Royals Rumors: Potential landing spots for Mike Moustakas in free agency
POTENTIAL LANDING SPOTS FOR MOUSTAKAS – KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Obviously I’m going to list the Kansas City Royals as a possible option for Moustakas because there have been reports that the organization wants to re-sign him. Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports had stated that the Royals were going to “try hard” to keep both Moose and Eric Hosmer.
A few days later, however, Jerry Crasnick tweeted out that the Royals were becoming pessimistic about the team’s chances of retaining any of their key players. Having Scott Boras an an agent is a challenge for teams wanting to sign the big name players and that’s going to prevent the Royals from keeping both guys (more than likely).
The #Royals have grown increasingly more pessimistic about re-signing any of their big free agents -- Hosmer, Moustakas or Cain. If Hosmer goes, they could shift attention to several lower-priced 1B options: Duda, LoMo, Alonso, Moreland, Lind, Jaso, et al.
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) November 14, 2017
As much as I’d love to see Mike Moustakas stay in Kansas City, I don’t see it happening. He’s a California native and with the news of Hosmer being the team’s top priority, I predict Moustakas heads West.
We all love Moustakas, but it’s becoming clearer each day that he probably isn’t coming back to Kansas City next season.