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Hm. Isn't that the what our qualifying offer was?

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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 10483095)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>ervin santana gets $14.1M</p>— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/statuses/443729535763091457">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Thats the exact value of the QO.

Braves lose #26, our comp pick is now #28.

Fortunate break for Santana with Atlanta's bleeding SP like crazy of late. Much better spot for him to try to rebuild his value and position for a 3- to 4-year deal.

Works out OK for KC, too.

we interrupt this kick ass thread for some useless, trivial bs:

The Royals won the day I was born.
On July 18th, 1972 the Royals swept a double header against the Indians at Municipal Stadium.

game 1: 5-6KC
game 2: 8-11KC

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 10483170)

Fortunate break for Santana with Atlanta's bleeding SP like crazy of late. Much better spot for him to try to rebuild his value and position for a 3- to 4-year deal.

Works out OK for KC, too.

Yep, I just looked up the 2013 HR park factors, and both Toronto and Baltimore look like miserable places for him to pitch. (3rd-most and 4th-most in baseball for home runs) He may have had bad seasons at both of those places.

Turner Field, while not supressing homers as much as the K, is still better than average for keeping it in the yard. Its a tough choice between Baltimore and Toronto, but including Atlanta in the mix makes it a no-brainer for a 1-year contract season.

Perez is starting today. I guess he didn't need any rest.

Sounds like Ventura had a great outing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Royals&src=hash">#Royals</a> Ventura throwing/commanding his curveball well, punching a couple guys out w/ it. 4 Ks in last 2 innings. 1 H in 3 IP, 40 pitches.</p>— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier/statuses/443851295938469888">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Royals&src=hash">#Royals</a> Ventura allowed a single to the 2nd hitter he faced. He's now retired 11 straight with 5 punch-outs. No score, top of 5.</p>— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier/statuses/443854634113703936">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Royals&src=hash">#Royals</a>’ Ventura struck out Donaldson on 102-mph fastball, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Athletics&src=hash">#Athletics</a>’ radar gun. One scout said, “I saw a lot of 101s.”</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/statuses/443859831632302080">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Yordano Ventura is done after giving up a hit to open the fifth. He threw the expletive out of the ball.</p>— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/443860769805828097">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S (Post 10484939)

It moved.

Here's hoping for a June/July extension of Ventura.

Remember when we were talking about how useless spring training is, especially for pitchers?

This is one exception: when a starting pitcher is fighting for a job, and he faces major league hitters.

Ventura is not working on stuff, he's trying to out-pitch Duffy.

I just thought I'd check in to revel in the positive news with our boy's performance On the mound today.

What a bizarre world the Royals prospective success and postseason hopes genuinely outweigh the Chiefs by a large margin.

... and from the "I really am trying to not get my hopes up" department, Moose just homered off a lefty.

And it most definitely seems that he is the favorite for the 5 spot in the rotation.

More encouragement, fwiw.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Royals&src=hash">#Royals</a> Moose crushes a 2-2, 2-out pitch over the RF wall for his 4th HR of the spring. The "Mooose" chants begin in Phoenix. 3-1 KC, top 6.</p>— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier/statuses/443866957599621120">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Royals&src=hash">#Royals</a> Moose now 3-for-3 with a single, double and HR. Both of the extra base hits coming off of left-handers.</p>— Josh Vernier (@JoshVernier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshVernier/statuses/443867246738161664">March 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Still needs to prove it in regular season, but for whatever it's worth.

and Salvy Perez homered. yawn.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 10485070)

... and from the "I really am trying to not get my hopes up" department, Moose just homered off a lefty.

The bad news is that it was during an intrasquad game.