<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Salvador Perez is sitting out with a right groin strain. The team hopes he can return soon.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/490873872536059904">July 20, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Perhaps it also means that he's ready to save his knees for "his future" (where ever that may be). I know, I know, sorry....

He is signed through 2019, so we have him for a long time.

Welp

So is Perez a future 1st Baseman?

That or a DH

If there's one thing DM ever did right it is signing Perez to that ridiculously team-friendly contract.

They've sucked worse with Butler and Hosmer having good seasons.

With all the incessant bitching about Hosmer, why does Gordon get away with it. He's just as suspect this season as Hosmer.

Hosmer has a 15 game hitting streak. Recently he's not trying to kill the ball

@jonmorosi: Royals have interest in trading for Marlon Byrd, sources say, but it's no longer certain they will be deadline buyers. They are 48-48.

Let the estate sale begin!

... No.

Alex Gordon is an above-average offensive player and has been the most valuable defensive player in MLB this season. According to Fangraphs, only two players have been more valuable all-around players than Alex Gordon (Mike Trout and Troy Tulowitzki). According to Baseball Reference, he's still top 15.

Eric Hosmer is a below-average offensive player, especially for the position he plays. He's been hitting a little bit of late, but the Royals need(ed) him to be a .500 SLG player and run producer in the middle of the lineup.

Royals look like toast to me, though. The combination of inadequacy running the show (Ned Yost, Dayton Moore) and key offensive players (Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler) failing is just too much to overcome.

I was hopeful before the season that they had improved the team. The pitching and defense have been what I expected. I expected the offense to be at least a little bit improved from last year, but the failings of Hosmer, Butler, Moustakas and Aoki have torpedoed that chance.

This season is over...yeah a potential .500 season for an all in season

What kind of return could the Royals get for trading Hosmer, Gordon and Shields right now?