C'Mon Chen

Well in the last week or so it seemed inevitable, and now Bruce Chen has resigned with the Royals. I don't hate Bruce Chen, I really don't, but I have to ask what good does signing Bruce Chen for 2 years do. He has been a good pitcher for us that has won some games. Still that is more of our pitching staff has been bad, than Bruce Chen has bee great. The Royals would like to compete in 2012, and to do that they have to have a better pitching staff. Danny Duffy, Luke Hocheaver, Felipe Paulino, and Jonathan Sanchez need to live up to their potential. Still that might not be enough so they needed either Mike Montgomery or one of the other young pitchers to slide in that fifth spot to give them a true competitor. Bruce Chen gives them around 10 wins and unless the rest of the staff is perfect that won't allow us to compete. All Bruce Chen does is block the youth from coming up and  that does nothing for this team going forward. I don't think this is as bad of a signing as a Jose Guillen or a Mike Jacobs, but it does nothing for this team going forward. The window is open now and every move Dayton Moore makes has to put us closer to competing. This doesn't stop us from being in the division, but it is not a move that puts us in a class with the Tigers or even the Indians pitching staff.