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Lefty
If I were the Royals, I would save my money here (Chen) and try to sign Oswalt.
That’s what I would do. As a matter of fact, maybe I should become a Royals fan and ask Dayton Moore for a job. LOL. Seriously, though Chen had a decent year for them in 2011, but if they are looking to improve their rotation let go Chen and go for Oswalt.
NYBravosFan10
I thought he was going to the Marlins
Cards_Fanboy
so…
Hochevar
Chen
Sanchez
Duffy
?????
Lotta options for that last spot. Surely not gonna be Paulino. Maybe John Lamb vs. Outside Free Agent? Looks like an improvement over last year either way. Maybe a .500+ season if the offense keeps improving… Royals only had a -32 run differential by the end of the season last year.
scottyballgame
Paulino had a 4.11 ERA in 20 starts for KC this year, and a 8.59 K/9. Lamb will not be a candidate due to recovery from Tommy John surgery.
Paulino is the front runner for the rotation out of a list that includes Vin Mazzaro, Sean O’Sullivan, Mike Montgomery, Luis Mendoza, and Aaron Crow.
Rabbitov
When Chen was on the Orioles he had these like 6th inning jokes that were shown on the scoreboard. They had like a full season of jokes taped. The guy had an ERA of almost 7 that season so early on they stopped showing the jokes. That is my memory of Bruce Chen.
iancahill
They still show his jokes in KC! I like Chen, but I like Oswalt better.
TLB2001
Roy Oswalt is a Type A free agent, why on God’s green earth would the Royals dump a bunch of money and a fracking first round draft pick into a 34 y/o Roy Oswalt that is five years past his prime?