Broxton to Royals: 1 year, $4m

[bukie]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Broxton-Royals-agree-to-4-million-1year-deal-43785419

 

Not a bad deal, but that's a lot for the Royals to pay a setup man.

[ctcf]

I agree. That's a smidge pricey for them, but certainly not a bad reclamation project.

[Guest]

It's a pretty nice value proposition. Broxton is a good gamble to be worth 1 win, and he allows them flexibility in how they handle Soria(Rosenthal mentioned him going to the rotation, there was a rumor linking the Royals to Rasmus and Toronto wants a closer, etc). For as much criticism as he got early, Moore has done a very nice job of building that farm system, and adding a couple decent pieces from the market. They would be a very nice match for someone like Gio Gonzalez, and with someone of that quality in tow, they might be a little luck in developing young guys away from competing as early as next year.

[BeerHere]

It's a pretty nice value proposition. Broxton is a good gamble to be worth 1 win, and he allows them flexibility in how they handle Soria(Rosenthal mentioned him going to the rotation, there was a rumor linking the Royals to Rasmus and Toronto wants a closer, etc). For as much criticism as he got early, Moore has done a very nice job of building that farm system, and adding a couple decent pieces from the market. They would be a very nice match for someone like Gio Gonzalez, and with someone of that quality in tow, they might be a little luck in developing young guys away from competing as early as next year.

Well said, I couldn't agree more. I could easily see them going after Rasmus and using Broxton as part of that deal.

[pccubfan]

It's a pretty nice value proposition. Broxton is a good gamble to be worth 1 win, and he allows them flexibility in how they handle Soria(Rosenthal mentioned him going to the rotation, there was a rumor linking the Royals to Rasmus and Toronto wants a closer, etc). For as much criticism as he got early, Moore has done a very nice job of building that farm system, and adding a couple decent pieces from the market. They would be a very nice match for someone like Gio Gonzalez, and with someone of that quality in tow, they might be a little luck in developing young guys away from competing as early as next year.

Well said, I couldn't agree more. I could easily see them going after Rasmus and using Broxton as part of that deal.

 

I was confused with what TT wrote, but I think he is talking about Soria being the one traded.

[Guest]

That's correct, they can't trade Broxton until June.