Comments on: The Pending Payroll Problem http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-4392 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:07:07 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-4392 […] at his season-ending press conference. I still don’t buy it. Craig Brown has highlighted why you shouldn’t buy it either. That said, one of the tasks the Royals have set out for themselves is to rebuild their 2017 […]

]]> By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-4073 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:09:07 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-4073 […] you recall last week, we took a look at how difficult it was going to be for Dayton Moore and the Royals brain trust to slice payroll. We opened by looking at what we already knew, which was the guaranteed contracts already on the […]

]]> By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-3980 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:00:37 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-3980 […] been a lot of talk about the payroll, including by our very own Craig Brown. I want to echo his sentiment that I don’t see a real way they can reduce the payroll. They […]

]]> By: jim fetterolf http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-3969 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 02:35:33 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-3969 The last three or four years Dayton Moore has come out in the postseason presser bemoaning the payroll, then cheerfully blows through the “hard cap” that was speculated. I expect this year to be no different. I do expect him to not repeat the FA signings from last year and instead expect efforts at extensions while banking on improved health and the new guys to take the Royals back to contention.

David Glass banked plenty of money in the dog days and will still be driven by hopes of legacy and after his passing Royals playing in David Glass Stadium. The talent is there, now just a matter of health and producing to expected abilities.

As to what they will do, I expect Hoch and Hollie re-signed, Volquez declined, Morales negotiated with, and Staumont to get a good look.

]]> By: Jeremy http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-3920 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:57:26 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-3920 You feel that the Royals win 8-9 more games if Yost manages the bullpen differently? I doubt that

]]> By: Drew milner http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-3914 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:46:19 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-3914 Royals would easily be in playoffs had not moron yost continually put in soria in high leverage situations.

]]> By: Jeremy http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/10/05/10372/#comment-3911 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:33:09 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=10372#comment-3911 If the Royals are serious about contending in the last year of this current window, screw the payroll this year. The Royals had low payrolls for years so they should be able to handle “overspending ” for a couple years. The payroll figures to come down considerably once all these free agents start walking anyway.

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