[Chiefspants]

Where are they now? 2015 Edition

Starting Pitchers

Johnny Cueto 4-1, 4.86 ERA, 1.324 WHIP, 4.50 FIP
Edinson Volquez 0-4, 4.71 ERA, 1.814 WHIP, 4.92 FIP
Yordano Ventura (RIP Yo - His loss can not be understated from an emotional and potentially competitive standpoint for this team).
Jeremy Guthrie 0-1, 135.0 ERA 15.00 WHIP, 21.04 FIP
Kris Medlen - Minors

Bullpen

Wade Davis 2-0, 0.00 ERA .600 WHIP, 1.69 FIP
Greg Holland 0-0, 1.38 ERA, 1.000 WHIP, 1.88 FIP
Ryan Madson 0-2, 1.80 ERA, 1.258 WHIP, 1.97 FIP
Joe Blanton 0-2 10.64 ERA 1.818 WHIP, 9.49 FIP
Luke Hochevar - Injured, Unsigned
Franklin Morales - Out of Baseball
Jason Frasor - Out of Baseball

Offense

Kendrys Morales 225/277/360 4 HR
Ben Zobrist 233/347/395 3 HR
Alex Rios - Retired

I know some vocal fans (they tend to be of the "new wave" ~2013-2014 variety), have laid a lot of blame for the last two seasons at the feet of Dayton Moore. However, judging from the offensive and the starting pitching from those teams, it doesn't seem like retaining any of our offense or starting pitchers would have been the right move (an argument could be made for Zo, but as explained, he wanted to reunite with Maddon).

In terms of the bullpen, a legitimate argument could be made that parting with Wade was the wrong move. However, with Holland looking like he could earn 2/29 from his Rockies contract (if not more), with Madson making 3/22 (and with a Soria like season in 2016), I can't really say the Royals made the wrong move on passing on either of the latter options.