Coming off an American League Divisional Series appearance, its year 3 of Matt Quatraro tenure. Can they take the next step to a division title? Can Bobby Witt, Jr. take his superstar status to another level? Can Cole Ragans develop more? Will the other starting pitching duplicate last season? The offense can it deliver more? Who will be in the outfield? How about the new stadium development?
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Jonathan India, 2B
Joey Wiemer, OF [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
I wonder if KC even reached out
All teams got a meeting with a set amount of time with him to make their pitch(no pun intended), so the Royals definitely talked to him. Unfortunately it looks like he is looking for teams with Japanese players he knows or cities with a large Japanese contingent and KC doesn't rank highly in either category. [Reply]
Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ:
All teams got a meeting with a set amount of time with him to make their pitch(no pun intended), so the Royals definitely talked to him. Unfortunately it looks like he is looking for teams with Japanese players he knows or cities with a large Japanese contingent and KC doesn't rank highly in either category.
Originally Posted by SithCeNtZ:
All teams got a meeting with a set amount of time with him to make their pitch(no pun intended), so the Royals definitely talked to him. Unfortunately it looks like he is looking for teams with Japanese players he knows or cities with a large Japanese contingent and KC doesn't rank highly in either category.
The ability to get a direct flight to his home country is probably a factor. [Reply]
The finalists for Japanese star right-hander Roki Sasaki are the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays, sources tell ESPN. Sasaki will decide on his team by the closing of his posting window Jan. 23.
Originally Posted by poolboy:
where does all the Dodger money come from?
Their TV deal alone is worth 330 million a season, in 2022 they had estimated total revenue of 581 million. Also give them credit for having a really high end front office that starts well and spends money on worthy players.
That's why they are so tough, they have the front office and the funds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
Their TV deal alone is worth 330 million a season, in 2022 they had estimated total revenue of 581 million. Also give them credit for having a really high end front office that starts well and spends money on worthy players.
That's why they are so tough, they have the front office and the funds.
Not hard to spend well when you just buy every star player you can. Not a high miss rate there. I would also have signed ohtani or Betts, that doesn’t make me a front office genius. And the deferred payments thing to get around luxury tax is BS. [Reply]
Jac Caglianone will big league camp this spring ahead of his first full pro season, and he'll focus only on hitting as he gets his career started -- because that's his fastest track to Kansas City.
I just realized that Caglianone went to Plant High School in Tampa. That is arguably the nation's greatest baseball factory as it has produced Wade Boggs, Kyle Tucker and Pete Alonso. [Reply]
