Comments on: Friday Notes http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/ 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: DownUnderFan (@RoyalDUF) http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29629 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:33:04 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29629 Question for you Mr. Lesky.
What do you think of starting the year with Alex Gordon in CF and using Boni and Soler in left and right? Then if Bubba does find his swing in AAA, can bring him up after Super 2 cut off date.
Even though AG may not be the best CF option, he is better than Burns and opens the door for Boni and Soler or even Whit in the outfield.

]]> By: DownUnderFan (@RoyalDUF) http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29628 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:30:12 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29628 Agree with both of you. Signing Esky (assuming the deal IS finalized) is purely emotional and not a good business decision.
Let the young guys play and rebuild some excitement for the future. I am tired of watching the past.

]]> By: Dan http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29609 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:37:09 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29609 My understanding is that it’s actually likely the pick will be #33. The #32 pick is going to go to Tampa as compensation for not signing 2017 #31 pick Drew Rasmussen. The Royals first 2018 compensation pick will move from #31 to #33 when someone signs Alex Cobb.

]]> By: Big Lee http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29555 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:16:48 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29555 I agree with DDB. Which makes me cringe when I see Royals have resigned Esky. If you bring him back to mentor at a low salary, that may not be the end of the world. But Ned will want to run him out there every day. See what you have in the young guys!

]]> By: Kansas City - Baseball Prospectus http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29548 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:57:24 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29548 […] could trade Merrifield too, I guess. But I mentioned in Friday Notes that they have a bobblehead coming up which tells me they didn’t like any of the deals for […]

]]> By: DeepDixieBlue http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/01/26/friday-notes-january-26-2018/#comment-29546 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:45:33 +0000 http://kansascity.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=19259#comment-29546 Respectfully, I absolutely disagree with you on bringing in band-aid, tired veterans to help lose 86 games instead of 92; guys who have no chance of being here when KC is ready to be competitive again and who give Ned a (too) easy excuse to block the next Whit Merrifield from being discovered.

I have ZERO desire to watch these bald retreads you mention punch the clock and take at bats away from Dozier, Cuthbert, Soler, Starling, Bonifacio, Mondesi, Torres, etc, etc, etc. Hell, I’d even include Frank Schwindel in that group before I threw away millions on LM.

I will not watch a crew of short term veterans playing out the string. But I will absolutely pay to watch a group of hungry, hustling, home-grown guys who have something to prove and actually DO have a potential future in KC when the Royals are ready to compete again.

It’s imperative that the Royals use the next 2-3 seasons to cycle thru the player inventory that is already on hand, many of whom they’ve already invested $millions in. The grass is NOT greener on the free agent side of the fence. DM has (correctly) said many times that FA is a failed way to build a team. That’s especially true for a rebuilding team. And a team that already has veteran leadership in Perez, Gordon, Merrifield, Duffy, Kennedy, etc.

And I’m not buying the line about signing FA’s to flip at the deadline for prospects. That never really worked before, and this time around is different anyway because the Royals actually have competent high floor prospects to plug in (see Dozier, Cuthbert, Soler, Starling, Bonifacio, Mondesi, Torres, etc, etc, etc).

To compete again the Royals must develop their own players. That means you actually – you know- play your own guys.

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