Kansas Crimson

[H]ere is one thing to remember as we move forward into this new year and this offseason’s flatlands of obfuscation and euphemism and cheesy compromise: every Major League team can afford to sign Bryce Harper or Manny Machado to a contract of 10 years or more, and every Major League team would be made better by doing so.

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There are players on the market, even beyond Harper and Machado, that would move virtually every team in the sport nearer to [the] professed goal [of winning the World Series]—A.J. Pollock and Yasmani Grandal and a host of veteran closers, for starters. Those players are available to every team, right now, for nothing more than money. I know you know all this, too. It just seems worth bearing in mind at a moment when teams are insisting, against all that evidence, that it’s somehow more complicated than that.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:57 am Whit gets just $16.5mm for his last pre-arb year and three arb years. I feel for the guy...that's pretty light. Great for the Royals, but sheesh.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 7:42 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:57 am Whit gets just $16.5mm for his last pre-arb year and three arb years. I feel for the guy...that's pretty light. Great for the Royals, but sheesh.

Whit said he wanted Royals to remain flexible to take a step up in regards payroll in the next few years. Royals have 2 leaders for the foreseeable future. Salvy is the vocal one. Whit is the quiet one who leads more by example. Both guys are great Royals and easy to root for.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:21 am And maybe I took that quote wrong, but it feels like he took a bit less than he thought he could to help KC be flexible.

Cascadia wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:50 am Poor Whit.......

Flexibility will remain the biggest asset for the Royals [note: why?] as they try to figure out which pieces of their current roster will be part of the puzzle for the coming years and how to make that it all fit together financially. [note: in what way(s)?]

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The “cost certainty” proves critical for a team like the Royals [note: why?], who rely on their player development system to produce major-league options that will remain under club control for multiple years.

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“We’re still trying to do some things with the bullpen, but we don’t have a lot of flexibility financially,” [note: why?] Moore said on Monday when asked about possibly making more additions.

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“I felt like with us moving forward, while (the contract) was beneficial to me, it would also help Kansas City as far as flexibility with money forward to spend on other needs,” [note: why is this your job?] Merrifield said on Monday “So, I felt like it was good for both sides.”

thekid6 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:44 pm Pitchers and catchers have reported! It's almost baseball season!