The Royals are quietly shopping righthanded-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen, a terrific talent who seems to have the knack for wearing out his welcome pretty quickly. Guillen is said to be at odds with Royals manager Trey Hillman, who just completed his first year at the helm in Kansas City.
Jose Guillen's Marcel-projected 2009 wOBA is .321. Grant a league average .335 and knock him down five runs for his defense in a corner and you've got yourself a nice and shiny 0 WAR - the true definition of a replacement-level player. All that and an unpredictable temperament for only twelve million dollars!
Kansas City is set to have a team payroll somewhere around $60m next season. As of right now, a fifth of that is committed to a guy who gives them literally nothing they couldn't get for 1/30th of the cost. Dayton Moore didn't only bring his office with him from Atlanta; he also brought his genius.
But at least Guillen's a good teammate. He really adds that extra spark. If there's one thing the Royals have been lacking for as long as they've been bad, it's been a good spark.
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How can you trust an article with such a glaring misprint:
JI - November 21, 2008
Remember when we almost gave him the same extension!
JI - November 21, 2008
I am so glad we didn't. Watching him play D was painful.
Sec 108 - November 21, 2008
Thank goodness we didn't offer him arbitration
Robert - November 21, 2008
IIRC - Bavasi said that letting Guillen go was one of his biggest mistakes
Steve Nelson - November 21, 2008
Indeed he did
Jeff Sullivan - November 21, 2008
How can someone so smart be so bad at his job?
JI - November 21, 2008
If you told me to build you a computer by Monday I wouldn't know where to begin
Bavasi is an intelligent man. He just isn’t an intelligent man when it comes to player evaluation.
Jeff Sullivan - November 21, 2008
But you would at least know to ask someone else
Graham MacAree - November 21, 2008
You would also lock me in a room with idiots for the weekend
Jeff Sullivan - November 21, 2008
I wonder how many of his dumb statements or moves were driven by inter-office politics
or fan based PR. I don’t want to sound like I am defending the guy, but there has to some reason he was so bad at his job.
InSpokane - November 21, 2008
GIGO....
Have to wonder on who was giving the input as well…
And have to hope that the politics and the GIGO is being swept out in the Zduriencik purge…
rtang - November 21, 2008
People can't believe anyone can be that bad.
Even with the rumors I’ve heard over the years, I’m fairly certain that he was just flat out bad at building a competent baseball team. No real mystery or conspiracy about it.
ThundaPC - November 21, 2008
Remember when alot of us thought Dayton Moore might be smart?
Whoops! is right.
Goose - November 21, 2008
I essentially took four years off form baseball (2000-2004) for college,
and before that I knew nothing about front offices or anything like that, so I have no idea who Moore is. He was a Braves guy, right?
Teej - November 21, 2008
Yep, he was formally the Braves AGM.
Goose - November 21, 2008
Don't deal him until he shanks Gil Meche
Gomez - November 21, 2008
Unlike Guillen, that former Mariner is actually good
Jeff Sullivan - November 22, 2008
>:(
.
Aaron Campeau - November 22, 2008
We got rid of Winn, Meche and Moyer
and replaced them with people who were much worse.
JI - November 22, 2008
>:(
>:(
Aaron Campeau - November 23, 2008
Oh, I know
All the more reason to shank him ;P
Gomez - November 22, 2008
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