Royals Shopping Guillen

[ljshorty89]

The Royals are quietly shopping righthanded-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen, a terrific talent who seems to have the knack for wearing out his welcome pretty quickly. Guilen is said to be at odds with Royals manager Trey Hillman, who just completed his first year at the helm in Kansas City.

Guillen can hit -- 20 home runs, 97 RBIs and a .264 batting average last year -- but the problem is his $12 million salary and two years remaining on his contract.

This from SI's John Heyman. Sounds like the Royals wanna dump $$. Unfortunately, that would probably preclude the previously rumored trade of Guillen for Luis Castillo. Unless, the Royals are so unnerved by Guillen's attitude problems that they will trade him at any costs.

[Killah Sith]

I believe the hope was to dump Guillen for Rafael Furcal.

[missionhockey21]

I'd love to have Guillen back with the Reds. He could sure hit in GAB plus he has a canon for an arm.

[Killah Sith]

Supposedly he showed up to camp in great shape which is a positive. I just hope his attitude is better.