Last night the Kansas City Royals made a huge move to improve their 2013 chances of being relevant and competitive by acquiring James Shields in a 7-player deal. This deal has immediate and future implications on both the AL East and Central, with impact talent exchanging on both ends.
The Royals finally get their ace of staff that they had been looking to find for some time. We had heard rumors that Royals Gm Dayton Moore had been looking into acquiring either Shields or Boston Red Sox lefty Jon Lester to solidify one of the worst rotations in the game. A deal comes of no shock, but the magnitude of talent certainly does. What this really does is give Moore a last ditch effort to save his own job and to keep the Royals in the hunt in 2013.
James Shields (Photo credit: Keith Allison)
The official deal has Kansas City acquiring James Shields, Wade Davis and a player to be named later, or cash, which likely means the player to be acquired at a later date is not of any major signifi...
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December 10, 2012
