Good question about what Royals think of Minor and whether, even though he is not an ace, whether having his professionalism and reasonably expected production would be a positive influence on the starters. Ervin seemed to help other young starters (as least Carlos), and Greg the young relievers. Personally, and after seeing young starters thrive in the playoffs, I don’t think that Brady or the other young starters need us to overpay an ace type. JJ and Dayton have said they were on the hunt for relievers, if there is a good deal, fine, but I also like the practice of other teams to let young starters who do not make the rotation, start in the bullpen, like Keller did for us. If free agents do not work out it may not be a bad thing, we may already have all that we need.
Good question about what Royals think of Minor and whether, even though he is not an ace, whether having his professionalism and reasonably expected production would be a positive influence on the starters. Ervin seemed to help other young starters (as least Carlos), and Greg the young relievers. Personally, and after seeing young starters thrive in the playoffs, I don’t think that Brady or the other young starters need us to overpay an ace type. JJ and Dayton have said they were on the hunt for relievers, if there is a good deal, fine, but I also like the practice of other teams to let young starters who do not make the rotation, start in the bullpen, like Keller did for us. If free agents do not work out it may not be a bad thing, we may already have all that we need.