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[h1]Royals Extend Alcides Escobar[/h1]
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [March 15 at 10:34am CST]
The Royals announced that they signed shortstop Alcides Escobar to a four-year extension through 2015. The deal with the Wasserman Media Group client includes club options for 2016 and 2017. The contract guarantees Escobar $10.5MM through 2015, Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star tweets. The shortstop could earn a total of $21.75MM if the Royals exercise both of their options.
Escobar was on track for arbitration eligibility following the 2012 season, so the deal buys out his final pre-arbitration season and his three arbitration years. The club options cover Escobar's first two free agent seasons.
Escobar, 25, posted a .254/.290/.343 line in 2011, his debut season with the Royals. He posted similar offensive numbers in his first full season before being traded to Kansas City in the Zack Greinke deal. Considered an above-average defender, Escobar has a career UZR/150 of 5.9 at shortstop.
As MLBTR's Extension Tracker shows, the Royals have extended pre-arbitration players aggressively under GM Dayton Moore. The club locked Joakim Soria up to a three-year, $8.75MM deal in 2008 and signed Salvador Perez to a five-year, $7MM deal earlier this spring.
Elvis Andrus, who has one more year of service time than Escobar, recently signed an extension valuing his three arbitration seasons at $14.4MM. Escobar's numbers are comparable to where Andrus' were a year ago, so it's fair to say the Royals could save as much as $4.5MM through 2015. There's always risk in locking young players up, since injuries can strike at any time. Perez, for example, will undergo knee surgery just weeks after signing his deal.
Shortstops Hanley Ramirez and Troy Tulowitzki signed extensions as pre-arbitration eligible players in 2008, but they wouldn't have been comparables for the light-hitting Escobar.
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[h1]Royals Extend Alcides Escobar[/h1]
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [March 15 at 10:34am CST]
The Royals announced that they signed shortstop Alcides Escobar to a four-year extension through 2015. The deal with the Wasserman Media Group client includes club options for 2016 and 2017. The contract guarantees Escobar $10.5MM through 2015, Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star tweets. The shortstop could earn a total of $21.75MM if the Royals exercise both of their options.
Escobar was on track for arbitration eligibility following the 2012 season, so the deal buys out his final pre-arbitration season and his three arbitration years. The club options cover Escobar's first two free agent seasons.
Escobar, 25, posted a .254/.290/.343 line in 2011, his debut season with the Royals. He posted similar offensive numbers in his first full season before being traded to Kansas City in the Zack Greinke deal. Considered an above-average defender, Escobar has a career UZR/150 of 5.9 at shortstop.
As MLBTR's Extension Tracker shows, the Royals have extended pre-arbitration players aggressively under GM Dayton Moore. The club locked Joakim Soria up to a three-year, $8.75MM deal in 2008 and signed Salvador Perez to a five-year, $7MM deal earlier this spring.
Elvis Andrus, who has one more year of service time than Escobar, recently signed an extension valuing his three arbitration seasons at $14.4MM. Escobar's numbers are comparable to where Andrus' were a year ago, so it's fair to say the Royals could save as much as $4.5MM through 2015. There's always risk in locking young players up, since injuries can strike at any time. Perez, for example, will undergo knee surgery just weeks after signing his deal.
Shortstops Hanley Ramirez and Troy Tulowitzki signed extensions as pre-arbitration eligible players in 2008, but they wouldn't have been comparables for the light-hitting Escobar.
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The Braves smacked around Strasburg.
One thing that concerns me is Braves SS Tyler Pastornicky this kid is terrible probably won't even hit .150 and his defense is shaky.
The Braves are going to play Pastornicky as the everyday SS makes me almost miss Alex Gonzalez
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The Braves smacked around Strasburg.
One thing that concerns me is Braves SS Tyler Pastornicky this kid is terrible probably won't even hit .150 and his defense is shaky.
