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Topic subjectRight on time, STrib asks about the buyer/seller question
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2199266, Right on time, STrib asks about the buyer/seller question
Posted by Walleye, Fri Jun-21-13 07:59 AM
I'm not even linking. The answer is "seller". That this team resembles a competitive club in late June if you stand at the right angle and squint is a massive achievement by Ryan and Gardenhire. But they're still in FOURTH PLACE IN THE AL CENTRAL. There should be some rule in place that no team behind the Royals should ever "buy" in a playoff race.

Now there is. I'm calling it Walleye's Midseason Trade Principle. If your record is worse than Kansas City's, then you have no business acquiring talent for a playoff push. For the moment, we'll ignore the fact that I believe this principle would have forbidden the fairly successful Shannon Stewart trade.

But yeah, the organization is in a good place and a nigh-adequate big league squad is sort of gravy.