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Outfielder: Royals looking to trade Guillen

by Matthew Cerrone on November 22nd, 2008 at 8:58 am

According to Jon Heyman at SI.com, the Royals are quietly shopping righthanded-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen.

In an October report for the New York Post, Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets will probably have to ‘take on another headache,’ if they want to trade Luis Castillo to another team.

According to Sherman, citing an executive familiar with the talks, “The Mets and Royals had discussions in July about swapping Guillen for Castillo.”

Guillen will earn $24 million for the next two seasons, while Castillo is due to make $18 million for the next three.

By the way, also on his blog, Heyman writes about the state of Citigroup and the Mets, Garret Anderson’s new agent, whether the Mets will trade for a closer, and the battle for Derek Lowe, among other things.