The Royals

[sys]

He'll want 4 minimum, more likely he'll want 5.

i would run away screaming from a 4 or 5 year deal if i were the royals.  hope they aren't stupid.

[bones129]

He'll want 4 minimum, more likely he'll want 5.

i would run away screaming from a 4 or 5 year deal if i were the royals.  hope they aren't stupid.

Agreed. 4-5 is too much. 2 at best.

[8manpick]

He'll want 4 minimum, more likely he'll want 5.

i would run away screaming from a 4 or 5 year deal if i were the royals.  hope they aren't stupid.

He'll get better than 60M over 4 years. One of the top pitchers in a thin market.

[Stevesie60]

Who cares if he's a good pitcher, he's by far the most adorable person on this team.

[sys]

He'll get better than 60M over 4 years. One of the top pitchers in a thin market.

you're probably right.  the royals shouldn't participate in that.

[bones129]

Who cares if he's a good pitcher, he's by far the most adorable person on this team.

I like Santana and hope he returns. That said, please define "adorable" as that term relates to the Royals. I can then decide whether Santana is, in fact, the most adorable KCR.

[wabash909]

He'll get better than 60M over 4 years. One of the top pitchers in a thin market.

you're probably right.  the royals shouldn't participate in that.

If we're actually trying to make the playoffs we should.

[WillieWatanabe]

This was his best year most likely...all down hill from here, imo. I wouldn't be OK with a 4 yr. deal. Something less i guess.

[Cartierfor3]

4 for 60 would be pretty good IMO. He's not that old, and I could see a few more years like this one. With our offense, you need multiple starters with the capabilities of getting a win in a game where we only score 3. Only marginal guys like Chen get 2 or less years.


Also - 10 for Cano is crazy. He's 31.

[steve dave]

we can't build for the furture right now. this is probably the very highest we will ever build to anyway. push all the chips into the center for the next couple years and then just suck incredibly hard amounts for another 5 or so years after that and then try to do it again.

[8manpick]

If Santana is willing to sign for around $16-17M/year, we need to try. Our window is about one year wide now. If we don't try everything to win next year, Shields walks after the year and Wil Myers rakes for the next twelve.

[mocat]

it would be so great to have Cano and Billy on the same team 

['taterblast]

we suck next year.

Shields signs with the Rays after the season

Rays win it all with Shields AND Myers AND Odorizzi in 2015

[steve dave]

If Santana is willing to sign for around $16-17M/year, we need to try. Our window is about one year wide now. If we don't try everything to win next year, Shields walks after the year and Wil Myers rakes for the next twelve.

if myers is great for 12 years he's only with us for a handful of those anyway. let's not pretend the royals are going to suddenly drop huge figures on an outfielder for the first time in their history.

[sys]

If Santana is willing to sign for around $16-17M/year, we need to try. Our window is about one year wide now. If we don't try everything to win next year, Shields walks after the year and Wil Myers rakes for the next twelve.

spend that money on offense.  santana is not worth 16-17/year.

[TownieCat]

I love Magic, but I'm not sure that he's worth $15M next year or over the next 3-5 years if that money could be spent on a bat. Without him, our rotation looks something like Shields-Guthrie-Duffy-Ventura for next year. Sure, it'd be great to have a #2 guy like Santana, but I think the 2013 team already proved that an uber-talented starting rotation is not what you need to make the playoffs.

I'd rather go after guys like Shin-Soo Choo, Hunter Pence, or Nelson Cruz with that money. 

[Cartierfor3]

I love Magic, but I'm not sure that he's worth $15M next year or over the next 3-5 years if that money could be spent on a bat. Without him, our rotation looks something like Shields-Guthrie-Duffy-Ventura for next year. Sure, it'd be great to have a #2 guy like Santana, but I think the 2013 team already proved that an uber-talented starting rotation is not what you need to make the playoffs.

I'd rather go after guys like Shin-Soo Choo, Hunter Pence, or Nelson Cruz with that money. 

or Beltran

[Dugout DickStone]

Nelson Cruz and a ton of Taradol for him

[mocat]

final power rankings going into the last weekend of the regular season!

Apples

1. Boston .969
2. St Louis .963
3. Detroit .956
4. Cincinnati .945
5. Atlanta .940
6. Oakland .933
7. Pittsburgh .915
8. Tampa Bay .911
9. LA Dodgers .907
10. Texas .900

Blueberries
11. Cleveland .896
12. Kansas City .881
13. Baltimore .880
14. Washington .862
15. NY Yankees .848
16. Arizona .841
17. LA Angels .836
18. Toronto .818
19. Milwaukee .815
20. San Francisco .804

Cantaloupes
21. Colorado .795
22. NY Mets .792
23. San Diego .789
24. Chicago Cubs .787
25. Seattle .766
26. Philadelphia .759
27. Chicago Sox .747
28. Minnesota .738
29. Miami .717

Dates
30. Houston .670

[steve dave]

STRONG B+ 

[mocat]

yeah, and if Cleveland thought i was going to round them up to an A, THEY WERE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN

[mocat]

it's going to come down to the wire for which division is the toughest!

1. AL East .8851
2. NL Cent .8850
3. AL Cent .8434
4. NL West .8272
5. AL West .8210
6. NL East .8139

pretty great that the NL East and NFC East are the two most putrid divisions in MLB and NFL, respectively

[mocat]

who had the toughest interleague schedule?

NL:
San Francisco:
4 vs Oakland
3 vs Tampa Bay
4 vs Toronto
3 vs Baltimore
3 vs Boston
3 vs NY Yankees

AL:
LA Angels:
4 vs Chicago Cubs
3 vs Cincinnati
4 vs LA Dodgers
3 vs Pittsburgh
3 vs St Louis
3 vs Milwaukee

[kim carnes]

Cleveland's record for like the last 25 games against teams other than kc was absurd.

[AppleJack]

Cleveland? I spent a week there one night