I hope we at least kicked the tires on Nunez. It is likely he preferred to play for a contending team he has already played for. We would have had to top the offer he signed for. But 5/10 would be an offer we should have made imo.
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I can’t fault the Royals for doing their best to extend their run. They are a small market team with tenuous fan support. They can at least tell them they did everything they could do to win.
The end cost to them is what? They get high draft picks instead of middling prospects for guys on expiring deals?
They start a rebuild a few months later? So what.
If they end up signing Moose to a bargain, they have an asset signed under value that can be flipped or they have a quality player at a reasonable amount of money.
Assuming they have to get rid of everything isn’t necessarily the case. Several ways to go about things.
Most other teams that had 3b options also passed on Nunez. He's not good defensively (something AA reportedly is prioritizing) has injury concerns and will be 31 in June. I have to agree with thethe that I believe there a solid chance Camargo is the better player in 2018.
It is a sports study of the laws of supply and demand. As teams reduce payroll in hopes of bigger returns next year. Free agents are left unsigned. Since they are still on the market the supply is surprisssing demand and thus trading assets also becomes depressed.
I usually agree with this sentiment but maybe there is an opportunity here.
It is getting late. Relatively little 3b need in baseball. No one wants to give up the draft pick and teams seem to be hoarding money for 2019.
Royals could possibly sign him in depressed market - possibly even to hometown discount— and then trade him without the acquirer forfeiting the draft pick — after teams realize that they aren’t getting premium free agents. Probably will be more teams shopping.
Maybe not. Someone may still pull the trigger.
Or the deadline I supppose.
JD to Boston, 5/110, opt out after 2 years.
Not that bad of a deal.