 8 million bucks.

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/#comment-1400 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 17:00:31 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7860#comment-1400 […] occasional start by Reymond Fuentes. This will become even more pronounced in the next few days as I agree with my colleague that the most likely move when Brett Eibner is eligible to come off the DL is the demotion of […]

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/#comment-1399 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:17:43 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7860#comment-1399 I can’t see a scenario where any team would want Infante for any reason, even if he came to them at no cost. He can’t hit and he can’t field anymore. Even if the Royals paid the whole contract, the lottery ticket pitchers would provide more value to the organization and wouldn’t cost the trading team a 40-man roster spot. It’s likely that the only way the Royals could trade Infante is if they become sellers (roughly a 0.00000000000000000001 percent chance of that happening at this point), choose to deal Hosmer (even lower chance than becoming sellers) and forcing the team to take on Infante in any deal.

]]> http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/06/15/royals-getting-healthier-roster-moves-coming/#comment-1396 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:15:32 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7860#comment-1396 Could you see a scenario ever play out where the Royals trade Infante (paying his entire salary) for a couple lottery ticket low minors pitchers. Or is it going to have to be a bad contract for a bad contract type of deal? If they could trade him for lottery tickets it would at least free up a 40 man roster spot.

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