Important Questions Kansas City Royals Must Ask About Alex Gordon’s Free Agency

“It’s about the Kansas City Royals”.

He was rated the fourth-best free agent on the market this winter by our own Grant Brisbee. Wilmer Flores: the guy who started this season revival.

The challenge with him becomes separating sentimentality from business. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). Schumer, as part of losing the bet, has to post a photo on Twitter of himself biking through New York wearing a Royals T-shirt.

Then, in 2014, the Royals emerged as the pinnacle franchise in not only in their division, but in the entire American League. Although they lost to the Kansas City Royals in five games, many people around baseball – including Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez – expect the Amazin’s to be championship contenders for a long time. Building a team that suited their ballpark.

Having another left fielder come in to replace Gordon may be the prudent thing to do.

Gordon hit. 271 with 13 home runs and 48 RBIs in 104 games during the regular season.

The Royals did rank seventh in runs per game, averaging just under 4.5, thanks to success with men on. It was no surprise that either of these were let go given the less than stellar performances they gave in the 2015 season, but none the less, it is a tough pill to swallow to see players depart on the heels of something as monumental as a World Series. So has been the case for 29-year-old Jordan Zimmermann over the last seven years, as big-ticket names like Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Max Scherzer and others have stolen the spotlight. However, no one can deny Zimmermann’s effectiveness and consistency. The Mets had a deal lined up that would grant Carlos Gomez his return to the Mets, but the team pulled out of the deal because they were too anxious about Gomez’s history of injury. There is a free agent marketplace to shop.

It’s poor form to skip class, I know, but even my geology professor got on board with this one (my mom was a bit harder to convince). The players pushed their way through the gauntlet of voice recorders and video cameras in order to get onto the field or back into the safety of the dugout, a simultaneously amusing and pathetic sight.

Sharp was named Assistant General Manager/Baseball Operations in January 2016 after serving for two seasons as the Director of Player Development. As a member of the Baltimore Orioles, the hulking lefty mashed 161 homers in five seasons, 126 of which came in his last three.

While Harvey was the most vocal critic of the innings limits complications, none of the starters were comfortable with them. Still, Samardzija kept his ERA below three in 2014, and has an above-average fastball that has helped strike out 160+ batters in each of the last four seasons.

Perhaps the demand for his services won’t be as high because younger talented outfielders are available as well. It’s only been in the past few years that the teams have gone in different directions, with the Royals trending upward and the Jayhawks headed down. “They’re going to be coming soon”. And what if Collins went with his gut over his heart and brought in Familia in the ninth inning, or more so, if Duda had just made the straight throw a major leaguer should make to d’Arnaud, in Game 5?

So congrats to Kansas City on their second ever world championship… but back to the reason why I’m even writing this season reflection in the first place.