I'd expect one or more of the SP's traded, with Ross having the most value imo. Shedding some money and moving some pieces for prospects isn't the worst idea, but I don't want a total fire sale. As much as I want to see them compete in 2016 with the ASG being there, it's doubtful and hopefully Preller realizes that and doesn't add another bad contract to the team to try and make them contenders(I'd be worried about giving Ian Desmond a big contract and with our lack of an ML ready SS it seems like someone Preller would go after).
And the bully and manager. He won't be left in to bomb with a strong bully behind him.
Did you get a chance to see any of the local coverage on CSN about the signing? Firstly, I think i'm really going to like him. He might be blowing smoke, but he said this is where he wanted to be, so I'm good with that; I didn't get that feeling about Leake. He seemed less than thrilled to be here, but I still want him around at this point. Secondly, they were saying that he thought he was tipping pitches and fixed that towards the end of the season and his stats improved almost immediately. If his mechanics start skewing and are that easily tweaked, I'm good with Rags being the one that is able to spot it and fix whatever ails him.
Wonder if this will make them push harder and give up more to get Fernandez.
But outside of his Royals career, He has pretty much been a monster his entire career. The problem is that the Royals portion of his career is the most recent sampling, even if it is only a few months.
Definitely a concern point. But the 6 years concerns me more.
Not better than they were???
