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 DJJasonp:
I guess if you're a knowledgeable fan, you should be wiser........but I would be somewhat ticked if I just bought season tickets 2-3 years ago.
I'm assuming you have to renew prior to the FA period???
Just a damn shame the MLB cant have a spending floor and spending cap.
Originally Posted by Sure-Oz:
Saw someone ask this question. Thoughts? Is the deal official? They've tweeted out about other Royals that signed elsewhere.
Does anyone else find it odd that the Royals haven’t tweeted “Thank you, Hoz” or good luck?
Pretty sure they found it weird Hos gave Yost the silent treatment after his life threatening injury.
Yost and GMDM have offered nothing but praise to Hos since the signing, but you know on a deeper level they have to be a bit surprised about he and Moose's attitudes this offseason. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
Hosmer leads all Royals single post season RBI with 27 compared to George Brett 23. So I was right you can look at post season stats and say Hosmer was better than George Brett.
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
I guess if you're a knowledgeable fan, you should be wiser........but I would be somewhat ticked if I just bought season tickets 2-3 years ago.
I'm assuming you have to renew prior to the FA period???
Just a damn shame the MLB cant have a spending floor and spending cap.
The luxury tax has essentially become a salary cap at this point. That's why the players are ticked and complaining about it to the media every day. Nobody wants to go over it. 10 years ago the Royals would have been blown away by the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, etc. for Hosmer. Even Ned said something to that effect the other day... they thought they wouldn't have a chance.
Instead the Royals lost Hosmer to the Padres, and Cain to the Brewers. It's not like either of those teams are big spenders. They both still have lower payrolls than the Royals... and by a decent margin too. We didn't get outbid by the big boys here. We got outbid by teams with less money and more payroll flexibility. Teams are way, way more economically savvy than they used to be. [Reply]
What’s gonna make this year suck isn’t the fact that we may lose 100 games. It sucks that even the few rootable players we will have like Duffy and Merrifield aren’t completely safe to stick around the entire year.
I guess we can at least guarantee that Gordon and Escobar ain’t going anywhere at the deadline. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bufkin:
What’s gonna make this year suck isn’t the fact that we may lose 100 games. It sucks that even the few rootable players we will have like Duffy and Merrifield aren’t completely safe to stick around the entire year.
I guess we can at least guarantee that Gordon and Escobar ain’t going anywhere at the deadline. :-)
I thought that the biggest problem was that were gonna watch a 100 loss team with no hope for the future for many years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Pretty sure they found it weird Hos gave Yost the silent treatment after his life threatening injury.
Yost and GMDM have offered nothing but praise to Hos since the signing, but you know on a deeper level they have to be a bit surprised about he and Moose's attitudes this offseason.
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Ah, cool. Looks like they were waiting for the Pads to go official. That makes a heck of a lot more sense than my tinfoiling.
Wouldn't have surprised me with Neds comments earlier though. Makes me wonder if what he said reflects more on Boras than Hosmer. Still, Hoz should've checked how his old skipper was doing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Ah, cool. Looks like they were waiting for the Pads to go official. That makes a heck of a lot more sense than my tinfoiling.
