Colon = nothing in the tank, past his prime

Burnett = same, just a few year younger.

Colon had a few decent years with the Angels, Blue Jays & Indians, but well past his prime.

Neither has has great careers, but has stayed around to contribute something..... to eat up innings.

Either one would be a pretty nice pickup. We need depth in our rotation.

Given our roster and needs, I will flip my ****ing shit if we give up anything of ANY substance for a middling pitcher.

Speculation on the radio is that if KC goes after a starter then it could mean they are worried Vargas could be out a while.

I haven't been able to pay much attention to the Royals in a few weeks so I didn't even know he was on the DL.

Fangraphs: "Jake Odorizzi and the 2014 Value of the Shields-Myers Trade":


http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jake-...dsmyers-trade/

Vargas has been throwing and should be back within a week or two. If KC is going after a starter it is to add depth in the case that Duffy and/or Ventura are shut down in September, IMO. While our rotation is good, there's nothing outside of the five guys besides Chen.. need depth.

Vargas threw a simulated game today. I can't imagine they are too worried.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Leftovers on Valencia deal: The team needed to bring up Colon to spell Escobar/Infante. The path to do so led through Ibanez or Valencia.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/494257887414218752">July 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>So the option was either DFA Ibanez and receive nothing, or turn Valencia into something. They chose the latter route.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/494257962899087360">July 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>For the Royals to pick up Ryan Howard, as <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan">@JeffPassan</a> speculated, the Phillies would likely have to eat basically every dollar on the deal.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/494261176776146944">July 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Also, God bless Danny Valencia, but he was worth -0.2 WAR according to B-R and 0.1 WAR according to FanGraphs. Everyone settle down.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/statuses/494262819613728768">July 29, 2014</a></blockquote>
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lmao

ummmm

that guy just made the exact point I made this thread that you tried to argue

haha

So if Ned Yost makes it to the end of the season, he'll be the longest-tenured manager in Royals history. Think about that.

Passan is stealing my ideas! This might be true now... although my thinking was if they turn Butler loose, the Royals could take on a portion of that salary.

we can buy and sell for all I care

I just know that trading Shields/Holland is the best thing this franchise could do

Well, losing a one run game at home to a clearly inferior opponent while in the playoff chase will surely motivate these guys to bring in a power hitting right fielder (from somewhere, anywhere), right?

Right?

I'm going to see our Royals in Phoenix next week. If they play like this against an awful Dbacks team I'll attack Yost.