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80-85 wins is very threatening in this division. You only needed 86 to win it.
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Detroit won 88 so you'd need 89 to win it, but I get the point. I still don't think they will top out over 85 (and I don't even think that), which would put them 3rd still last year. I suppose that we will have to wait and see who is correct. I'm sure I'll forget all about this conversation by that point!
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Detroit's floor is still probably a few wins above where KC's ceiling is -- that's what, to me, is the most puzzling.
I have no problem with a team trading prospects to win now (the Brewers gambling w/ Sabbathia and Greinke, Giants w/ Beltran) if they're close, but KC isn't really close to anything but mediocrity. If that's what they're shooting for, it must be depressing as hell to be a Royals fan. |
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Really? They've had, what, 2 winning seasons in the last 20 years or something? We're not nearly as bad off.
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In the end is there really any difference between 70-75 wins per year and 80-85?
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We've made the playoffs three times since 2000, with one World Series title. When did they last make it, 25 years ago?
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They're solid now everywhere but 2b and RF.
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Absolutely. One keeps you interested and in the hunt for the playoffs throughout the season, the other you know you're out of it by June.
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Agreed.
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Most prospects fail sure, but guys rated as highly as Myers don't usually fail.
James Shields has had one season where he would be anything other than a solid number two guy. You don't give up the farm for a guy like that. Trade just reeks of a GM feeling the pressure to do something now. Rotation right now has Ervin Santana as it's number two. This is not a playoff contender or even a borderline one imo. They have a glaring need in RF and were about to fill it with a guy they would have had control of for 6 years, but they give him away for a pitcher who will be 31 in a week. |
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Ha ha, what? Myers was BA's #28 prospect this year and his K:BB rate has progressively gotten worse as he's moved from A+, AA, and AAA. Guys like this fail ALL. THE. TIME. He's arguably not even their top OF prospect.
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Who do you think was a bigger prospect for them in the OF? Cain? He's in pretty good company there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basebal...the_Year_Award |
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Nobody was out in demand for Santana and Guthrie. He needlessly boxed himself into a corner, and had to part with a prospect that quite likely will provide value at the major league level. His ceiling is unknown, but I doubt that Myers will be a scrub. His slash line projects to a decent hitter with below average defense. That's just the lowest benchmark. I mean, hell, Mark Reynolds got a contract a few days ago. Tampa is one of the best run franchises in the game. If they didn't think he could play, I doubt that they would have pursued him.
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