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Originally Posted by Bowser
It's all a mess. It's as if they committed to going young and starting over, but at the eleventh hour they panicked and decided to bring in the Lucas Dudas and John Jays and Moustakas just in an effort to not look like they were admitting they were rebuilding. Those three guys alone bring nothing to the future of this team, unless all of them got hot before the trade deadline and net us legit talent in the minors after being traded. It's frustrating to watch. I'm becoming less and less of a GMDM fan by the day, which makes me sad after he gave us those WS teams.
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To go young and start over, you have to have guys ready you want to start over with. I’d like to see Dozier, but he was apparently a disaster at first base and didn’t play much last year. Letting him season at AAA a little doesn’t hurt you.
Who does Jay block? No one.
Moustakas doesn’t block anyone, either, with Bonifacio suspended 80 games.
Duda blocks - maybe - Dozier or Schwindel.
Those are all guys you can move at the trade deadline, too, and even getting useful bullpen pieces or lotto arms can be valuable.
If you want to criticize Moore, criticize the drop-off in draft performance (they did a bad job adjusting to the slotting system). Though I’d still say, on the whole, that their draft performance in the first round has been about average.
To win in KC and sustain it, you have to perform above average in the draft and development pools.
The Royals have a 3-4 year period where that just didn’t happen. Some of it s bad choices, some of it is bad luck (ie Kyle Zimmer, Ashe Russell), some of it is moving pieces for present value.
I think their biggest problem has been falling in love with high upside Hs arms and going heavy in that arena. Lowest rate of return, and Junis and Duffy are the only real successes.