Jeff Passan

I think short of an extension, and nothing he's done on the field this year has screamed to the Royals, we should extend the guy.

Short of an extension, I think you have to listen because you know that there are going to be teams out there that are going to want Vinny Pasquantino if only for the reason that they feel like they would be buying low and would have an opportunity to make a positive surplus value trade.

But right now, I think...

Anything should be on the table for the Royals.

Is it on the table?

That remains to be seen.

I think the Royals should not discount any possibilities at this point and have to be very open-minded toward, frankly, moving just about everyone on the team.

I think that would be the smart thing to do.

I think that would be the pragmatic thing to do.

I understand not wanting to give up hope, but I think you put it well there.

What have they done that suggests that they're worthy of that?

What have they shown, other than for maybe a week-long stretch here or there, that this team has any chance of turning things around?

I mean, maybe it goes back to the belief in starting pitching.

But starting pitching has gotten you to a 22-37 record at this point, regardless of how good it's been.

So...

That's not working.

And it's not like we're 10 or 20 or 30 games into the season, guys.

We're approaching the halfway mark of the season.

And if at that point you don't have a decent sense of what you are, a feeling of what you can be, and that the what they can be

is the type of team that can claw back from this seemingly insurmountable lead that Cleveland has right now.