Implications of the Trading

Here's a couple things I THINK will happen.

1) Ken Harvey will never, EVER again see the big leagues. Thank goodness. I am sooo tired of reading KCROYALS.com mailbag and people asking about him. HE SUCKS! He hits for average, little power, and that does not a major leaguer make. The man Can't play DEFENSE! He broke Grimsley's face, which looking back, healed remarkably fast. Ha! He didn't hit with enough power (or was too slow to leg out doubles/triples) to make him worthwile to the organization. Give up on the dream now Kenny.

2) Teahen is gone next year by this time or the following year... UNLESS, he can learn to play second base. Clearly, if Shealy lives up to his hype, we don't have the room for Teahen or Gordon at first with Sweeney (if he comes back healthy), Menkbitch (when he comes back healthy this year, and will be gone next), and Huber or Butler as DH. B/c we have too many 1st basement/DHers, this shows that Shealy will probably play first, Huber may never make THIS team as an OF (which he currently is shifting to; also we have lubanski and butler) and I really like our soft, but doubles hitting OF of Costa, Gathright, and Dejesus. So that leaves Huber and Teahen the odd men out. Teahen stays next year so Gordon gets AAA experience and stays the next year if Gordon struggles in 07.


3) Moore gets rid of shady players (at least in the KC market, let them begin anew elsewhere) for lots of youth (Lumsden, among others), but also some older players who can help now (de la Rosa, Perez, Dohmann, Diaz). This shows me that he is not content in just building a team for next year and the year after. He wants to do some winning this year, or prep them for next, by bringing in guys who are good, but are currently struggling. Our rotation is looking much better next year then it started this year (07: Perez, de la Rosa, maybe Diaz, maybe Greinke, maybe Hudson/Duckworth/Gobble; rather than 06: Mays, Redman, Elarton, Hernia, and whoever else was there (there's been so many i can't remember)). By playing Moore's version of musical starting chairs this year, we may avoid Baird's arbitrary switcheroos of the past. He wants to find a solid, SOLID staff that can help win games. I like it.

mabye i like everything he did b/c it was a change from the norm. normally, we didn't get big names, or trade away big names, but this year, we are seeing personnel changes, which is a good thing b/c obviously the old personnel couldn't get it done.