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Royals Still Want to Keep Gordon

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5 games into his rehab assignment in Omaha and Gordo is 8-20 (.400) with 4 RBIs and a HR. Nothing (in sports) would make me happier than Gordo being a Royal for life.
 

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What the hell? I thought vice predicted the Royals would collapse in 2015!
 

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What the hell? I thought vice predicted the Royals would collapse in 2015!

he predicts it every year, what's new? At least this year he didn't bet me an not pay off.
 

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I don't expect it to happen, but I doubt they won't make an offer. If it really is in the 5/100+ range, it's probably more logical to spread as the money around in a more surgical fashion. If the market craps out on him, that's probably where the Royals could come into play.
 

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How high and long of a contract do you think Moore would be willing to extend? I'm thinking we could get Alex for 5 years, $80-$90 million. But I think Moore would be maxed at 4 yrs, $70 million.
 

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How high and long of a contract do you think Moore would be willing to extend? I'm thinking we could get Alex for 5 years, $80-$90 million. But I think Moore would be maxed at 4 yrs, $70 million.
4 Years + a team option in the 80M range is my guess.
 

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A fake Andy McCullough account on Twitter reported Gordo to the Cubs for 4yr/$75 mil and people freaked the fuck out. LOL
 

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Aaron Stilley at Royals Authority looks at the biggest swings in championship probability added in Royals post-season history.


9. 2015 World Series Game One, down 3-4 bottom of the 9th, one out, nobody on Alex Gordon facing Jeurys Familia championship probability added: 15%


Think of some of the Royals greats who never got to experience the playoffs with Kansas City: Kevin Appier, Zack Greinke, Carlos Beltran, Jeff Montgomery, Mike Sweeney. It looked for a long time like Alex would be added to that list. 2014 took care of that, and then 2015 really took care of it, highlighted by this signature moment.



I really want to keep Gordon and Zobrist, but my hopes are starting to fade.
 

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Pipe dreams en sech...


The Royals want to see Bubba Starling make his big league debut next year, and be a regular in 2017, writes Jeffrey Flanagan.


Starling, the Royals' No. 5 prospect, is having a solid season in the Arizona Fall League, posting a .770 OPS with four homers and 10 RBIs to go along with his defense that general manager Dayton Moore has described as "Major League ready" right now....


The rapid ascension of Starling has brought smiles to the faces of the Royals' front-office staff. "He's just a different hitter now than what we saw of him a few years ago," Picollo said. "There haven't been many major mechanical adjustments. He did have this little waggle with his hands when he was loading that used to slow down his swing and made him late on everything. "We worked with him to get rid of that, and finally last year we saw that happen. He's just quicker to the ball. He's more confident, more mature."



Clark Fosler looks at what that might mean for this year's off-season.

That variable is the interesting part of the optimistic organization timeline. It tells me that the Royals are looking at one corner outfield spot and seeing Dyson, Orlando, Jose Martinez, maybe Brett Eibner (speaking of parks, age and batting average, .384 is .384!) and then Starling. It tells me that the organization is thinking Gordon OR Zobrist at one corner outfield spot and going ‘internal’ for the other.

They could perhaps add a one year veteran reclamation project for 2016 as well. You know, it worked with Melky Cabrera and sorta, kinda if you squint right also did with Alex Rios. We could also take the fun scenario here (dollars be damned!) and read the above to mean Gordon resigned to play left, Zobrist resigned to play right in 2016 and then sliding in to play second in 2017 when Bubba Starling arrives and wins a Gold Glove in right. That sounds fun, but sadly unrealistic.

 

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Well, with Zobs gone, do you think Dayton doubles down on Gordo?
 

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I hope so...if not I really do NOT want to see Parra, would rather have Span
 

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And, it has happened. Gordon's market deteriorated some to the benefit of the Royals. 4/72. Welcome back, Alex.
 

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18mil per year isn't any savings... basically they just got out of the 5th year... He got his money..and you just bought yourself about 2-3 years of Alex Gordon out of his prime. I can't wait to see how fast Royals fans will be complaining about this contract...
 

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We got him cheaper overall than I expected. Reports that they'll fiddle with the numbers (deferrals en sech) to create some flexibility.

Welcome back, Gordo!

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