Comments on: Please Dayton, the Pirates are looking to trade Brandon Jones http://kingsofkauffman.com/2010/01/20/please-dayton-the-pirates-are-looking-to-trade-brandon-jones/ A Kansas City Royals Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Busy week « John Sparrow's Blog http://kingsofkauffman.com/2010/01/20/please-dayton-the-pirates-are-looking-to-trade-brandon-jones/#comment-1402 Busy week « John Sparrow's Blog Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:09:58 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=3018#comment-1402 [...] get back in the reckoning if he has a good year at AAA. There has been some idle speculation on a potential trade- as far as I can tell, there has been no real interest from the Pirates or Royals in a real trade [...] [...] get back in the reckoning if he has a good year at AAA. There has been some idle speculation on a potential trade- as far as I can tell, there has been no real interest from the Pirates or Royals in a real trade [...]

]]> By: Fresh http://kingsofkauffman.com/2010/01/20/please-dayton-the-pirates-are-looking-to-trade-brandon-jones/#comment-1373 Fresh Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:48:30 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=3018#comment-1373 I agree that Kila has more value in a trade than he does in KC, especially since it does not appear there is room for him in 2010 and beyond. And I think the Royals do need to trade him, just not necessarily right now. I believe 2008 was a peak, and 2009 was a valley, and he will settle somewhere in between in 2010. In this case his value will be higher at some point during the season, even if he is still in Omaha. The flip side is he puts up another 2009 season, which could potentially hurt his value, depending on what season (2008 or 2009) an opposing GM thought was more indicative of his skill set. B Jones is a good low-risk, high-reward player, but ideally you don't acquire those guys by selling low on your own player. I agree that Kila has more value in a trade than he does in KC, especially since it does not appear there is room for him in 2010 and beyond. And I think the Royals do need to trade him, just not necessarily right now.

I believe 2008 was a peak, and 2009 was a valley, and he will settle somewhere in between in 2010. In this case his value will be higher at some point during the season, even if he is still in Omaha.

The flip side is he puts up another 2009 season, which could potentially hurt his value, depending on what season (2008 or 2009) an opposing GM thought was more indicative of his skill set.

B Jones is a good low-risk, high-reward player, but ideally you don’t acquire those guys by selling low on your own player.

]]> By: Wally Fish http://kingsofkauffman.com/2010/01/20/please-dayton-the-pirates-are-looking-to-trade-brandon-jones/#comment-1372 Wally Fish Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:15:47 +0000 http://kingsofkauffman.com/?p=3018#comment-1372 Fresh, Your point is very valid but there is a chance that 2008 was the peak, instead of 2009 being a valley. I'm not giving up on Kila, but even coming off a down season, he has more value in a trade than he does playing in Omaha or fighting to get DH at bats in Kansas City. If Jose Guillen is moved, or just released a la Eric Byrnes, and Josh Fields is sent to Omaha before the season starts, than I'd be far more optimistic about Kila's chances to make an impact with the Royals in 2010. Fresh,
Your point is very valid but there is a chance that 2008 was the peak, instead of 2009 being a valley.

I’m not giving up on Kila, but even coming off a down season, he has more value in a trade than he does playing in Omaha or fighting to get DH at bats in Kansas City.

If Jose Guillen is moved, or just released a la Eric Byrnes, and Josh Fields is sent to Omaha before the season starts, than I’d be far more optimistic about Kila’s chances to make an impact with the Royals in 2010.

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