Anyway, Santana was never really on the table since the Royals are "in it." However, I think the teams could have exchanged prospects, and this could have made sense for both sides.

The Twins and CHW both have worse offenses than the two you mentioned.

Twins are higher than the Pirates in runs scored. Detroit is 1 and Cleveland is 3. No one in the top 10 in your division, aside from STL.

The Sox are terrible, of course, so no argument there.

A pitcher in the junior league will give up fewer flyballs.

This Dave Cameron guy seems like a bit of a dummy.

A) The Royals are 5 games out in the wild card with two months to go, and he states that they are not going to the postseason like it's a sure thing.
B) They are already over .500.

Pirates are at 416, Twins 415, but the Twins have played fewer games, so your point stands.

According to whom?

Oh, I don't expect the Cardinals to fall over for Santana. But he'd slot in 3rd in that rotation (and maybe even second considering he is a more consistent innings eater than either Miller or Lynn, who have both had several short-stint starts this year).

I don't think you get the same prod from either Wacha or Martinez as you would from Santana, but that doesn't mean I think you should have given up Wong for him.

I think we can all agree the White Sox are a really bad baseball team....really bad. The ChiSox go to Detroit tomorrow...the Indians are at Miami.

:grr:

strange things can happen in pennant races... how many times did we pop up and screw a team with in our own division during august\september when we were 25 out at the time.

:banghead::banghead:

The Indians are pitching Masterson today. Our only hope is that Dunn goes beast mode off of the righty. It is the free game of the day today for anyone that wants to watch despite the slim chances of them losing.

Since the Royals will be making the playoffs this season I don't think this thread is going to last the rest of the season. It seems to be getting sick.

This is the kind of thing that annoys be about sportswriting.

What exactly is Kyle Smith if not a low-level pitching prospect? Why is Pineyro the throwaway line whereas Smith is a huge loss?

Smith is a 20 yr old kid that's pitching well in high A right now. Pineyro is 21 yr old kid that is also pitching well in high A right now, but actually has a little size and projectability.

The Nationals gave up a guy that's very very similar to Smith, but with fewer innings under his belt at high A. And Hairston is older, more expensive and under team control for less time. He's also not the defender that Maxwell is.

I'm not saying that this justifies the Royals move but what I am saying is that the market for a legitimate plus defensive OFer and lefty mauler was much higher than this author suggests. Sure, guys like that would ideally be found in FA, but that didn't happen so now you have to actually give up something to get one.

It's just a silly article. Should Moore have made the move at all? Well that's a fair question - are the Royals really a platoon RFer away from challenging for the division/WC? But did Moore truly overpay? No, he really didn't.

Bob Dutton ‏@Royals_Report 12m
#Royals vs. Minn LHP Diamond: Gordon 7, Hosmer 3, Butler DH, Perez 2, Cain 8, Tejada 4, Moustakas 5, Maxwell 9, Escobar 6 and Shields 1.

Cain back in the lineup, no word yet on the move to add Maxwell to the roster.