Comments on: Not Sure If You Heard: Zack Greinke Traded

By: Abh

Abh — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:00:01 +0000

TobyV, I think the answer to your question depends on the following:

1. What level of profits does the club actually make in any given year
2. Does the Board of Directors (i.e. mostly the Glasses) vote themselves an annual dividend accounting for some/all of said profits, or do they allow that money to remain within the business for future use.

I don’t think anyone outside the organization and the IRS necessarily knows the answer to either of those.

By: Jeff E.

Jeff E. — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:29:34 +0000

Thanks Nick, no wonder I couldn’t find it, it hasn’t been officially released yet.

By: Nick Scott

Nick Scott — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:44:14 +0000

Jeff, the BA handbook will come out shortly, and John Manual and JJ cooper said on their podcast it’s the number one system, can’t remember which one. Kevin Goldstein and jason parks of baseball prospectus also said it was the #1 system on their podcast, and goldstein said via twitter it’s the best system he’s ever coverd and he’s been doing this for a long time.

By: Jeff E.

Jeff E. — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:07:58 +0000

Well I have been to both of those sites and can’t seem to find that info…guess I’m not looking in the right place. Do you have the url of those pages?

By: Nick Scott

Nick Scott — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:08:05 +0000

“Maybe we do have some promising young players but outside of Royals related blogs and websites I can’t find this so-called consensus that the Royals have the best farm system in all of baseball.”

Guys at Baseball America and at Baseball prospectus have suggested the royals have the top farm system. I haven’t heard a single person suggest any system be the #1 system which isn’t the Royals. This talent is real, and it’s spectacular.

By: TobyV

TobyV — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:33:06 +0000

Question came up on the radio today and I wanted to know if anyone could answer: Do the Royals operate on a year to year budget? Or do they put money back for future years if they have a lower payroll then what their top end number may be? Example: If we have the money to operate at a 80 mil payroll and for the next couple years we only have 60 mil payroll, do the Royals put back the 20 mil per year not being spent so that they can spend 90 to 100 mill in 4 – 5 years?

By: darkstorm97

darkstorm97 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:20:22 +0000

I like the trade. No, we didn’t get Montero, but we got a couple of guys who I think will be solid major leaguers by the time Hosmer and Myers settle in (2012?). I agree that Escobar will hit better. I think Seitz will get him hitting the other way (something I garantee the slug happy brew crew probably weren’t doing).

I like all of the scouting reports on Odorizzi. He’ll hopefully be up in the second wave of pitchers that floods in (Dwyer, Smith, ect).

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:56:46 +0000

between hosmer myers moustakus montgomery and lamb. Those are i believe who our top 5 prospects are in no real order it is entirely likely that all of them are in the top 30 of the top 100 prospects released by baseball america. With that said there are 25 prospects in on the other 29 teams that could unseat one of our top 5. I would of loved to get a mike trout like player that would of done that but i dont see that as a realistic option.

I think that is more what Nick was getting at because the fact is there is a very real chance that we have 8 of the top 100 prospects in our system and it is unanimous from every source ive read that the royals have the best system in the game.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:42:35 +0000

Jeff E: I think Nick meant that KC’s top five prospects are better than anyone else’s top five; not that we have the five best prospects in baseball. And, he could be correct. John Sickels rates each of Moustakas, Hosmer and Myers as an A, and the next two guys, Montgomery and Duffy, at B+. I would be shocked if any other franchise is even close to that. Maybe Tampa.

It is entirely possible that when people like Keith Law start publishing their Top 100 lists, the Royals will have five or more of the Top 30.

There is consensus that the Royals have a very strong and deep farm system. Not certain what websites you are visiting, but almost everywhere I have been, the Royals are rated as having the top minor league system, maybe number two or three. Maybe you are looking at 2010 prospect ratings; most organizations are just now beginning to go to press with their 2011 rankings.

By: Jeff E.

Jeff E. — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:54:02 +0000

Nick Scott said: “Well, when you have the best top 5 in all of baseball, that’s almost impossible to do. I’d venture to guess that there are maybe 20 prospects at most who are better than our #5 guy, and thats being generous.”

Nick I have gone to a number of the different farm system rating sites and for the life of me none of them have anything indicating the Royals have the five best prospects in baseball. Maybe we do have some promising young players but outside of Royals related blogs and websites I can’t find this so-called consensus that the Royals have the best farm system in all of baseball. I will agree the Royals prospects get a lot of ink and media hype but could that possibly be because, unlike a lot of other organizations, with the Royals there isn’t much to talk about at the major league level?