Alex Gordon Becomes Free Agent, Return

Whenever you try to go with the easy fix, most of the time, it backfires on you.

The Mariners are looking for more offense along with the Mets, while the Cardinals and Tigers also could be fits for Gordon. The Dominican Republic native – the third straight Dominican to start for Kansas City – has yet to complete six innings in those four turns but surrendered one run on four hits over 5 1/3 innings against Toronto in the decisive Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. “Business is business. It’s about the Kansas City Royals”.

“Scouting and player development and growing our own players will always be our method of operation”, Moore said.

On a local level, this offseason will have a sensation that Mets fans are rarely used to feeling.

“New York City: This is not the end, but the beginning of something special”.

Whatever happens at least the Royals were able to create that window to the play-offs that all small-market teams crave, and stepped through it just in time. “I feel blessed to have been a Met this long”.

How did the 2015 World Series Championship affect Royals fans? The starting five for the Mets next year will be Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler. After eight scoreless innings, he pushed to pitch the ninth and finally faltered.

In the world of professional sports, we often attribute that to ONLY on field performance, but there is more than that.

Before the deal was called off, however, news quickly spread of the deal being confirmed during one of New York’s games.

“Obviously, I let my heart get in the way of my gut”, manager Terry Collins said. And Curtis Granderson showed with his clutch hitting and leaping home run save over the right field wall in Game 3 of the 2015 National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs that he still has plenty left.

While not a consistent threat offensively over the years, Escobar’s defense and work on the basepaths helped him remain a fixture in the Royals batting order. Go figure. Baseball is a amusing game. Additionally, he’ll be joining a stacked free agent class of All-Star outfielders that includes Jason Heyward, Yoenis Cespedes and Justin Upton. The entire core of the team will have been eligible for free agency by then, requiring Dayton to either pony up with a few more long-term contracts, or refresh the roster with another wave of homegrown talent.

The Royals may have a new look in 2016 after outfielder Alex Gordon turned down his $12.5 million player option for 2016.

Postseason Cy Young- With all due respect to what Johnny Cueto and Edinson Volquez did this postseason, one Royal starter’s production was more valuable probably because of how unexpected it was.

Thousands of Kansas City Royals supporters gathered at Union Station on Tuesday after a victory parade to celebrate the team capturing its first World Series title since 1985. Baseball moves fast, so already, in the same week, Friday is Alex Gordon’s last day with the Royals. There, they would hope to exorcise the demons of 2006, where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.