There is not likely to be a prospect in this year’s upcoming draft who brings five-tool potential to the table the way that this Wisconsin gym rat does. The product of his father’s indoor training facilities, the same facilities that former Wisconsin Badgers defensive lineman J.J. Watt has trained in. With access to those facilities at his […]
Tag: Dayton Moore
The Time Has Come
Hey Royals land, were you having a good Saturday? Got some drinks with the boys, took the significant other out on the town, maybe even kicked back with a good book? Hey, it’s NBA All-Star Weekend; that Donovan Mitchell is gonna be something isn’t he? Well, all that went in the pooper with a tweet. […]
This is not about free-agency*
* – This is totally about free-agency I’ve tried to avoid talking about the impending free agency loss of every recognizable Royal for two reasons. It’s no fun to get a head start on pretending that Logan Morrison, Jarrod Dyson and Yunel Escobar manning positions that used to be owned by Eric Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain […]
Moore Stays, Yost Is Alive And Other Notes From The GM Meetings
The dominoes finally tumbled. With Atlanta announcing Alex Anthopoulos as their new general manager, both the Braves and the Royals can now move forward with their offseason plans. In Anthopoulos, the Braves get a young general manager who engineered a successful rebuild in Toronto and worked the last couple of years in the Dodgers front […]
Changes and Uncertain Futures (BP Kansas City Episode 78)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kansascitybaseballvault/2017/11/10/changes-and-uncertain-futures-bp-kansas-city-episode-78.mp3 This week, we covered some 2017 Awards and the Royals who received qualifying offers (and reiterated their impact). We also looked at what’s ahead. The Royals are in transition, with players leaving, new coaches coming in, and some hints at drama behind the scenes. We knew this offseason would have some intrigue, but may […]
An Uncertain Future
The Royals are stuck. They are stuck with a general manager who most likely has interest in a similar job with another organization. They are stuck with ownership who currently doesn’t have a clear plan of their own level of involvement over the next several years. And in the most important offseason in the history […]
Wanted: Dayton Moore
It turns out they do want to talk to Dayton Moore in Atlanta. News broke at the end of last week the Royals were approached by the Braves, asking for permission to interview Moore for the GM position in Atlanta. We’re not even a full month into the offseason and things just got exponentially more […]
Friday Notes
Dayton Moore didn’t say much during his year-end press conference that was delayed a couple weeks because of travel, but my question is what should we have expected to hear? At this point in the offseason, I don’t think the Royals even know what direction they’re going, which is both problematic and vaguely fascinating. I’ve […]
Focus On The Future
I used to be able to depend on Dayton Moore. His year end press conferences were red meat for the blog. Not anymore. The delusion and defiance of the past have been replaced with a pragmatism that underscores the Royals development as a franchise under Moore and his team. The Process worked. While the last […]
Dayton Moore Press Conference Review
Below are some of the questions that Dayton Moore was asked at his year end press conference, and while you can go back and hear his answers, I thought I’d give a few comments on what was asked or answered by him. Why didn’t the team perform to the level of what they had expected? […]