Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 06, 2006
Sliding Down the Bannister

The Royals are working on two deals, one for Brian Bannister, the other for Rodrigo Lopez. The deal with the Mets appears to be closer to completion. Bannister's major league numbers left a lot to be desired as he nearly walked as many as he struck out, and he didn't strike out many. However, his minor league career was very good. Burgos is a high strikeout pitcher coming out of the pen. If Rick Peterson can get the youngster to find his control, he'll be very good. A nice trade, filling holes on both teams.

The holdup on the Lopez deal is the outfielder to be exchanged:

The Royals are believed to have offered outfielder Reggie Sanders for Lopez, but the Orioles appear to prefer Emil Brown.

I'd want Brown, too. He's younger than Sanders, and given a chance to play every day performed decently the last two years. Then again, it's Rodrigo Lopez, so the Orioles should be happy anyone is willing to take him off their hands. Even though his fielding independent ERA was a run lower than his ERA, that still puts it around five. The Royals have plenty of pitchers like that already.


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