Comments on: Evaluating the Royals Needs Now http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/09/evaluating-the-royals-needs-now/ 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: David Lesky http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/09/evaluating-the-royals-needs-now/#comment-6747 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:25:29 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11062#comment-6747 As long as Belisle is cheap, I’d have no issue with him, but looking deeper into the numbers, guys who don’t get strikeouts and allow as many base runners as he does is rarely a receipe for success. 352 hits in 323.1 innings from 2011 to 2015 is a bit of a red flag for me.

As for Wilson, I think if he’d take a minor league deal that the Royals would take a flier on him, but so would basically everyone. Of course, Kansas City is a good place for pitchers looking to rebuild value, so we’ll see.

]]> By: Sean http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/09/evaluating-the-royals-needs-now/#comment-6742 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 19:03:42 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11062#comment-6742 What about Matt Belisle. Haven’t heard a lot of chatter and I think he might come cheap
Also any chance CJ Wilson gets a look if he remains unsigned

]]> By: David Lesky http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/09/evaluating-the-royals-needs-now/#comment-6733 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:52:50 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11062#comment-6733 I’ve mentioned Valbuena before, and I think he’d be a good fit too. Honestly, he and Logan Morrison both completely escaped me when I was writing this as I think they should both be added to the list. I’m curious how much Valbuena’s market is hamstrung from his injury. Get it? He had a hamstring injury. Anyway, yeah, I think he’d be an interesting look for the right price. The versatility would be nice.

]]> By: Shawn http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/09/evaluating-the-royals-needs-now/#comment-6729 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:47:49 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=11062#comment-6729 Thoughts on Luis Valbuena?

Similar profile as the lefty bats you mentioned, but with some positional versatility (at least corner IF, maybe corner OF, maybe 2B).

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