Greinke

[illiniguy]

Again...this was not inside info.

 

Meph and I were talking about Harden, Burnett and other targets. He brought up Greinke as an attractive target and I hadn't seen him mentioned around here in some time. So I started a thread to get some discussion going on the idea. I mentioned Meph because I'm not in the habit of taking any else's idea and portraying it as my own, so I sourced him in my post.

 

It'd be a good choice for the Cubs to get Greinke, but I don't think the Royals are thinking of parting ways with him, especially when he has shown some improvement after his battle with depression/anexiety issues.

 

And given with Dayton Moore's philosophy, which is pitching and defense, I doubt he will give up a young arm, but this is just me speculating. Anything is possible, I get that. But if I was the GM for the Royals, I would think Greinke would be almost untouchable, unless there is a deal that really blew me away that I may be tempted to take.

Coach I have heard they are trying to lock him up like they did Soria and the Brewers did with Braun. I don't know how true that is, but like you have hear Moore is really set on the Atlanta model. I don't think we have what it takes to trade for him.

 

That's one thing that been rumored around in the KC area that the Royals are wanting to lock up Greinke. Of course, there isn't anything written on stone yet, so anything is still possible. I know that KC desperately need some bats in their lineup, especially in the middle. Guillen can't do everything by himself, and unfortunately for KC, Billy Butler is looking to be a bust than a boom right now, and Mark Teahen is becoming more of a gapper player instead of that unexplained power that he showed in 2006. Although, we're already halfway through the season, and he has 9 HR's, which would round up to 18, give or take in a full season, provided he stays healthy. KC really need a 30-40 HR guy in the middle. But that's just my opinion.

 

Another issue that I have aganist KC is that, for some unexplained reasons, that they still tend to keep around crappy players (i.e. Pena Jr really comes into mind) instead of DFA'ing them right on the spot. His numbers is worse than Neifi Perez, which I didn't even think it was possible to be more crappier than Neifi Freaking Perez! And what's even worse is that KC franchise has a freaking bobblehead for Tony Pena Jr, who is OPS'ing .380.

Billy is still 22. They cannot move him yet. Have to give him time to perform. Teahan needs to go. He doesn't have the bat to play a corner outfield spot. I go to a ton of their games and am friends with a ton of their diehard fans, I feel for them. The team is still a mess. Although I still think Gordon is going to be a stud in a year or two. Hopefully The Mouse and the kid they drafted this year will develop into the mashers they need.

[cbbryan]

It would be great for baseball if KC fielded a competitive team again.