In other news, The Royals are currently scouting the Padres...

The Royals board seems to think we're after Forsythe (with some hoping for Blanks). Thoughts?

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/.../#article-copy

I understand what you're saying, but the QB analogy doesn't quite work because a great position player is > a great pitcher, so Myers is essentially the QB here.

If that assessment were true, the Royals teams in the late 90's/early 2000's would have been powerhouses.

Finally, let's remember that we didn't have to keep Myers and do nothing; the Royals were allowed to use FA.

Santana has been pitching like an ace. + FA + Guthrie (smoke and mirrors, but whatever) + Chen (who is basically Davis) + Mendoza.

I'll take the above formula.

The FA you're coveting likely didn't exist.

/inb4 Anibal.

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You still have to field a defense. I'm not advocating for the '03 Chiefs here, so we have to keep common sense in view.

Yeah. This why a lot of mothers have been told to get ****ed.

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Bleergh, I'm done debating this. The deal is done, I was angry about it as well, but there is nothing we can do about it at this point.

Myers has hit two home runs (Again, let me point to the dominant starts that Hosmer and Moose both had. Myers still has an exuberant K rate, once pitchers figure him out, he could be in trouble)

We would have likely been the 2002 Royals if we had kept Myers. No valuable Free Agent was going to sign with us, and we would have lost Santana by the middle of the season.

Moore is an idiot, he mentioned that Moose could have been the highlight of the deal, but opted to go with Myers to avoid the latter's "growing pains."

I also disagree with your assessment of hitters v. pitchers. The last three world series championships were not won by teams with powerful lineups.

I'm done.

I was all aboard the Anibal Sanchez bandwagon. If we had not traded for Shields and dealt Frenchy to the Yankees (whom they may have taken over Vernon Wells) we would have spent 2MM less on payroll and had Myers ready and waiting/developing further. Gordon/Cain/Myers/Dyson/Lough in the OF. Stacked lineup. Not to mention depriving Detroit of a 3 WAR player is as good as adding a 3 WAR player in the regular season.

He signed a 5 yr/90m contract with the team that just won the AL pennant.

He likely would have required much more to sign with the Royals.

Anibal was never an option.

5/80 is what he signed - with a 16MM club option tacked on the end. (5MM buyout so I guess the deal is really 6/96 or 5/85)

Reports were that Anibal got that much from Detroit because Detroit felt pressure to make a move after the Royals traded for James Shields.