The optics of this are...not great"One of the odde

st stories of this young Kansas City Royals season has centered around Brian Goodwin. The Royals traded for Goodwin last July Derek Holland Jersey , and while Goodwin suffered a foot injury that sidelined him for weeks, Goodwin grabbed some more playing time in September and seemed a lock to make the 2019 roster.But on March 25, the Royals cut Goodwin and simultaneously selected the contract of Lucas Duda. It was a curious move for numerous reasons. First, it didn’t fit at all with the so-called ‘Process 2.0,’ as the Royals replaced the speed and defense of Goodwin with the plodding, bat-only contribution of Duda. Second, it didn’t fit at all with the youth movement, as the Royals jettisoned a 28-year-old with multiple years of control in favor of a 33-year-old on a one-year deal. Third, it left the 25-man roster in bizarre sorts, with the bench consisting entirely of one backup catcher (Cam Gallagher) http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , two backup first basemen (Duda and Frank Schwindel), one superutility player (Chris Owings), and one pinch runner and emergency fielder (Terrance Gore).Early returns have been biting. Goodwin has a fantastic triple slash of .333/.385/.500 in 13 games with the Los Angeles Angels, who snatched him up to help fill in for the injured Justin Upton. Meanwhile, Duda has a .340 OPS in seven games with the Royals, and Owings has a .452 OPS in 13 games with the Royals.Moreover, it sure seems like the Royals screwed over Goodwin—at least that’s what an April 11 article by the Los Angeles Times seems to report. Baseball is a business. Nobody will blame a front office for making personnel moves that may have negative ramifications for some players. That is simply a result of a variety of factors, some of which—maybe even most of which—are out of a player’s control at any given time.With that being said, the optics here are awful for both the Kansas City front office and coaching staff. General manager Dayton Moore has a reputation for doing right by his players as humans and earning their loyalty. Letting go of Goodwin is, on its face http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , reasonable, but really bizarre once you dig in. First, the Royals traded for Goodwin—not merely picking him off the scrap pile—insinuating that the organization valued him. Then, the Royals led him to believe that he would be a part of the 2019 team, a very reasonable assumption considering how bad the Royals were in 2018 and how thin their farm system was in the upper minors. Goodwin was even comfortable with his roster spot enough that he tinkered with his swing in spring training. None of that mattered. The Royals then cut him, instead turning towards a combination of Duda, Owings, and Gore to fill Goodwin’s spot. All we can do here is read between the lines. But if Goodwin thought that the Royals might have released him, the LA Times story wouldn’t basically be “Goodwin was surprised at being cut.” And if the Royals thought that they might potentially release Goodwin, you would think they would have told him so he could make a case for himself in spring training rather than playing mad scientist with an important part of his game.The jury’s still out on whether or not releasing Goodwin was a baseball mistake Willie McCovey Jersey , as 13 games does not a season make. But it sure seems like it. Either way, it’s hard not to come away from this thinking that the Royals, at the very least, intentionally misled Goodwin here. A blow to the team’s high hopes for their third baseman."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Twinkie Town Farm ReportSatire, Irreverence, & Other HumorGame RecapsMiguel Sano undergoes surgical procedure; possibly out until May.New,26commentsA blow to the team’s high hopes for their third baseman.ESTShareTweetShareShareMiguel Sano undergoes surgical procedure; possibly out until May.Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsMiguel Sano reportedly underwent a surgical procedure today (Tuesday) to help accelerate the healing process on the cut which has kept him out thus far into spring training.The procedure was conducted by the Mayo Clinic, after the team had Sano fly back north Monday due to concerns about the slow rate at which the cut was healing. The doctors debrided (basically cleaned out) the wound, and put in two sutures to help prevent it from reopening. The injury, which the Twins third baseman suffered during a celebration of his Dominican Winter League team’s championship Mel Ott Jersey , is reportedly a horizontal cut behind his achilles tendon. Sano will be in walking boot again for at least the next few weeks. According to Twins’ general manager Derek Falvey, Sano may be out until May. While this is bad news for the progress of the budding star, who the Twins were counting on, it likely means more reps for Willians Astudillo, Marwin Gonzalez, and Ehire Adrianza.