tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post4045666038181256350..comments2008-03-31T21:23:36.541-05:00Ranyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713226276377020284noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-34707831135020636352008-03-31T21:23:00.000-05:002008-03-31T21:23:00.000-05:00

I agree with Antonio about putting the money into the draft but that only really works if your willing to go outside of Bud's slot recommendations. If the R's are willing to take the best player regardless of cost and backlash from the major league roster (which will happen). If David Glass wrote the KC Star and open letter and said that he was putting all the free agent money that goes to the

Carl Willinghamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-68869973249835939112008-03-31T04:17:00.000-05:002008-03-31T04:17:00.000-05:00

Also, the idea isn't to pocket the money save through efficiency, but to spend it elsewhere. Take the 32, get a better shortstop, some prospects and put the rest into the draft...it's a lot easier way to build a model franchise that will compete than hoping Jose Guillen will help us lure in more free agents...as if anyone has ever followed Jose's lead. And what the heck, wasn't Gil Meche enough

Antoniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740155942210835984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-46867684264056126242008-03-29T01:40:00.000-05:002008-03-29T01:40:00.000-05:00

um.. Joel Peralta?

Clintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10224098167135872875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-33720689793910618832008-03-28T21:16:00.000-05:002008-03-28T21:16:00.000-05:00

nyroyal,You might be right, but PECOTA disagrees. Here are the projected weighted-mean slash stats for Guillen and Diaz.VS RHP:Guillen: .275/.327/.429Diaz: .290/.330/.448VS LHP:Guillen: .292/.352/.470Diaz: .311/.354/.486That adds up to a .5 game WARP advantage in Guillen's favor, which isn't really too far from what you might expect given that Jose Guillen is a 32 year old with a career

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578105396313454754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-35472842788150037642008-03-28T19:30:00.000-05:002008-03-28T19:30:00.000-05:00

Hopefully Guillen will be ready to play with all his inactivity. MLB needs to get their stuff together

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689915723751338716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-32789693738667895752008-03-28T17:52:00.000-05:002008-03-28T17:52:00.000-05:00

"Gun to head I guess I'd rather have Jose Guillen on the roster than Diaz or Huber, but I'd sure rather have one of them and $36million than Guillen. Both are capable of equally Guillen's production at the plate, and defense isn't nearly worth the difference in cost."That is a joke. That is an absolute joke. They could equal Guillen's production. That is laughable. Huber would be lucky to

NYRoyalwww.royalsreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-14833781265215916742008-03-28T17:17:00.000-05:002008-03-28T17:17:00.000-05:00

Gun to head I guess I'd rather have Jose Guillen on the roster than Diaz or Huber, but I'd sure rather have one of them and $36million than Guillen. Both are capable of equally Guillen's production at the plate, and defense isn't nearly worth the difference in cost.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12578105396313454754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-44010094575185693432008-03-28T15:34:00.000-05:002008-03-28T15:34:00.000-05:00

Also recall that KC only gave Matt Diaz 89 at bats before deciding he wasn't useful. His last two seasons:2006 - .327/.364/.475/114 OPS+2007 - .338/.368/.497/124 OPS+One of my gripes about Huber is that he only got 10 at bats last September. Billy Butler should have played 1st base everyday and Huber should have DH'd. But they didn't do that, they kept giving playing time to Emil knowing fully

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403850105548136267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-18643062776758377802008-03-28T15:22:00.000-05:002008-03-28T15:22:00.000-05:00

The overhype has never been about Justin Huber. It's been about Small-Market Wasting Opportunity After Opportunity to See if A Prospect Can Pan Out. It's about 100-loss team going with old veterans without a chance in the world to actually make said team better while not giving an opportunity to see if a young player can develop into something useful.And, as Rany mentioned, he has similiar

Antoniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740155942210835984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-54456454003110950012008-03-28T15:20:00.000-05:002008-03-28T15:20:00.000-05:00

The crime on the "Huber treatment" is that the Royals wasted several years because they coldn't make a simple decision about where/if he could handle a defensive position. (C, then 1B, then OF).They made the same mistake with Butler (3B, then OF, then 1B).My opinion is that one or the other should have been given the chance, with the other at DH. No one will ever convince me that defense at 1B is

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-27481908529274980232008-03-28T14:45:00.000-05:002008-03-28T14:45:00.000-05:00

I think a lot of teams would like to be able to call up Ryan Braun for a few days.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-85556099618604728832008-03-28T14:38:00.000-05:002008-03-28T14:38:00.000-05:00

I also think Peralta will be the man to fill out the roster's 25th spot as soon as his 10-day option period is over. He's likely better than Nomo and he actually has a future in Major League Baseball.

NYRoyalwww.royalsreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-35461865067137791122008-03-28T14:37:00.000-05:002008-03-28T14:37:00.000-05:00

I will never understand the over-hype about Justin Huber. Yes, there are many times in the past when he should have gotten some kind of shot in the majors. But should we really think that he'll be a decent major leaguer? PECOTA certainly doesn't think so. He has been a good, but not great hitter in the minors. He's basically a .850 OPS hitter in the PCL. That's worse than Timo Perez. On

NYRoyalwww.royalsreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3129904004334636055.post-36153383652093391252008-03-28T13:34:00.000-05:002008-03-28T13:34:00.000-05:00

I believe the 25th roster spot will go to Peralta, who will only be sent down for the first few days because he still has options - but he definitely should be making the team. I'm pretty sure Nomo was signed to a minor league deal and I think that means they can send him to AAA, though I'm no expert on how these contracts work and don't know how minor league deals work with veterans...

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