The Royals

[420seriouscat69]

I really hope Zimmer is as good as they say. We don't have a 5th pitcher right now and I don't think they're getting one.

[Pete]

Dayton Moore this offseason 

[AppleJack]

GUYS IF WE CAN SOMEHOW GET 2013 ALEX RIOS AND KENRYS MORALES WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS

for real, $20 mil for those bozos? for heavens sakes.

[Kat Kid]

GUYS IF WE CAN SOMEHOW GET 2013 ALEX RIOS AND KENRYS MORALES WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS

for real, $20 mil for those bozos? for heavens sakes.

Congrats AJ, you do not have a loser mentality.

['taterblast]

GUYS IF WE CAN SOMEHOW GET 2013 ALEX RIOS AND KENRYS MORALES WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS

for real, $20 mil for those bozos? for heavens sakes.

Rios played 47 games in 2013

[Kat Kid]

Also, source says #Royals believe Rios could have "huge bounce-back year and fills a great need. We have to stay up" with Central contenders

Loser mentality.

[AppleJack]

GUYS IF WE CAN SOMEHOW GET 2013 ALEX RIOS AND KENRYS MORALES WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS

for real, $20 mil for those bozos? for heavens sakes.

Rios played 47 games in 2013

156

['taterblast]

GUYS IF WE CAN SOMEHOW GET 2013 ALEX RIOS AND KENRYS MORALES WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS

for real, $20 mil for those bozos? for heavens sakes.

Rios played 47 games in 2013

156

for the rangers, i meant for the rangers

['taterblast]

so yes, 2013 rios/morales, would take!

[sys]

why?  why?  why?

[bones129]

I really hope Zimmer is as good as they say. We don't have a 5th pitcher right now and I don't think they're getting one.

Zimmer had shoulder surgery again in late October. It's uncertain what his status will be for spring training, but he'll likely start out slowly in the minors, then hope for the bigs at midseason. If he pitches to his potential, he'll be a stud.

[Rage Against the McKee]

The Royals would be closer to another World Series if they just traded all their best players for cash and started over like the Marlins used to do. This is ridiculous.

[mocat]

Lol but really just too sad to lol. But still lol

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

1 yr $11 Million for Alex Rios.  He's the outfielder we've all been waiting for.

33 years old, .700 OPS last year

This is a lot more tolerable than Morales and Infante, for me

[Asteriskhead]

This thread is rough ridin' awful in the offseason. Also, our acquisitions make me sick to my stomach.

[bones129]

Concerning Rios:  Food for thought. Hope this works out, but not holding my breath.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/12/royals-to-sign-alex-rios.html

[EMAWmeister]

I think I would be more optimistic if they had gone all in on their strengths and relied on pitching, defense and a shutdown bullpen while hoping for the young guys to have better offensive seasons. These two moves feel lazy and unimaginative to me, and I don't think they make us better.

[bones129]

I think I would be more optimistic if they had gone all in on their strengths and relied on pitching, defense and a shutdown bullpen while hoping for the young guys to have better offensive seasons. These two moves feel lazy and unimaginative to me, and I don't think they make us better.

Unfortunately, you may be right. We're essentially betting that Morales and Rios, players with declining important performance levels, will rebound. Iffy bets at best.

That said, I suspect the Royals may make a deal involving Infante, who they've admitted they'll shop (and possibly others) to get a starter. Who that will be is anybody's guess. They'll never pony up the cash for Sherzer, or even BGJ.

[KSUBrian]

Anybody ever think  that the relative inactivity this year is due to an eye to be able to resign tne core guys, Gordon, Cain, Escobar, Salvy, Hosmer,bthat will be due big raises the next couple of years? Being able to keep those guys is more important than any overpriced 2nd tier FA this year.

[Asteriskhead]

Anybody ever think  that the relative inactivity this year is due to an eye to be able to resign tne core guys, Gordon, Cain, Escobar, Salvy, Hosmer,bthat will be due big raises the next couple of years? Being able to keep those guys is more important than any overpriced 2nd tier FA this year.

You're not wrong, but there are still some glaring holes in the roster.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Anybody ever think  that the relative inactivity this year is due to an eye to be able to resign tne core guys, Gordon, Cain, Escobar, Salvy, Hosmer,bthat will be due big raises the next couple of years? Being able to keep those guys is more important than any overpriced 2nd tier FA this year.

It's really not.

[steve dave]

why are we signing a bunch of old guys? remember when we started to get kinda good that one year and the front office freaked out and we signed like julio franco and benito santiago and juan samuel and juan franco and then we sucked? pepperidge farms remembers.

[Kat Kid]

why are we signing a bunch of old guys? remember when we started to get kinda good that one year and the front office freaked out and we signed like julio franco and benito santiago and juan samuel and juan franco and then we sucked? pepperidge farms remembers.

loser mentality in play in the Roys front office and cf3's frontal cortex.

[PIPE]

I don't know who any of these signings are, but from the jest of it on this board........they sound like Losers.......

[Cartierfor3]

Geez KK and WC08 are obsessed with me.