December 9, 200322 yr Outfielder Matt Stairs will join his fourth team in as many seasons after signing a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not revealed, but Stairs made $900,000 with the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. The Royals on Tuesday also signed reliever Scott Sullivan, who posted a combined 6-0 record with a 3.66 ERA with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox last season. ugh....
December 9, 200322 yr Oh s***, the Royals just got a hell of a lot better. Sully will be a huge acquistion. To go with Grimsley they are now looking to have a bit better of a pen. Geeze it sucks when the Twins and Royals are out there bettering themselves (Well Twins haven't necessarily made themselves better, but they have kept some of their guys and I think they will add a player or two).
December 9, 200322 yr Jesus f***ing Christ. Great job people, Sullys a f***ing stud and the Royals get him. You f***ing dolts threw away the division next year. I hate this teams management. Brainless assholes.
December 9, 200322 yr Would the royals have signed sully if we had bothered to offer the guy arbitration. I don't know??
December 9, 200322 yr I can't believe they just let Sully go with out even making an attempt to hold on to him... The management of this team really makes me sick...
December 9, 200322 yr Why is KW number 2? The guy does not have the money to work with!!! KW is still a dolt.
December 9, 200322 yr Yeah, I still hate KW. He could at least zero in on certain people, and make them good offers.
December 9, 200322 yr Why is KW number 2? The guy does not have the money to work with!!! Billy Beene dosen't have any money either but he still gets things done.
December 9, 200322 yr Think positive. we can still sign Paniagua, Alfonseca and Parque Don't forget Sirotka might want to come back. He would fit in the money scheme of things for the Sox... peanuts to play ball. If the Royals could sign Sullivan I can't understand why we couldn't have made a decent offer. The Royals claim they are broke also.
December 9, 200322 yr Think positive. we can still sign Paniagua, Alfonseca and Parque Oh lord! Better put my gun down.
December 9, 200322 yr please enough of this s*** jerry. I swear I will go to more games and spend my money if you sign players BEFORE the winter meetings! How f***ing stupid is managemet to let players go to division rivals?
December 9, 200322 yr Come on you can't expect us to complete with big cities like Kansas City :fyou I promised my self I wouldn't use the :fyou until next season but From me to you JR Colon :fyou Alomar :fyou Sully :fyou Everette :fyou Uribe and just to be the first one, 1 year in advance for Mark :fyou :fyou Look up Maddux to Braves for a f***ing history lesson in Chicago teams pissing away a great pitcher. This is why we can't trust these f***s to rebuild. They'll just piss away our players. Oh, and may I be the first to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
December 9, 200322 yr Yeah, I still hate KW. He could at least zero in on certain people, and make them good offers. Did you read that we made a 3 year 36 million offer to Colon or did you conveniently let it slide? Did you read that we made an offer to Alomar and tried to avoid arbitration with Sully until the last weekend?
December 9, 200322 yr Did you read that we made a 3 year 36 million offer to Colon or did you conveniently let it slide? Did you read that we made an offer to Alomar and tried to avoid arbitration with Sully until the last weekend? But they ain't getting the job done. Anybody could make offers. getting it done is making offers that sign players.
December 10, 200322 yr This is really puzzling. How did we get Sully in the first place? I forget. Did we give up prospects? To not sign Sully and lose him to the Royals is kind of depressing even though he didn't pitch worth a s*** for us. He was a god, small g, in cincy and players cried the day he was dealt. I mean what are we doin? Signing Sullivan might have been a smart thing to do unless we feel he's lost it. This offseason is moderately depressing, especially when Big Hurt had his career year (his 30s career year) last season.
December 10, 200322 yr How is it such a bad thing to lose Sullivan who consistently struggled for us and Colon who's never had a single 20-win season? Ditto for the washed up Alomar.
December 10, 200322 yr I can't understand why we couldn't afford to keep Sully, yet the KC Royals could affoed to sign him. Does KW has something else in mind? Was it just a matter of he thinks his available dollars could be spent elsewhere more effectively. We don't have the whole story here, folks. Let's wait and see what happens before we all blow our stacks.
December 10, 200322 yr Did you read that we made an offer to Alomar and tried to avoid arbitration with Sully until the last weekend? Did YOU read that the "offer" we made to Alomar was an insult, and essentially was KW going back on an oral agreement made between the two of them before the end of the season? When KW pressed Robbie about coming back early on, Robbie initially said he could see himself coming back for 4 $million – basically a 50%+ pay cut from the 8.6 $million he made in 2003. Would you agree to a 50+ pay cut on your line of work without testing the market?). He also said he would consider a 1 year deal depending on what kind of team he was coming back to – if it was a competitive team he'd make concessions for the chance to come back. Kenny balked at $4 million as probably too much, and Robbie then agreed in principle to $3 million with the same stipulations as above. Robbie said get with his agent and get it done and that's where it was left. Then last week the sox actually offer $1 million plus $2 million deferred (over an unspecified period AND without interest), so it's probbably only a $2.5 million deal in reality. Robbie sees the nature of the 2004 team being put together (i.e., not competitive) and understandably holds out for a 2-year deal. When that doesn't happen, Robbie's the jerk?!? I want to see Willie succeed as much as anyone if he's getting the 2B job. Maybe $3 million is more than we can afford at 2B, or maybe it's time to give youth a spot at that position. But if that was the plan, KW shouldn't have made one oral offer to Robbie and then change the terms down the line and expect hem to be cool with it.
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