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THT Links: Transition
Published 4/10/2007 by Bryan Tsao at The Hardball Times
... to a four-year extension. I'll reserve judgment until terms are released, but Young definitely isn't as good as he was last year, when he was extremely hit lucky. I still expect him to be great, just not that good. Dotel On Road to Recovery -

Royals payroll lower than reported?
Published 4/10/2007 by Ben Maller at Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes
... Published reports last week deceptively showed the Royals with a payroll of $67,166,500 on opening day. That figure appears to include the full value for contracts to pitcher Odalis Perez and catcher Jason LaRue. The Royals aren’t paying full value. They are paying just $1.7 million of Perez’s $7.75 million deal, and only $2.5 million of LaRue’s $5.45 million deal. The cited payroll also doesn’t include the club’s $3.25 million obligation to minor-league shortstop Angel Berroa. There are a few other small differences, so a better estimate for the Royals’ payroll on opening day is either $61.1 million with Berroa or $57.8 million without Berroa. Either one represents a jump from last year’s $47.3 million.

KC not expecting good news from Dotel?
Published 4/10/2007 by Ben Maller at Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes
... Injured closer Octavio Dotel is tentatively scheduled to test his strained left oblique Wednesday in extended spring training at the club’s year-round facility in Surprise, Ariz. The Royals are keeping their fingers crossed. “I haven’t heard anything too positive, to be honest,” manager Buddy Bell said. “That means it’s still bothering him. We want to be careful with him.”