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Normally, the end of the regular season and, consequently, the end of the Royals' season, generally comes with a little sadness. I have woken up on the first Monday after the season and actually missed not be able to see Royals teams that lost 100 games. This group, not so much.
As Craig mentioned on Friday, this season could not come to a quick enough conclusion for us and virtually every Royals fan still out there. We learned our lesson from last September when Kansas City went 18-8 and gave us hope for an enjoyable 2009, so we knew that this September would tell us little about what to expect next spring.
Nope, this group will not be missed.
This is a team that had a pitcher in Zack Greinke who posted one of the ten best earned run averages since the introduction of the designated hitter and barely managed to win half the games in which he started. That simple statistic right there ought to send the front office into overdrive to revamp this squad.
However, given past the trade history and free agent record of the current regime, part of me is scared of what Dayton Moore and crew might actually do if they allowed themselves to go into this mode. Of course, the other part of me is scared to death that Moore and Company will simply stick by the 'injuries derailed an otherwise promising season' line that they have held for the latter half of the year.
Over the coming months, we will have plenty of time to review the season, focus on the off-season and theorize about 2010. For now, we can all breathe a sigh of relief that this abomination of a year has mercifully come to an end.
By the way, catch Craig and I on the Royals Authority Show on KCSportsRadio.com tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. and again at 2:00 p.m. because deep down, we still care about the Royals, right?
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Unless the 2007 and/or 2008 drafts turn out to be blockbusters we are so hosed.
The most amazing thing we have learned in GMDM's tenure is that the man is incapable of learning from his mistakes. The unrelenting stream of defensively challenged low OBP guys he keeps bringing in simply boggles the mind.
Dear Dayton, Spend whatever possible to get us a strong L/H starting pitcher and a great fast CF and 2 corner OF that can hit 30 HRs regularly. 2 shoulder surgeries for Coco is too risky to count on. Then (if you can) trade my favorite players (sorry guys) Mark Teahen, David DeJesus and John Buck. The corner outfielders need to hit for power and we have too many catchers, if Olivo would have got 500+ AB he would have had 30 HRs and 90 RBIs. Keep Jacobs and Guillen (because of the money) and let them alternate at DH for 1 more year and then bye/bye. Some will say thats easier said then done, but if you want it bad enough, you can do it. Another Mid Relief guy wouldn't hurt also.
So - trade Teahen, DeJesus and Buck for Jason Bay, Carl Crawford and Ichiro - and let Olivo shatter the team record for offensive outpput by a catcher. Oh - and toss in some middle relief help.
Good to see that some fans still suffer from the delusion that our players are just as good - if not better - than everyone else's in MLB.