Rafael Furcal Rumors: Thursday

For the sake of all 4 teams, I hope he makes a decision soon. This is seemingly the 4th time there has been a "deadline for my client to sign." With the most recent being this coming Monday, and now not til middle of next week.
Good riddance.
Still would love to see him in Green and Gold, but if he doesn't, let's get this thing over with, so all these GMs can move forward...

jrfukudome - I agree....that would be a solid lineup both on offense and defense. Furcal would be a big upgrade at SS, and would allow Aviles to play a solid 2B.

Make it happen Moore....make it happen!!

Sign him Dodgers.....I think.

I agree. Come on and sign. Once Furcal is signed, the other teams can move on to filling their SS hole.

Come on A's.

I have a good feeling about this one. When Dayton Moore wanted Gil Meche he went to the owner, sold it, and they paid him what it took, outbidding other teams.

I bet that is what they have done now with Furcal.

It would really be helpful to put Aviles back at his natural position and get TPJ out of the lineup

RJ, Hoffman, and Vizquel? Great. Let's bring back Orel as the fifth starter and see if Franklin Stubbs has anything left in the tank.

When was the last time a big time / high dollar free agent worked out for the royals (i.e. Juan Gon)...maybe Bo Jackson?? I would love to have Rafa if he is really healthy though! I am just sick of barely average in KC!!!! Either get it done or move on to the next best thing but stop waisting time. Didnt DM say he was going to put the best possible team on the field in 2009....PROVE IT

gundy - the Royals drafted Bo Jackson.

And the Royals haven't had any big free agents because they had a lame duck GM in Allard Baird who wasn't allowed to spend money...he had to do what he could to field a team.

Glass respects Moore and part of the deal with him taking the GM job is that ownership would not meddle with baseball operations (at least not much). Moore has signed a couple of decent high dollar free agents, most notably Gil Meche. And Jose Guillen, while a jackass who had a low average last year, did hit 20 HR and have 97 RBI I believe.

And yes gd, Grudz was a heck of a FA signing as well.

Sign him OAKLAND AND THEN BRING BACK THE STACHE

I disagree, JJ, with a couple of things. They did NOT get what they paid for in Guillen. His stats were 20 homers, 97 RBIs, and a BA of .264. He is making about $12 mil. Look around the league and you will find many 20 homer, 90 RBI guys making a LOT less than that. $12 mil SHOULD get you a 30/110 (ish) guy. Guillen has NEVER been that kind of slugger. I like him on our team though because he lights fires and he DOES produce (although not like a $12 mil player) I also disagree about Gil Meche, in fact, I think HE should be the one in trade talks, not Greinke, but thats another topic. Meche isn't an $11 mil pitcher. Again, look at the stats and you can compare them to other starting pitchers around the league that have similar salaries. We overpaid for both of these guys, and I think it is obvious. Don't get me wrong, I like having both of these players on the team and think they are valuable assets, but my point is that they are overpaid. The bad thing is, we may have to do the same thing to acquire the much needed Furcal.

I'm telling you guys that Furcal is worth 44 mil for 4 yrs.

UltimateroyalsFan, I totally agree that around the league both these guys aren't worth the kind of money we had to throw at them. I stress the words HAD TO THROW, because the truth of the matter is that players don't want to come to KC. It's sad. It's not necessarily the city itself either, it's more the fact that they don't come here to win championships. It's not like it was back in the eighties and nothing like putting on pinstripes in the late 90's and '00. Today players are looking to win or get paid. I think if we pay enough we might eventually win and that's when putting on Royal Blue will be like the pinstripes of old. Also, Kc hasn't been a place to amp your stats of late. I mean early 00's we had a dominant offense and guys like Dye and Damon and even Offerman. But nowadays we don't have any of those kind of numbers. But, I think we're going to have to agree to disagree about Meche. That guy may not be an 11 Mil pitcher but he'd be a lot closer to it if we gave him some aid. He's given us some pretty good outings the last couple years and I'm not sure he wouldn't have an outstanding record had we scored a little more.

By getting Furcal we will add a winner with our young Royal team. He was a winner with Braves & Dodgers. Raffy is a great leadoff hitter & the very best defensive SS in all of baseball. The very beat ARM in all the big leagues. I feel if Royals get him, We will win the Central division.