The Braves are going to play Pastornicky as the everyday SS makes me almost miss Alex Gonzalez
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Fun fact:
I went back and watched a video on You tube from the ESPN channel that showed the reaction around the baseball tonight area outside of the stadium after game 7 of the world series In two particular parts of the video you can clearly see me and my son in the crowd........my son was on my shoulders waving to the camera
Ill have to find some type of youtube downloader and video editor to see if i can get that moment saved............ Simply priceless!!!!!!!!
I went back and watched a video on You tube from the ESPN channel that showed the reaction around the baseball tonight area outside of the stadium after game 7 of the world series In two particular parts of the video you can clearly see me and my son in the crowd........my son was on my shoulders waving to the camera
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Fun fact:
I went back and watched a video on You tube from the ESPN channel that showed the reaction around the baseball tonight area outside of the stadium after game 7 of the world series In two particular parts of the video you can clearly see me and my son in the crowd........my son was on my shoulders waving to the camera
Ill have to find some type of youtube downloader and video editor to see if i can get that moment saved............ Simply priceless!!!!!!!!
I went back and watched a video on You tube from the ESPN channel that showed the reaction around the baseball tonight area outside of the stadium after game 7 of the world series In two particular parts of the video you can clearly see me and my son in the crowd........my son was on my shoulders waving to the camera
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yeah they have Andrelton Simmons same age as Pastornicky 22, scouts say he is major league ready defensively with a plus arm, but hits avg-below avg not much of an upside in hitting.
I think the Braves have a great chance to win the WC with only maybe Reds as 2nd WC team NL west has nothing.
And can there be 3 teams from 1 division go to the playoffs? ex. Phillies division winner, Braves/Marlins 1st & 2nd for WC?
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yeah they have Andrelton Simmons same age as Pastornicky 22, scouts say he is major league ready defensively with a plus arm, but hits avg-below avg not much of an upside in hitting.
I think the Braves have a great chance to win the WC with only maybe Reds as 2nd WC team NL west has nothing.
And can there be 3 teams from 1 division go to the playoffs? ex. Phillies division winner, Braves/Marlins 1st & 2nd for WC?
I never really thought about that but I'd imagine there could be. I wouldn't say the NL West has nothing, Giants pitching can always carry em to a spot and I don't think AZ will fall off that hard. But I do think the Braves have the best shot at the 1st WC.
I never really thought about that but I'd imagine there could be. I wouldn't say the NL West has nothing, Giants pitching can always carry em to a spot and I don't think AZ will fall off that hard. But I do think the Braves have the best shot at the 1st WC.
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Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
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Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
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Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
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Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
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Yup.Originally Posted by MFr3shM
Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
Their offense is nothing that turns heads. But it will be much better than last year. On the simple logic that it can't get any worse.
Their best hitter is probably Buster Posey. Don't forget about Pablo Sandoval. You say all they have is pitching and that's ok. When you have pitching you don't need many runs.
NL West non-factor? Nah.
Dodgers might surprise people too.
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Yup.Originally Posted by MFr3shM
Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
Their offense is nothing that turns heads. But it will be much better than last year. On the simple logic that it can't get any worse.
Their best hitter is probably Buster Posey. Don't forget about Pablo Sandoval. You say all they have is pitching and that's ok. When you have pitching you don't need many runs.
NL West non-factor? Nah.
Dodgers might surprise people too.
Originally Posted by MFr3shM
Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
Whoa, forgetting about Sandoval? They have an OK offense but I think Melky takes a step back this year. Not as great as he was last year but he's not that terrible. Posey back and (hopefully) Belt getting more AB's than Huff. Not the best but OK.
Originally Posted by MFr3shM
Originally Posted by RaWeX05
@ the NL West has nothing.
Someone is obviously in bed by the time those games start.
I would not say that about any division just yet.
The Giants best hitter is probably Melky Cabrera at the moment they have no offense only have pitching
I completely forgot that the Dbacks won 94 games.
Whoa, forgetting about Sandoval? They have an OK offense but I think Melky takes a step back this year. Not as great as he was last year but he's not that terrible. Posey back and (hopefully) Belt getting more AB's than Huff. Not the best but OK.
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Draft night!!!!
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