Not signing/drafting quality young players, missing on a couple of big free agent signings (I'm looking at you, Ian Kennedy), being too sentimental to trade away any of the big names to replenish the team with young and cheap talent have all led to the failures of the past few years.GRID wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 12:29 pmIf the team were winning then people would just say, they don't need a new stadium because the Royals do just fine with the current one.phuqueue wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 10:02 am It can be hard to notice how bad the area around Kauffman Stadium is when what's going on inside the stadium is so much worse, but uh, good luck with the vote, Sherms. Asking the public for a billion dollars while the team loses 110 games is not what I would have done, but hey, he's the successful businessman, I'm sure it'll all be fine.
I really don't understand what the Royals did though. They were great for 2 years and then right back to being the worst team outside of Oakland who is basically homeless right now. The Astros were getting competitive about the same time the Royals were an they stayed that way for a while.
I just don't now how a team can screw up so bad with all the young players they had. And they were starting to suck even before they lost all their star players.
The good news is that their drafting performance has been better over the past three years, and you're starting to see that trickle up to Kansas City.
I like the coaching that's being done and think the Royals will bounce back, but this start is the most disappointing stretch I've ever watched. Even with a new coach and GM, you still see the same results. Ultimately, the Royals were terrible last year and didn't sign anyone of note, so I guess my expectations of hovering around .500 were just too high.
Now watch them run Aroldis Chapman into the ground and blow his arm out before they can trade him