Comments on: Royals Reportedly Interested in Kevin Millwood

By: Michael Engel

Michael Engel — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:39:56 +0000

I haven’t been impressed by O’Sullivan, but I think the Royals are going to give him every opportunity to pitch every fifth day in the majors until the prospects bubble up.

I was all for Tejeda to get a shot at the rotation last year…and I’d be okay with another shot this year too. I like him in a setup role too. It’s just about the walks – if he can harness his stuff, he could be solid instead of solid (sometimes).

By: Michael Engel

Michael Engel — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:34:18 +0000

Yeah, the $5 million is a guess of how low he’ll end up going, and even that is really unlikely. I get the weird sense that he’s gonna end up at $8 million. If he’s the 2009 Millwood, he might be worth it, but I give that about a 6% chance of that happening.

By: Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:38:07 +0000

Hopefully, it would keep Sean O’Sullivan out of the rotation. I agree with the author, though, Davies is preferable over Millwood because of the salaries. I doubt you can get Millwood for even $5M the way free agents are being overpaid so far this offseason.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:23:20 +0000

I don’t think it would mean the end of Davies either. I think it would just add some depth to the pitching rotation. We had Bruce Chen just for that purpose. Not that I think Millwood would sign to be in the minors, but O’Sullivan could go down as far as I am concerned.

I would love to see Tejeda work his way into the rotation though. I think he could be a decent number three next year. Grienke said his time in the pen helped him a lot, this could be a similar situation.

By: rbt

rbt — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:26:35 +0000

A Millwood signing may not necessarily portend the end of Davies…it just as easily could be the precursor to a Greinke trade.