Greinke is #1 comp in general, but isn't included in the list of most similar pitchers through 31 (Greinke is only 30 and can't be included). Here's the list that I was referencing.

Moose Haas (959)
Doc Medich (955)
Ken Hill (950)
Mike Boddicker (950)
Kevin Brown (950)
Jason Schmidt (947)
Chris Carpenter (947)
Ben Sheets (946)
Dan Haren (946)
Matt Morris (945)

If Duffy and Ventura are pitching out of the 4/5 spots after the coming season, it's likely they've disappointed a bit.

And for Zimmer to move from starting in AA in 2014 to anchoring a rotation in 2015 would require him to have a Verlander-like debut. Would be awesome, but I'm not going to count on it.

The Royals' best chance for long-term success would be hitting on Zimmer, Duffy, Ventura and Sean Manaea. That would be akin to the A's hitting on Mulder, Hudson, and Zito... not a real likely outcome, but a fun one to think about.

I might have to pick up a Penny jersey. That one may always be relevant.

Is that a reference to David Glass's spending policy? ;)

Yeah, I agree they aren't all going to make it.

One would hope that at some point we're going to hit on somebody though. Through all these years of losing, Appier, Rosado, and Greinke is all we came up with. I know that just because a coin landed on tails 7 times in a row doesn't mean its due to land on heads on the 8th flip, but wow does that suck.

A cool fedora would look good with that Brad Penny Jersey...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

That may be the worst giveaway in the last few seasons. Who wears a bleeping fedora?

Can someone fill me in on the Brad Penny references . Sorry to be clueless.

R's signed him to a Minor League Contract

Thanks.

Guillermo Mota signed to minor league deal

Who?

The guy we were supposed to trade Greinke for.

Print 'em.

Mota was a decent reliever for the Dodgers a couple years ago, right?