Doozy's on line two. Doozy, "Yeah, I got no words for this trade." Holy Crapballs on line three. Holy Crapballs, "What's there to say?" You've Got To Be Kidding's on line four. You've Got To Be Kidding, "Hey, I'm here with Doozy... Hold on, I'm gonna merge the calls with Holy Crapballs. Okay, HC, you there? You're on with Doozy and You've Got To Be Kidding. What do you make of this trade?" Holy Crapballs, "Well--Shoot, Are You Effin' Joking is buzzing in." Recently, I went over my Wil Myers 2013 fantasy. Yeah, that's pretty much toast. Set a fire to it. Not literally. It's on your computer. The Royals are basically the guy who held onto his virginity for thirty years then woke up one day and said, "Eh, I'm going to a hooker." Wow. I'm speechless. Sure, they have Frenchy. But, um, it's Frenchy. Jake Odorizzi and Mike Montgomery were only, what? A few months away? Sure, Montgomery's lost some luster, but Odorizzi's still a top prospect. He could be Wade Davis this year. Maybe Shields next year. Wil Myers, though, well Wil (almost stutterer!) is the meow's cat. I wonder if the Orioles wish they had Erik Bedard still to trade for Myers and others. Wil Myers is ready to contribute and the Rays don't hold back their prospects. He's starting on Opening Day in the majors unless something unforeseen happens. As I said in that Wil Myers fantasy post, he's a number three hitter, and a damn good one. He's not going to give us a Trout-type rookie year, but those only come around once in never. He doesn't possess blazing speed like Trout. He's a 30+ homer, 110+ RBIs, .300+ average guy in his prime. Think easily fantasy 2nd round value numbers when he hits his groove. In October when I thought he'd start the year in Triple-A, I gave him the line of 40/18/50/.280/5. Now, I'll up that to a full season of at-bats and 62/24/72/.277/8 with upside for more. Yeah, he plays in shallow, three-outfield fantasy leagues. Anyway, here's some more offseason moves for 2013 fantasy baseball:The post Royals Lose Farm System In Brutal Winter appeared first on Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com.
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