Astros trade Justin Maxwell to Royals

A lot of lefties do. Not many righties. Others say his velocity in the low 90s, which is much more common.

Would like to see him promoted to CC.

 

Maxwell is really not that bad in comparison to JD Martinez, Grossman, and Krauss. He is better than any of them defensively and quicker. The issue is that he is 4+ years older than them. I don't doubt that Maxwell is a MLB-level player.

 

Further proof why the Royals suck year after year.

 

ON a bad team, yes. On a good team, he's a defensive sub/pinch hitter or still at AAA... which given his age, does not make me consider him a for-sure MLB level player.

 

Did you know that Kyle Smith was rated as the #12 prospect in the Royals system by BA entering this season?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Luhnow on RHP Kyle Smith “He’s a player that we had actually talked to Kansas City about in the past, a guy we had our eye on.</p>&mdash; Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/statuses/362695125543043074">July 31, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>More Luhnown on Smith: For us to be able to get that kind of arm here made a lot of sense.&quot;</p>&mdash; Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/statuses/362695246229934080">July 31, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Luhnow on Smith: &quot;He has a good curveball, average FB, but a lot of command of his FB. He’s going directly to our Lancaster club.”</p>&mdash; Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/statuses/362695712439402496">July 31, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Ouch!