Royals fans have their say if they were general manager for a day
Kansas City Star sports editor Jeff Rosen posed this question on Twitter:
If you were the general manager for a day, what deadline deal must the Royals make?
Here are some of the responses, and vote in our poll, too:
@jeff_rosen88 trade James Shields to the Dodgers for Joc Pederson.
— Jeff Herr (@TheJeffReport) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 Resign as GM.
— Ben (@Benjamin__39) July 30, 2014.@jeff_rosen88 Trade Shield/Davis to Tampa Bay for Odorizzi/Myers.
— Man With A Spleen (@manwithaspleen) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 my move would be for Gomes, but apparently that's out the window.
— Andrew Wade (@PizzaAndWhiskey) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 Rios (or any upgrade in RF) for a pair of mid-level prospects. Selman and Jason Adam?
— Nick Gray (@ngray_63) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview ...not a deal out there really worth making.
— jmccarty1982 (@McCarty1982) July 30, 2014Mid-level prospect for J. Gomes. Competitor/winner w/ Pop! RT @jeff_rosen88: GM for a day: what deadline deal must #Royals make?
— Jeremy McNeive (@jmcneive) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview Trade Shields. With dearth of SP on the mkt, the return would be huge and lessen the sting of losing Myers/Odo.
— Justin Volker (@jrv_423) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview wait for Lester to move, trade shields to a desperate contender that missed out and then get lackey
— Blue Man KC (@bluemankc) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 Trade our souls for the firing of Yost
— Scott Hoch (@FromtheKCThread) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 They should get trade the players they won't be keeping (Shields, Butler, and Holland or Davis) because playoffs aren't likely
— Jay Hoffman (@Odd_It) July 30, 2014@kcroyalsfann @jeff_rosen88 GO FOR IT! Make 2 or 3 impact trades. #Get some balls GM AND GLASS
— Randy (@Runabout1958) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 unload the system for hamels and Byrd. They might eat a lot of $ if they're getting real players back
— Steven (@Tophawk1983) July 30, 2014Trade Shields, Holland, Davis, and Butler, Guthrie if you can. RT @jeff_rosen88 GM for a day: what deadline deal must #Royals make?
— RoyalsRetro (@royalsretro) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview #royals need power bat. Any prospect is tradeable. Name any who have lived up to potential.
— Michael Gile (@TurtlesPop) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 if you can trade billy and shields 4 prospects. they are not making the playoffs and there is nothing really out there to get
— John Petrovic (@photogwingsfan) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 Hire Tom Emanski
— Royals Panic Button (@Cerner4Royals) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview trade Shields and either Holland, Davis or Crow for some bats. Even if it's for next year.
— Jason P (@jpp_77) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview Clean house top to bottom?
— Me (@Jwc6160) July 30, 2014@jeff_rosen88 @royalsreview Trade Shields and Holland (provided you can get better value than the draft pick(s). Reload.
— Andrew Maginnis (@GSOAT) July 30, 2014This story was originally published July 30, 2014 at 1:09 PM.