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He isn't even any good....lol,
But salaries aren't inflated. :rolleyes:
He is not awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spitball
Here's all you need to know about the trade. Two years. 1.5 mil per year. He is (most likely..98%) replacing Tony Pena Jr. Stop reading. Go look up Tony Pena Jr's numbers. Now look at Bloomquist. Notice that Bloomquist is a MAJOR upgrade over Tony Pena Jr, both offensively and defensively b/c Bloomquist can play all over the field..while TPJ is just a SS. Now realize that Bloomquist will be the utility infielder...not a starter, barring injury.
Verdict: Good deal, not great b/c of the 2nd year. I'll give it a B-. The Royals clearly get a little better by replacing one of the worst players in MLB history (very slight exaggeration) with a decent backup infielder.
Oh, I forgot, we're the Royals and everything we do is crap and we'll probably lose 99 games. Dayton Moore has no idea what he is doing, despite improving the club every single year he's had the job and improving the farm system dramatically as well. Other than that, he's a hack. Neyer will tell you why shortly.
Yay! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *Gasp, wheeze*
And waiting in the wings, all ready to go, is the guy who hit .325 with 10 dingers and 8 SBs in 2/3 of a season last year. Cry me a river, buddy!Quote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
Man, I liked Bloomquist. He can play 7 positions and can steal a base for you. Also can hit lefties real well.
Bad deal.
Two tidbits from the Baseball Think Factory thread and Rob Neyer:
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the Royals have now committed $11.4 million in 2009 to Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Jacobs, Horacio Ramirez and Willie Bloomquist. For $11.4 million you can actually get a good player. But of course this is one of the things foolish organizations do: They complain that they can't afford good players after spending millions of dollars on not-good players.
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This is flat out retarded. If you can't find a Willie Bloomquist clone in your minor league system you aren't looking hard enough. There have to be middle-infielder types floating around that can "play" the OF, hit for crap and suck up a roster spot for $400,000. There is no need to pay a premium for this type of "production."
Egads, I am sure glad I am not a fan of this team.
Rany takes Dayton Moore to town on this one. The real problem with the deal isn't this deal in the isolation, but how it illustrates Dayton Moore's apparent lack of being able to evaluate major league talent. $11 million spent on Mike Jacobs, Horacio Ramirez, Willie Bloomquist, and Kyle Farnsworth. From the Rany article:
And he's absolutely right. It's amazing that teams like the Royals are spending this much money on a bunch of replacement level players when there's tons of very good free agents out there that could really improve the team and are going to cost less than this group of guys together, and, alone, will do more to help the Royals win than these guys combined. When Pat Burrell costs $8 million a year, and Jason Giambi half that....well, that's called a BUYER'S MARKET, and money shouldn't be being wasted on these guys when you can pluck equivalent players for the league-minimum out of AAA and use the money to sign actual good players.Quote:
Here’s an idea, Dayton: instead of spending all this money on a bunch of guys who don’t push you into contention, why not take all this cash and dangle it in front of Ben Sheets, a guy who when healthy is potentially dominant, and as an extreme fly ball pitcher is perfectly suited for Kauffman Stadium and a DeJesus-Crisp outfield? A Greinke/Meche/Sheets front of the rotation, and suddenly the Royals are a Gordon or Butler breakout season away from being the surprise contenders of 2009. But hey, that Willie Bloomquist can hustle.
All this goes to further illustrate the point I always make that the "competitive balance" problem in baseball (not that there's actually a problem) is not the small-market teams lack of money to spend...it's their lack of spending their money wisely.
By the way, the Royals have done a really good job in the draft the last year or two, and their farm system has drastically improved under Dayton Moore as GM. Moore, I think, is an excellent guy to put in charge of your drafting and development, but I think he's ill-fitted for a GM job, as he's shown a real weak point when it comes to evaluating major league players. He's a great guy to have in your front office, because he does seem to have a good eye for young, minor league talent, but as the head honcho, I don't think so.
The problem with those criticisms is that they assume a top flight player would have any interest in signing with the Royals.
Is there any indication that the Royals have even tried, though?Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast
Money talksQuote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast
I liked this article called, A Royal Dump
You know, I wonder... I wouldn't doubt that this is simply stupidity, but there's four deals here, two for a year and two for 2 years. Is there someone who they might be waiting on to become available? $11MM plus another $5MM - $10MM would probably land anyone, but if the guy isn't available yet...