According to Baseball Prospectus, the Kansas City Royals are very interested in signing perennial free-agent SS Rafael Furcal. Rafael is finishing up his 3-year, $36M deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has been hurt quite frequently during his stay in Hollywood. Furcal has missed most of the year, but was on fire earlier in the year with both the bat and the glove in the beginning of '08. No doubt theres tons of durability issues with Furcal, but he has the best short-stop arm in the league and will provide the Royals with an above average leadoff-hitter to pair up with recently signed Jose Guillen and youngsters Billy Butler and Alex Gordon. Still this report could be speculation, as the Dodgers might be interested in bringing him back and therefore taking him off the market altogether.
It'll be a very smart move for the Royals to pursue Furcal, as they could then move Mike Aviles to second-base and have a legitimately improved infield defense as well as an added dimension to the top of their lineup.
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