It's the end of the world as we know it... and we feel... fine?
2018 is a season of transition for the Royals, or at least it is at this point. Dayton Moore is back. Will he swing full into THE PROCESS 2.0? Or will he try to load up again and make some reload magic happen?
Pending Free Agents:
1B | Eric Hosmer | San Diego Padres, 8 years, $144 million ($5 million signing bonus; $20 million/year in Yrs 1-5; $13 million/year in Yrs 6-8 wth player opt out)
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(DI's Guess: Texas Rangers, 6, $118 million)
3B | Mike Moustaskas | Kansas City Royas, 1, $6.5 million
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(DI's Guess: Los Angeles Angels, 5, $98 million)
CF | Lorenzo Cain | Milwaukee Brewers, 5 years, $80 million
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(DI's Guess: San Francisco Giants, 4, $68 million)
RP | Mike Minor | Texas Rangers, 3, $28 million
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(DI's Guess: Los Angeles Angels, 3, $35 million+ $12 million team option
SP | Jason Vargas | New York Mets, 2, $16 million
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(DI's Guess: Baltimore Orioles, 2, $29 million)
SS | Alcides Escobar | Kansas City Royals, 1, $2.5 million
In case I, picks would be #32, 33, and 34, if Alex Cobb of Rays signs for $50 million guaranteed.
Kansas City will likely have 5 of the top 40-45 picks in the draft, and the bonus pool money should rival that of the teams drafting 1-3 in the 2017 draft. This should give KC tremendous flexibility in acquiring talent that otherwise might slip or not be "signable."
2018 Draft Names to Watch
RHP Kumar Rocker, N Oconnee HS, Georgia.
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Possibly goes top 10 but is a big, physical SP with ace potential. Moore and co. will be all over him if he slips a bit and could offer top 10 money at No. 16
OF Jarred Kelenic, Waukasha West HS, WI
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Kelenic is the top prep bat, toolsy OF. Royals would be ecstatic to have shot at him.
1B Triston Casas, American Heritage HS (FL).
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Tremendous raw power, best in HS bats. Royals typically like HS arms or HS bats with "special" tools. He qualifies.
RHP Carter Stewart, Eau de Gallie HS (Ga).
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Another big, physical specimen with huge upside. More likely to be available mid-first than Rocker.
ANY Any, Any (Any). Any current top projected pick who slides for injury concerns. Includes current top prospect prospect SP Brady Singer, U of Florida. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Yelich to the Brewers
@Brewers: The #Brewers have acquired OF Christian Yelich from Miami in exchange for OF Lewis Brinson, OF Monte Harrison, INF Isan Diaz and RHP Jordan Yamamoto. https://twitter.com/Brewers/status/9...094018/photo/1
Brewers gave up a lot. Brinson was their big OF prospect, and a couple of those other guys were highly thought of, but Yelich is under contract until 2022 at a reasonable rate... and he's 26, a proven hitter, and will probably rake in that ballpark.
Rosenthal says that this still doesn't rule them out on Cain, which I guess is possible but they'd be overloaded with outfielders if that's the case. Then again maybe they'll just let it ride. They're a sneaky deep team who rotates in a lot of players. They had nine different guys hit double digit homers and that didn't include their catchers, who hit 9, 8 and 6. Maybe they just sign Cain and rotate him and Braun through the lineup to keep them healthy. [Reply]
He just posted about it again. Keep in mind that the Brewers have a pretty talented outfield of Braun/Broxton/Santana, plus now Yelich. Eric Thames plays OF occasionally and they have a super utility man in Hernan Perez who plays a lot of OF.
The #Brewers still are trying to sign free-agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain, sources tell The Athletic. Nothing changes with acquisition of Yelich.
Originally Posted by tk13:
He just posted about it again. Keep in mind that the Brewers have a pretty talented outfield of Braun/Broxton/Santana, plus now Yelich. Eric Thames plays OF occasionally and they have a super utility man in Hernan Perez who plays a lot of OF.
The #Brewers still are trying to sign free-agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain, sources tell The Athletic. Nothing changes with acquisition of Yelich.
Originally Posted by tk13:
Brewers gave up a lot. Brinson was their big OF prospect, and a couple of those other guys were highly thought of, but Yelich is under contract until 2022 at a reasonable rate... and he's 26, a proven hitter, and will probably rake in that ballpark.
Rosenthal says that this still doesn't rule them out on Cain, which I guess is possible but they'd be overloaded with outfielders if that's the case. Then again maybe they'll just let it ride. They're a sneaky deep team who rotates in a lot of players. They had nine different guys hit double digit homers and that didn't include their catchers, who hit 9, 8 and 6. Maybe they just sign Cain and rotate him and Braun through the lineup to keep them healthy.
I think the Brewers actually got Yelich for a song. Brinson is a premium prospect, and Harrison is really toolsy, but they have so much prospect depth in the outfield, they can afford to move them.
