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He's too expensive and Royals can't sell attempting to compete with that type of move ... to their fans.

Especially the relatively cheap salary aspect.

There's no compelling reason to push Quero up this season. Even if Maldonado and Stassi are inevitably both injured or waived...just use Lee and the equivalent pickup of Zavala freely available on the waiver wire.

They will simply argue Irvin Wells and Baumann can get them through the first half of the season...then the readjustments at the deadline when new ownership will provide them the ability to take on expiring salaries rather than trading core prospects.

As long as it doesn't include 9.8 meters/sec squared

PhysicsTalk

Even John Wick couldn't pull that one off.

Still think Miami would have to be overwhelmed...why would a playoff team give up their best starter with Alacantara out?

No, I was just clarifying what the Santos injury was originally diagnosed as...

We have more candidates for player-manager than actual qualified big league players.

Anderson was never right after getting taken out by yet another ex Royal attempting to play 3B…

Matt Latos incoming if he has ever been within 100 meters of a Royals major or minor league facility of any kind. https://www.royalsreview.com/2016/1/11/10734484/royals-trade-rumor-free-agent-mat-latos Getz still bitter after missing out eight years ago on that wonderful opportunity.

The one concern: Santos finished the 2023 season on the injured list with elbow inflammation. The Mariners plan to ease him into things during spring training in hopes he’ll be ready to go on opening day.

And Tanaka was never quite the Yakamoto-esque ace he was close to billed and when KW offered him one of the biggest contracts in Sox history after the ARod debacle. He was more like a 2/3 for the majority of that deal…pitching at 85-90% previous effectiveness. We will see how long Santos lasts at max velo this year.

At least the White Sox can be literally and figuratively cheap now.

Chris Sale is REALLY going to lose it over this…those don’t even look like decent Chinese textile factory productions. More like Bangladesh or Vietnam. You get what you pay for…

You have Urias for third with Henderson and Holliday up the middle. Actually the guy Getz should target since they will hold on tight to Mayo is Bradfield, along with Cowser OR Kjerstad. Not sure they even need a third piece like a Norby who might give you a 1.5 fWAR if everything goes right.

It’s obvious the Orioles would now try to sell a package of Kjerstad OR Cowser but Getz will try for Mayo now. Maybe the Orioles survive the first half. But that division is a death march now. They’re not sneaking up on anyone and their record in tight games was so one-sided its almost impossible to believe it could possibly hold up behind Kimbrel and some of the other unknowns that flashed last year in the bullpen.

How many times has a pitcher gutted his way through a UCL tear with platelet injections and no TJ? It might work for a month or two, but just delaying the inevitable. Plus Hall is now the 5th starter for the Brewers. Not even sure that Burnes is quite 100% with all the wear and tear over the last 3 seasons…something was just off with him last year compared to the previous two. Basallo, they can survive without. But not a frontline starter and no depth at the back end other than journeyman types.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb-power-rankings-1-30-133056967.html Emulating the organzation that’s spending $400+ million in new contract dollars to finish 72-90 and still Bottom 5 in baseball. White Sox passed by Rockies, somehow.

Lombardi-esque.

Anything over $8/9 million not in the budget...not that he played all that well last season.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mass-shooting-at-a-parade-at-a-chiefs-super-bowl-parade-what-the-224228414.html

The three youngest players are the ones who most likely won't get to play this year...

Sosa and Rodriguez would seem to be the most immediately impacted...feels like they already wrote off those two, along with Lee and Colas.