Comments on: Wait…Should the Royals Rebuild Now?

By: darthack2661

darthack2661 — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:22:12 +0000

The biggest (and saddest) truth is, that the “greatest farm system in the history of ever” didn’t produce a Bryant, Harper, Trout, Seager, etc. This isn’t a knock on our boys, but the issue is that they’re all really good players, not elite level. It muddies the landscape. All of these guys are in there prime, but are nice Robins with no Batman to lead the pack. So who do you keep with out creating divisiveness in the fanbase?? And god forbid Moore makes the wrong call. This isn’t the situation we all envisioned in ’11. This is the epitome of mid market hell…

By: David Lesky

David Lesky — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:23:24 +0000

In theory, that makes sense, but given the way the roster is built, that may be difficult. If the team is out of the race midway through the year (and I don’t think they will be), the players you want to deal are likely responsible and will only have three months remaining before free agency. So they’d have very little left to contribute while they’re having a down season. Not that the team can’t be bad with some of their trade chips being good, but it’s not as likely as the trade chips struggling and losing much of their trade value.

By: roarke

roarke — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:08:03 +0000

I suspect they’ll play it halfway and see where they stand on July 1. If the playoffs don’t look likely, they will have some nice chips to trade to contenders. Frankly, the return might be higher at that point anyway.

By: jim fetterolf

jim fetterolf — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:45:27 +0000

All gets down to whether you think ’14 and ’15 were luck. If not luck, then what about health? With average health they should contend. If they stink in July, deadline trades for prospects and maybe projections will finally get it right.