Is it time to move Mondesi up to NW Ark? Or should he be left in Wilmington due to his young age?

Sounds decent for the long haul.

Nice, thanks.

The logic I heard was that they wanted him to start throwing ALL of his pitches again. They felt he had strayed away from a few of them, iirc

So if three weeks pass and Gio is hitting adequately and the Royals are still in the hunt, and assuming they are buyers at the deadline...what is the move they make? I would assume they need a right handed power bat for RF. Who will be available?

Bullpen needs help, but could be solved by Herrera's return, Duffy (whether Duffy himself or Davis moving there to make room for Duffy in the rotation), or other callups. Essentially, I don't see them going outside the system to solve bullpen issues.

Any chance they upgrade 3B for the second half and let Moose figure it out in Omaha?

He's not in Wilmington yet. He's at Lexington, the A ball affiliate.

I don't think we'll see him even in Wilmington this year, as he turns 18 later this month. That would be an extremely aggressive promotion for him, especially since he's just now starting to find his stride at Lexington.

Young guys like that, you have to be conservative with promotions. Unless he really goes insane at Lexington (something like hitting .350 for a month), I'd guess he stays there.

None. And why would they? He has actually been somewhat productive recently. Last 28 days at .296/.342/.736. Obviously we would like to see some more pop, but he has not been a black hole in the lineup that will lose you games. He isn't hitting for enough power yet to win them games, but it is progress.

Hosmer was fiddling around .270 for quite a while this season just hitting some singles with the occasional double. He has finally turned on the power. Hopefully Moustakas can do the same thing now that he appears much more comfortable at the plate.

They also have Louis Coleman pitching very well at Omaha, and he's had success in the bigs in the past. And Everett Teaford could help in the bully, too. I agree, I think there's plenty of in-house options there.

So if Rios doesn't want to come here (or at least he thought about us when putting us on his no-trade list), that takes a big RH power option from the outfield off our list (which I think is the big need.)

Kyle Blanks is probably unrealistic (I tried.)

Josh Willingham is a decent option, but he's hurt.

I've always been a fan of Michael Cuddyer, but Colorado's probably not moving him now.

Alfonso Soriano? Yuck.

Coleman should already be here and you can demote Hererra, Crow, whoever you want to get it done. Coleman should have 1 role and that's to dominate RH which he's always done. Crow did it for 1 year but can't anymore becuase he can't throw Strike 1 ever.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits.../louis-coleman


If I were another MLB team I'd have already tried to pry away Gio and Coleman and made them starters.

Nate Shierholtz is cheap and controlled for this year and next. Slugging .521. Is it worth taking a chance on him?

In terms of moves that we can make, I'm a little concerned about Tim Collins and would think about Buddy Baumann or Donnie Joseph to face the lefties.

I think Coleman is worth a look, but would love to see Herrera get fixed too.

I wouldn't mind him, honestly....just looking for some right-handed pop. But yeah, he'd be an upgrade over where we are now.

Completely agree Tegu and Siberian.

Up until the Gio promotion the biggest holes have been 2B and RF. I'm not sold on Gio but I'll give him his shot. But assuming he is the answer, our biggest need is a bat in RF.

I like Lough, and Dyson has his moments. But I don't think either are more than #4 outfielders in the big leagues. They are great weapons off the bench, and good depth for injuries, but not every day guys. We need an impact bat in RF.

Not sold on Cain right now either, but the guy has had some big time clutch hits this year. He is streaky, and that only highlights the value of Lough and Dyson more as viable backups. I think a lot of Cain's struggles are still bc of his lack of experience. His ceiling is much higher than the other two.