Deez only thing I will disagree with is the Glasshole family, the Royals will never win shit with those cheapskates at the top. You have to be PERFECT and I mean zero misses in all aspects to win with them at the helm.

Yeah, you can cut Mijares and Betancourt because they weren't committed to winning. But NOT cutting Francouer means that those other roster moves are completely empty. There's no greater signal to everyone in the organization that winning isn't a priority than keeping Jeff Francouer, the worst everyday player in the American League this season.

This is not in defense of DM but when you pick in the top 5 every year you don't have to have the greatest eye for hitting talent. At least he did take Myers and Starling, Moose, Hosmer and Perez. The lower rounds are all cloudy for everyone.

How many teams passed on Myers before we took him in the third? And how many other teams are as fortunate to have as much hitting talent both in the majors and minors? If DM is such a terrible GM, why does the offensive talent within the Royals readily dwarf all of these other teams?

Difference is that Yuni didn't give a **** about winning, at the very least Francouer tries. However, I agree he needs to go in the offseason.

Exactly my point.

I'd actually agree that DM probably hasn't been that adventurous with the draft. But that's probably a good thing. In sports, here's something to be said for just doing the simple, smart thing. Look at how many GM's across professional sports just don't do it. DM is just as guilty. Why would anyone sign Yuni the way they did? We could litter the board with examples from different GMs across all sports getting too cute or too smart.

But to be fair... there were great players available in the draft, he took them. That's basically what the Ravens do every single year and they're lauded as geniuses in the draft... pretty much because they avoid doing anything stupid. Or, like many GMs seem to do in their draft, try to outsmart everyone. That allows good players to fall and teams like the Ravens or Steelers pick them up. DM has pretty much done the same thing with the Royals.

Exactly. Indefensible.

Answer: "winning culture" is bullshit and what losers say. Talent trumps, and in KC, so do Moore's pets.

Because they didn't want to pay him $1.5M to sign? Why would the Royals wait until the third is a better question?

Finally, in what way does the offensive talent readily dwarf other teams? We hope that Hosmer develops. We hope that Moose is going to be far more than he currently is. But that's all we have: hope.

DM: Keep hoping.

Hitting is highly projectable and these guys are SUPER young. Deez, you need to pull it together, man. I don't blame you for hating on Moore, but it is crazy not to acknowledge the firepower of this roster.

While people are losing their minds because of Mijares let me say this... and I'm NOT saying this is any excuse for the failure this year during "Our Time."

We all came into this year with higher expectations. We've all been sorely disappointed in the result. When DM came in he said right up front we were going to build through the draft and foreign development. We HAVE and ARE doing that. No... it doesn't make the product on the field right now any more bearable. Anyone who follows baseball (as the people who frequent this thread do) understand that building through the draft in baseball mean time will be taken. It's been 5 years now. The results aren't showing in the teams record this year but I don't think anyone believes we don't have the young talent at the positions to get there overall.

The subject of starting pitching has been a different subject. It's failed miserably and that falls on DM/Glass every bit as much as having talent at the postions is a credit to them. They absolutely must do better and no one disputes that.

While we're killing Glass and DM... which is in large part deserved... lets try to also remember that the first wave is on the MLB roster now and they're young and imperfect but there is a lot to feel good about there for the future. Moose, Perez, Hosmer (hopefully it's just a sophomore slump), Gordon, Cain, Escobar. Future waves have Myers, Starling, Cuthbert. The spending for foreign development is there.

These things take time... and some times a lot of time in baseball... but DM/Glass have done what they said they would in building this way.

Again, we have to get better starting pitching. We have to spend seriously in free agency. We need some good choices to be made with complimentary parts.

It's dismal because we're in last place in an "Our Time" year. That slogan was a huge mistake. The whole team doesn't suck though and things ARE being done to improve it... just not enough yet.

Flame away.

He does acknowledge the firepower potential offensively.

what about the pitching?
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I mean this as sincere praise: there is more potential on the field now than there has been for years.

We'll see how it all translates. But when Frenchy is still playing in an otherwise worthless year, I'm going to have a hard time believing that Moore is anything less than a drooling moron.

I've mentioned the pitching like half a dozen times in the last several posts.

Yes, again I understand. But my point was slightly different.

Myers clearly still needs work. He is slumping in Omaha right now. What would he be accomplishing in the majors?