Comments on Royally Speaking: Cruz worth the pick

The high value of Dayton Moore's second round draf...

2009-03-03T21:07:00.000-06:00

The high value of Dayton Moore's second round drafting though is neglected by expanding the field to include previous GMs failures. We really need Luis Castillo or someone like him to twist an ankle so Grudz can sign. If we can get that comp pick, we will be sitting very pretty.

Thought this was a great move for KC. Especially g...

2009-03-03T14:34:00.000-06:00

Thought this was a great move for KC. Especially given the 2nd round pick.

When's the season preview coming out? Site's looking great Jeff!

Antonio - I was just trying to show that 2nd round...

2009-03-02T15:30:00.000-06:00

Antonio - I was just trying to show that 2nd round picks are far from a sure thing using KC's entire history.
And yeah I could have used any round for any team and came up with the same thing but this way was more relevant to the situation.

Clint - Nice research.

nice post. instead of the royals second round choi...

2009-03-01T23:31:00.000-06:00

nice post. instead of the royals second round choices, i just looked at the #58 overall player selected in the draft, the only good one was Scott Baker (in the last 10 years anyway) hah.

While your result is sound, I'm not really sure th...

2009-03-01T21:03:00.000-06:00

While your result is sound, I'm not really sure the method is. One, if you're going to look at all 2nd rounders, limited not just to the ones Dayton Moore is responsible for, then why limit it just to Royal second rounders? He's just as responsible for non-Royal GMs as he is to previous Royal GMs. And you only used the 2nd round because that's what we're giving up, but you can do your method with any round and come up with the same result. Giving up a second rounder and/or depending on your likelihood for making the post season with the free agent you're signing, a first rounder to sign a Type A that monumentally improves the position he'll be filling is worth the gamble in all roles save for reliever. However, you can make the reliever worth the draft pick if you sign him to more than one year (exactly what Dayton did) or if you can later trade him for a prospect worth more than the draft pick, something Cruz is able to do though he's not needed for that purpose since he's cheap enough and the Royals are close enough for 2010 to be important.