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Forgot playing with Savant Illustrator reminds you how nuts some stadiums are. Obviously, you don't get the same pitches and locations when you move parks but Beni would have 16 home runs in Fenway this season...also is Boston sure they just don't want ALL of our older hitters? Because Taylor would have 10 dingers there also! Oh...Santana would have 8. Ok maybe I'm learning it's not as easy as just overlaying spray charts lol. Glad I subscribed, I love the newsletter!

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Maybe its just me and some wishful thinking. But it almost feels like the front office is getting pushed into a corner when they HAVE to do a bigger type move. I don’t mean cutting Santana. I mean doing a shields type move this offseason. You can’t run it back two years in a row. And yes, maybe having all the younger kids up isn’t really running it back. But you would be running it back with the pitching staff and I don’t think you can do that again next year. But like I said, I’m sure its just wishful thinking…..but when jobs start being on the line, things hopefully start getting more creative.

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I read a quote that I think applies quite well to this front office. Sorry if this is a tad off-topic, but I only read it this morning. Sorry it's a little long.

"As with many of the dichotomies of leadership, a person's biggest strength can be his greatest weakness when he doesn't know how to balance it. In this case, Andy was a very loyal leader. He knew his people well and took care of this leaders and employees. But here, his loyalty to Mike was jeopardizing the financial stability to the entire company. His loyalty was out of equilibrium. But beyond the company's balance sheet, Andy's other leaders throughout the company saw what was happening, and it slowly undermined Andy's leadership as their CEO. As a leader, you have to be close to your people, the balance is that you can't be so close that one person becomes more important than the mission or the good of the team."

Also my current baseball conspiracy is that Greinke came to KC to retire and agreed to be the pitching coach after this season.

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What about Merrifield to the Phillies? They just lost Segura so he could fill in at 2B for a couple of months before being the type of player he is in KC... a play-every-day utility guy.

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I think too many teams are obsessed with trading players. To me, it makes no sense to trade your best hitter and very good outfielder just because other teams might want him. I'd keep Benintendi. I can better understand trading Whit Merrifield and Carlos Santana and Hunter Dozier because it seems like the Royals need to make room for new players who are showing a lot of promise and all three of them seem to be fading as they get older. It might be tough to find a team interested in Santana, and I'm wondering if he wouldn't make a great addition to the coaching staff. He certainly knows how to hit the ball and draw walks. And, I admit I know very little about player trades and what players want or expect in situations like this.

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I'm all in favor of moving Benny, Keller, and one or two relievers. I think you find a team where multiple players fit and get the best prospect you can.

I am a Dozier fan but he is blocking the ability to play Isbel/Melendez/Pratto/Pasquantino. I think if you can find a trade partner for him you have to do this just to free up playing time.

All 3 players I mentioned would be selling high. I would love for the Royals to do that for once. I'm hoping this is the year.

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David,

I was curious if there was any validity to the idea that part of the challenges from the pitchers could be placed on the difference between Melendez calling games verses Perez? How much do they call verses the dugout? Have we seen any change in usage between the two?

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What about Cam? Seems like we have a logjam at catcher soon and a veteran backstop might get something in return.

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