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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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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.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Nov 21, 2008 2:47 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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…

by rtang on Nov 21, 2008 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by ThundaPC on Nov 21, 2008 6:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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?

by Teej on Nov 21, 2008 7:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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