The Kansas City Star reports that the Royals have come to terms with Willie Bloomquist:
It's not the pizzazz of Rafael Furcal, but the Royals did address the middle infield on Friday by finalizing a two-year deal worth $3 million with veteran Willie Bloomquist. Bloomquist, 31, hit .279 with a .377 on-base percentage in 71 games for the Mariners last year. He'll compete with Alberto Callaspo to be the regular second baseman, with the ability to also play the outfield and some shortstop.
Bloomquist's career line is .263 .322 .324. You probably know where I am going with this, but I'll say it anyway. I know that it is "only" 1.5 million dolllars, but this is a complete waste of money. We already have Callaspo at 2nd and German as our utility infielder. If either of them fail or get injured, we could simply pick someone off waivers who would be just as good as Bloonquist and who would play for the league minimum.
For the money that we have spent on Jacobs, Farnsworth, Crisp and Bloonquist, we could have signed Pat Burrell or Adam Dunn (who for some unknown reason is still available). In other words, instead of signing four bad players, we could have signed an actual good player.
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Kurt you miss the point. The Royals overall acquisition strategy is like Friday night fireworks at Kauffman, we spend a lot of money and watch it blow up and fizzle out.
JIMMY GOBBLE!!! Makes Bloomquist look like a steal.
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