Signing(s): Royals sign Michael Wacha (2 years, $32m)

[SoupNazi]

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[MMC]

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Look at the Royals go

 

[MMC]

Angels who are usually aggressive from the jump are just watching all these SP fly off the board. Only guys left that move the needle are Snell (do not want), Yamamoto, Montgomery, and Stroman

 

[Mrfenn92]

Royals out there spending
Good for them and their fans

 

[MMC]

Royals out there spending
Good for them and their fans

They might win 65 games now instead of 56

 

[Mrfenn92]

They might win 65 games now instead of 56

It’s something.

 

[Blitzkrug]

They might win 65 games now instead of 56

That's rich coming from an Angels fan.

 

[MMC]

That's rich coming from an Angels fan.

Oh brother. I constantly state what a disaster the Angels are. Doesn’t make the Royals a good team.

 

[BKarchitect]

The Royals might be decently competitive in the AL Central. Lots of cynicism in this fanbase but at least they are making some moves and in general I think they’ve been rather solid additions at fair market prices - on the whole I don’t think they’ve particularly overpaid for anybody thus far and they are short term deals. Plus they stashed a couple of injury reclamation projects for 2025. And they have some guys who I think are now depth that they can probably flip.

Ragans-Lugo-Wacha-Singer is a competent rotation and word is we aren’t done looking for starting help. The bullpen is going to be better. The order is still a mess with Witt, an aging Salvy and some hope in Pasquantino. Renfrow is a low cost addition but he’s at least a professional hitter.

The onus of this spending spree is pretty clearly the need to get a vote passed on a new stadium so there’s actual incentive here to field a decently competitive team.

 

[Unholy Diver]

At least the Royals are trying, I'd love to see the Pirates sign a guy that another team might actually want for once, instead of a guy who pretty much has no other options

 

[Terry Yake]

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