Why not contract the KANSAS CITY ROYALS?

if you had asked me yesterday how old Salvador Perez is I would have guessed like 38 or 39 ... he's only 33?!?! i didn't realize he was so young when he got started, plus he was a high-profile player immediately

the Royals are a fun dark horse team so far this season. they've got some good pitching.

I was probably thinking 36 or 37--that is a surprise. I'd say there's one glaring thing that will hold him back from HOF consideration: never walks, so his lifetime OBP is .301. If you could add even 30 or 40 walks a year, I bet he'd have a decent shot. (Missing a full season followed by the COVID year right in his prime hurt him too.)

Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.

oh i thought he got hurt tagging a runner out at home

if Perez plays another few seasons and builds up some numbers, the argument against him becomes more difficult. he's got a world series MVP, eight time All Star, five gold gloves, his bWAR profile isn't dissimilar to possible future HOFer Yadier Molina (who is just slightly superior on defense per 162 games, and pretty inferior on offense.)

i enjoy watching bobby witt jr. i assume he's a good player?

just posted, relevantly: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-the-royals-pull-off-an-al-central-upset/

(the answer: probably not, though their odds have improved)

Timely as he's about to hit the IL for pulling his groin running out a single.

You see - if he’d have walked that wouldn’t have happened! *taps head*