Royals Rumors: Francoeur, Butler, Ibanez, Greinke

If the Royals were willing to give up Teahen and Cortes in a single deal, thy could probably land someone better than Francoeur. Teahen is still a decent player, and Cortes is the best pitching prospect that system until Melville and
Montgomery get a handle on things.

I could see something like Teahen, Rosa, and a low level guy. Or maybe even something along the lines of DeJesus for Francoeur.

The Royals were one of the worst teams at drawing a walk in 2008. Jacobs, Francoeur, and Betancourt had a combined 92 walks last year. Plus they want to give up good young pitching for a player the Braves arguably don't want?

JRD- Braves wouldn't do Francoeur for Teahan straight up. Cortes would have to be in there.

Francoeur had a horrible year last year. what makes you think Kansas City would give any of their top ten prospects for Francoeur? To even think they would entertain the idea of DeJesus for Francoeur one for one is laughable. If they give anything more than a Teahen and a low level pitching prospect, they're overpaying.
There is no way they get Cortes for Francoeur alone.

CSL- Your GM did trade for Mike Jacobs. Francoeur is atop their wish list, so I have to assume that Frank Wren can squeeze a little more out of the Royals than Mark Teahan and a lower level pitching prospect. Wren won't make the move unless Cortes was involved.

And Dejesus is too much of a tweener to be considered that valueable.

I don't know much about the three mentioned players, but none of them have very impressive stats. Franceour is no superstar, but I would imagine two of those would have to be included.

Thought: Franceour and some prospects for Greinke.

Are the Royals kidding? They wont trade Greinke but are willing to trade one of those three scrubs? Frenchy may be coming off a bad season but he will rebound. The only way I would trade Frenchy would be to get Greinke.

Aviles & Grienke

for

Frenchy & KJ

We put Prado @ 2B, send Esco to the Padres in a deal for Peavy, and Sign Furcal to play SS...

I know I know...sounds pretty nuts right?

"I would take Hochevar straight up for francoer. The Braves get a much cheaper option to strart. The guy has awesome stuff and could be put in the back of the rotation immediatley."

Really we already have a guy on the pay roll with those numbers. Jo-Jo Reyes and this guy are very similar. Why would you be willing to give up a possible bounce back player for a guy who pitches just as bad as a guy we are all very irritated with already.