Year Two of the Matt Quatraro tenure. Time to take a step up this year. Active in free agency and trades this offseason. A new look pitching rotation and bullpen. Will the young players take the leap up offensively? Bobby Witt extension? New stadium? Will Vinny recover from injury? Salvy taking aim at the Royals record book? Will Cole Ragans turn into the best Royals starting pitcher since Greinke 1.0?
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Seth Lugo, SP
Michael Wacha, SP
Kyle Wright, SP
Hunter Renfroe, OF/DH
Will Smith, RP
Chris Stratton, RP
Nick Anderson, RP
Adam Frazier, 2B
Garrett Hampson, INF/OF
Matt Sauer, RP [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pablo:
Yeah that’s the trick. Get your last 13 fans to off themselves
MLB really is a ****ing dumb league full of cheapskates
The headline is funny but it's not as bad as it sounds. They essentially have a $148 mil payroll this year but that includes a ton of dead money from bad contracts and players that are injured or no longer with the team. They are only on the hook for $38 million next year. They could theoretically add $75 mil through free agency and still be way under what they spent this year. [Reply]
Detroit series starts tonight. This is the BIG one, Detroit coming in hot. They've got Skubal scheduled for Tuesday, although we've hit him better than anyone this year.
Take 2 out of 3 and we're all but guaranteed a playoff spot at that point. 1 out of 3 and we're still fine. Just can't get swept. Any other result and we're good.
Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
The headline is funny but it's not as bad as it sounds. They essentially have a $148 mil payroll this year but that includes a ton of dead money from bad contracts and players that are injured or no longer with the team. They are only on the hook for $38 million next year. They could theoretically add $75 mil through free agency and still be way under what they spent this year.
