Royals Trading Partners? - Danny Duffy, Whit Merrifield

[TJseven7]

Does losing Cain and Hosmer trigger them to blow it up?

[MadThinker88]

Does losing Cain and Hosmer trigger them to blow it up?

 

KC was already starting its rebuild...

The question was always how fast would they tear it down to start building it back up..

[TJseven7]

Does losing Cain and Hosmer trigger them to blow it up?

 

KC was already starting its rebuild...

The question was always how fast would they tear it down to start building it back up..

 

That's my point. They lost their 2 best bats and moose is still unsigned. It's closing in on a disaster offseason for them. Won't take a lot to drive that team into the ground. A couple rp, duffy, escobar, whit and it gets ugly fast.

 

Still don't think I'd give up assets to get duffy over signing cobb but its a lot more interesting as to where they go.

 

Being this late in the offseason does them no favors.

[MadThinker88]

That's my point. They lost their 2 best bats and moose is still unsigned. It's closing in on a disaster offseason for them. Won't take a lot to drive that team into the ground. A couple rp, duffy, escobar, whit and it gets ugly fast.

 

Still don't think I'd give up assets to get duffy over signing cobb but its a lot more interesting as to where they go.

 

Being this late in the offseason does them no favors.

 

There is always the possibility now that Hosmer has departed the Royals try to retain Moose.

 

They were counting on the various Comp Picks to help restock the system. Now that they finally got 2 extra picks & there is no real direction to the market for Moose, the Royals might try to resigning him in order to deal him at a later date.

 

Rebuilding clubs (be it the Royals or other teams now or the Brewers during 2015 & 2016) always are trying to maximize assets. Just because the right deal doesn't emerge now doesn't mean it won't appear at the upcoming trade deadline or next off season.

 

Looking at the Royals, this isn't a RELOAD situation. They need a full REBUILD & will need to build from the foundation on up. The death of the pitcher last off season did not help. Dealing many farm pieces helped them to get to the World Series in 2014 & win the series in 2015. Those situations closed the Royal window a little faster then they anticipated originally.

[pacopete4]

What's the status of Duffy's elbow? Because after all the discussion about just about every other pitcher we've had on here, he might be the best option for the Brewers. Cheaper control through 2021 and has pitched like a TOR pitcher for much of his career. Couple that with the Royals tearing it down and we might have a good match.

[BuckyBrewer61]

MLBTR posted that the Brewers have interest in Merrifield. I honestly know nothing about him. Anyone with insight into his game, how he fits, what it’d take to get him?

[TooLiveBrew]

Merged BB61's thread with this prior topic discussing Merrifield, since there was some good discussion in this thread.

[adambr2]

Merrifield is kind of a Shaw-like late bloomer and would be a really nice target. He can do a little bit of it all, base stealer, hit for a nice average, and get on base a little bit. Every bit the contact hitter, does not K much. Not a ton of power in his career but then hit 19 out of nowhere last year, so who knows.

 

Defense is about average at 2nd. Limited to 2nd in the infield but can play anywhere in the OF when needed.

 

Not young but should remain productive through 2022 which is the last year of his control. I would be excited to get him but frankly a bit sad because I'd be thinking at that point that Keston almost inevitably gets traded for pitching.

[BuckyBrewer61]

Merged BB61's thread with this prior topic discussing Merrifield, since there was some good discussion in this thread.

 

Thanks - didn’t see this thread!

[TooLiveBrew]

Merged BB61's thread with this prior topic discussing Merrifield, since there was some good discussion in this thread.

 

Thanks - didn’t see this thread!

No worries, it'd fallen back to page 5. I just remembered it for some reason. Hope the earlier posts give you some useful info, & that more discussion spins up now too.

[Bnowell4evr]

I'm not really a big fan of Merrifield since he's an extreme platoon player. I'd rather target a more balanced bat if we're going to pay the price in prospects.

 

vs LHP - .388/.427/.612/1.039

vs RHP - .230/.325./.291/.615

[MadThinker88]

I'm not really a big fan of Merrifield since he's an extreme platoon player. I'd rather target a more balanced bat if we're going to pay the price in prospects.

 

vs LHP - .388/.427/.612/1.039

vs RHP - .230/.325./.291/.615

 

I get those are Merrifield's 2018 numbers but here are his career numbers

 

vs LHP - .332/ .377/ .528/ .905

vs RHP - .270/ .318/ .394/ .712

 

The splits are not as bad as it looks this season..

[adambr2]

With some exceptions, most good righty hitters destroy lefty pitching and have much more modest numbers against righties. I'm not too worried about it.

[brewers888]

Just go out and get Asdrubral Cabrera. He will probably cost nothing like Neil Walker did last season. The Mets will be happy just to get rid of his salary for the rest of the season.

 

The idea of trading Hiura is completely insane to me. He is far and away our best positional prospect and the only one even remotely close to helping this team. A bat like his comes around once a decade for a small market team like the Brewers so we must keep him.

[brewmann04]

I agree i can't see the brewers trading Hiura he looks to be a great hitting prospect that this team sorely needs . I still keep Peralta to seems to be a guy that DS needs to hold onto too.