Jacobs deal compounds K.C.'s offensive problems

Friday, October 31, 2008 | Feedback | Print Entry

I addressed this briefly in chat Thursday, but it's worth reiterating: The Royals' trade for Mike Jacobs was a profoundly wrongheaded move.

Jacobs should not get regular playing time from a major league club, period. The fact that the Royals looked at him and thought, "Wow, everyday first baseman!" is terrifying, because it's so wrong. Jacobs:

 
 

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    Keith Law joined ESPN.com in June 2006 as the lead baseball analyst for Scouts Inc., covering the majors, minors and amateurs. He appears regularly on television on the "The Hot List" and on ESPN Radio's All Night with Jason Smith, GameNight and the John Kincade Show. He also occasionally co-hosts the Mike Felger Show on 890 ESPN in Boston.

    Before joining ESPN, Law spent 4½ years with the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to the general manager, and was previously a writer for Baseball Prospectus. He graduated from Harvard College and holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.

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