Kansas City Royals must consider both risk and reward of long-term contracts | Podcast
Before losing their fourth straight game, the Royals bid farewell to a player who had been in the organization for 10 years.
Hunter Dozier was designated for assignment Monday, and the Royals will eat the remainder of his contract. Dozier signed a four-year extension in 2021 and is owed about $15 million if another team doesn’t claim him.
Signing a lucrative long-term extension is risk to the club and potentially the player, and as the Royals consider deals to lock up younger talent — think Vinnie Pasquantino, Bobby Witt Jr., Brady Singer and/or MJ Melendez — the player has to be sure of the timing. Could a younger guy sell himself short by signing an extension too early?
On today’s espisode of SportsBeat KC, The Star’s daily podcast, columnist Sam McDowell, beat writer Jaylon Thompson and reporter Pete Grathoff discuss contract-extension possibilities and other Royals topics, such as the holes in KC’s starting rotation and what’s happened to the bats lately.
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This story was originally published May 23, 2023 at 1:09 PM.