Interesting trade yesterday as Royals made an
inter division move sending
lefthanded giant (6'10") Andy
Sisco to the White
Sox for bench player Ross
Gload. The reason the trade is
interesting is because the Royals
organization is a very light on upsi

de arms, but
relatively deep in terms of depth of corner types. Alex Gordon, Mark
Teehan, Mike Sweeney, Emil Brown, Billy Butler, Justin Huber, Ryan
Sheely, and Reggie Sanders - all are under control for next year. Now Sweeney,
Sandersm and Brown won't be part of the next good Royals team, but will the 31 year old Ross
Gload? Even if
Gload projects to be the third best hitter on the Royals? Which he does.
Gload makes a lot of sense for a lot of teams, but I'm not sure if the Royals are one of them. I guess, the Royals may hope that by giving him his first shot at a full time job he will play well enough to be able to traded for a greater return than
Sisco? Or maybe they are tired of
Sisco 10 cent head screwing up million dollar arm? Or maybe they think the
Sisco we saw last year, with the 90 mph fastball and the rolling slider was the real Andy
Sisco... and the
Sisco of 05, with the 95 mph heater and sharp slider is gone to parts unknown.
One thing worth pointing out is that the Royals have traded away two guys (
Sisco and
Ambriox Burgos)with very live arms over the last week for two guys (
Gload and Brian Banister) without a ton of upside, who will likely help them more in the
upcoming year or two but who won't ever be much more than what they currently are. These are the deals where we get a handle of how good at talent evaluation
Drayton Moore is.
Labels: royals, transactions, white sox