Comments on: Royals Gather Moss

By: DWill

DWill — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:03:13 +0000

Personally I’d rather see Cuthbert platooning with Moss, and filling in at 3B and 1B occasionally. I think we need to keep him for now in case we can’t keep either Hosmer or Moose.

By: David Lesky

David Lesky — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:54:04 +0000

The Royals current fifth starter is likely Chris Young. I never said he had “significant trade value” but I do believe a team could give up a back of the rotation pitcher for him who would slot in immediately and be better than Young. It wouldn’t be the direction I’d go because that pitcher would likely not be better than a couple of the free agent candidates out there, but it’s certainly an option.

By: Big Lee

Big Lee — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:48:56 +0000

I agree with Scott. Sometimes Royals fans (and all fans I suppose) over-value their own guys. There is nothing wrong with keeping Cuthbert, but let’s pump the breaks on the value trade chip talk.

By: Scott McKinney

Scott McKinney — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 14:52:31 +0000

I have no idea where this idea of Cuthbert’s significant trade value comes from. Could he bring back one of the many (pretty worthless) borderline #5 starting pitchers in baseball? Perhaps, because those guys are a dime a dozen. But that doesn’t sound like a “starter they can slot into the rotation immediately.” Such a pitcher would be SP depth at best. Cuthbert isn’t very good. The scouting reports haven’t been great for him for years. The results have been meh. His defense is poor, which limits his utility. The Royals can get something for him, but not a lot.