Why must the KC Royals make big moves later at night and not during the winter meetings?
According to the bottom line on MLB Network, Royals have traded top prospect Wil Myers (and others) to the TB Rays for James Shields and Wade Davis (and a player to be named later). Oh but Myers isn’t the only big name heading to Tampa.
The Royals also traded top pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi. Yup. Let that sink in.
And then former top pitching prospect Mike Montgomery. And third baseman Patrick Leonard, who had a great season in rookie ball.
Why didn’t the Royals make this move while they were in Nashville when it was really getting heat so the media could really get involved? Instead, they do it when many on the East Coast are sleeping.
I get that the Royals desperately needed an ace and Big Game James is certainly an ace. I’m a big fan of his, but will the Royals actually contend over the next two seasons? Sure, Shields has been in a rebuilding situation before and helped carry the team to success, but are the Royals there yet?
Davis is sort of an in-betweener. He can start and relieve, but he was better out of the bullpen in 2012 for the Rays than he had been as a starter. But do the Royals need another reliever?
Is two years of Shields worth giving up six years of what Myers is projecting to be?
Let me know what you think.
It could be the worst deal ever, especially if Myers and Odorizzi do what many Royals fans were hoping for and if Montgomery turns into the pitcher many thought he would be two years ago.
I really like Shields, but the Royals still have way too many IFs for the next two seasons. Even if Shields pitches the way he did when he was good with TB, the rest of the rotation still isn’t that great (but has the potential to be good).
They have a hole in both CF and RF and are in desperate need for a right-handed bat. Myers filled that hole. I had a chance to see Myers in the minors and he is the real deal. Odorizzi and Montgomery have the potential to be great.
I know it’s only potential, but I wouldn’t have made this deal. It has the potential to be disastrous. I’m not sure two years of Shields is worth six years of those three (especially not Myers). He also costs a ton of money and the Royals are already over budget for next season.
What are they going to do, raise ticket prices again like this past season and have an empty ballpark like usual?
I guess we’ll see because who knows how it will play out. It would be nice if the Royals could actually win. The only positive for me is that I’ll be able to see Myers, Odorizzi, and Montgomery more often now.
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i’m wondering if management is shifting to a win now philosophy. Myers and Odorizzi are still “unknown” and could maybe would flame out. in any event, this move of getting Shields definitely makes the AL Central for next season a division to watch with KC, Detroit and Chicago battling it out.
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