Kansas City Royals Hold onto Zack Greinke as day ends
The winter meetings in Major League Baseball have all but closed down and it seems the majority of the teams are gaining momentum in their struggle to add more power to their rosters before the next season starts. The pursuit for
glory is everlasting and major teams are looking to add stardom to their squads to earn attention and marketable revenue in the coming year. There are still a lot of players left in the free market and with room for more improvement, clubs can make the necessary
changes they desire.
For the Kansas City Royals the story isn’t any different than it was before the start of the off-season. Their hope is to sign on good players but with less financial cover on the front, the side will not be expecting much support
from the free agency. Their main focus has been on the conservation of cash and more utilization of the manpower that fills the locker room presently. General Manager, Dayton Moore, is weighing his team’s additions on Cliff Lee and there is a reason for that.
Cliff Lee is regarded the year’s top free agent and while every club is hot in pursuit of the player, there are other pitchers who can add depth to any roster they are picked for. One player in particular is Zack Greinke and he
happens to be in the possession of the Royals. Dayton Moore isn’t interested about the prospect of moving towards a trade option urgently.
Moore believes an appraisal in Zack’s value will come once Lee is sold and that is in every way a sound assumption given Greinke’s record. So there isn’t much development on the trade angle yet. When asked about it, Moore said,
"Nothing's really changed on that front, it just hasn't. It's one of those deals, like anything else, that can come together rather quickly or continue to move slowly."
For a team that needs change in the coming season, the Royals will be requiring all the power they can muster to get the trade to go down smoothly. Asked if he was talking to Lee’s agent for advice, Moore replied, "Nah, we're not
talking to (Lee's) agents. Our guys may find out something on the (hotel lobby) floor or what they hear second- and third-hand, but we don't have any first-hand knowledge about what's going on. It's not our business, really."
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