Salvy Perez, future Hall of Famer and legacy player, doesnโt want to leave the Royals and has veto power over trades. About a half-dozen teams seek a catcher but they can probably look elsewhere
Kansas City and St. Louis are the obvious NBA expansion or relocation candidates, but Louisville feels like the sleeper. It was once considered a serious option before Rick Pitino reportedly opposed bringing a franchise to the city. The other thing people overlook is the market itself. An NBA team wouldnโt just draw from Louisville, but would pull fans from across Kentucky, along with parts of southern Indiana and southwest Ohio, giving it a much larger regional footprint than people realize.
Salvador Perez would currently have 397 career home runs if he played his games in Cincinnati's ballpark, just since 2016. 377 in Philadelphia. Salvy hit his 318 in spite of Kauffman's anti-HR dimensions. Covid removing 102 games in his power prime also cost him 20+ HR. #Royals
Rooting for Salvy from when he was an 18-year-old in rookie ball to now, as a 36-year-old veteran Capitan and legend, has been one of the great privileges of my life as a Royals baseball fan.