Marc Topkin
@TBTimes_Rays
Hearing #Rays have traded Shields AND Davis to #Royals. Working on confirmation and return
Gotta figure Myers is heading to Tampa.
Marc Topkin
@TBTimes_Rays
Hearing #Rays have traded Shields AND Davis to #Royals. Working on confirmation and return
Gotta figure Myers is heading to Tampa.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
It looks like it's for Myers & other prospects
Shields, Davis, & a PTBNL for Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery, & Patrick Leonard
Hate this trade for the Royals. Maybe if they were one pitcher away from being a world series contender and their window was closing this would make sense.
But moving Myers, in addition to multiple interesting pitching prospects for a pitcher I would not characterize as an ace, on a team that had a strong enough farm system to stay the course for another few years I think this could be very costly long term.
Shields, Davis, Santana, Guthrie.... still not that strong of a rotation considering the cash and prospects it was required to shell out. I don't think they were ready for a move like this for another few seasons.
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One of the dumber trades I've seen in awhile.
KC should be modeling their rebuilding after the Reds.
They simply should have brought up their top pitching prospects (if ready) and Wil Myers and let them grow in the majors. Maybe traded away some older parts for lots of prospects. Rebuild the farm system like the Reds have done.
A few good pitchers aren't going to help that team right now.
So much for the Royals being relevant anytime soon. They probably just set themselves back a couple years, IMO.
Wouldn't mind David Price, who's already been rumored as available. I wouldn't want to pay Hamilton for him though, so no dice I guess.
I feel really bad for Royals fans, and I actually like Shields. Dayton Moore should seriously go before the firing squad for this one.
The usually level-headed Rany Jazayerli, M.D., gives the deal a two-word review:
http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2012/...lds-trade.html
Stick to your guns.
The worst part of the deal is that both Shields and Davis have big contracts. For the amount of money the Royals will have to pay them, they could have just signed Lohse or Sanchez and kept their prospects.
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You know what they say, anytime you can trade your farm to go from bad to mediocre, you gotta do it.
Wait. No one ever says that.
Barry On Baseball Also blogging at Banished to the Pen.
If I were them, I would have stayed the course with the prospects.
Could have done a similar move to what they did with Santana, in getting Haren locked in for a year. He's probably not quite Shields at the moment, but he's pretty close. Shields could just as easily follow Haren's career arch anyways considering how similar pitchers they are.
There were plenty of ways to make improvements to their pitching staff this year considering the money they have been able to take on with Guthrie, Santana, Shields, and Davis. I liked their plan up until tonight where they seemed committed to not locking in dumb contracts. It gave them the opportunity to field a reasonable ballclub and hold onto their prospects. Once the Moustakas/Hosmer/Myers group and young pitching started to successfully transistion to the majors, that's when you maybe thing about making the major splash and move the prospect surplus. The rest of the team just hasn't proven their worth enough to make the fit right now. Completely missed the timing on this.
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