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Mark S
What does this promotion mean for Kila?
Dave Beal
It means he goes back to Omaha and works on hitting breaking balls low and away, and leveling out his swing. It doesn’t take ML scouts and pitchers long to tell you exactly what your weakness is. KK can make the adjustment, and he’s still an important part of the team. It is VERY likely that the same thing happens to Hosmer, and they trade places again for awhile. But once Hosmer makes those adjustments and comes back up, he is clearly the better player offensively and defensively. He’s going to be a star in a year or two. He’s 21 and KK is 27. The team needs both right now, but eventually KK gets traded because he’s not athletic enough to become an OF’er, and we have a ton of OF talent already. Good chance he gets swapped for a top catching prospect at some point, the only thing the organization has a need for.
burtonlive
Moore will never win with the media, every decision he makes is a mistake it seems. I love that they called him up before the deadline. When you’re looking to win then finances can wait until later and we all know the Glass family has been pocketing enough cash for years to help pay for him down the road.
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I’m not saying it’s a mistake… just pointing out what it means/might mean 🙂
– BNS
Dave Beal
Dayton Moore, Ned Yost and an the Glass family made a baseball decision. And a good one. While it’s true the Glass family has operated at a profit recently, it is not fair to assume that they did so to make money. I firmly believe that money was saved to try and keep the best players down the road. Spending any more the last few years would have not made any significant difference. And to be fair, they spent the money, just not on ML salaries. They put it into draft picks, added a minor league team, added a Dominican academy, beefed up scouting and player development. and oh look…who has the best farm system in baseball in the last 20 years and are poised for a 10 year run?
Guest 6722
Look the AL Central right now is topsy turvy. The Clevelands and KCs of the world have a chance at winning. So why not? I like to see these smaller market teams doing well. The fans in these cities have to have something to root for.
Lunchbox45
Baseball should change the rules to allow for more teams to not have to decide based on finances if they want to call up stars..
Great on the Royals for doing this, but it is unfortunately not status quo.
Which is unfair to the paying customers who end up having to watch bums and hacks take AB’s while young and budding stars are stashed away in the minors.
robdeer
This assumes the current CBA / Super 2 structure is in place … not a real sound assumption IMHO. It is at least worth mentioning that the Royals may be banking, in part, on the likelihood that the rules will have changed by the time arb is rolling around for Hosmer.
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I did mention that.
– BNS
robdeer
I stand corrected. I do suspect that potential CBA chagnes are more front-and-center to this, though — neither the players or the teams gain from a system where prospects are held down for the first two months of a season for financial reasons, so it’s an area that seems ripe for revision.
brian
All this is based on the royals not ruining him.
A long shot, to be sure.
Dave Beal
aren’t you cute