Dayton Moore is "better" only because Glass is devoting respectable resources toward the team.

Anyone with Moore's budget for the draft and Latin America would be able to yield the same results. He's a terrible, terrible GM.

Dayton has been a bust for the most part. Hochevar? Meh, slightly aobve average but not a 1st round pick. Hosmer and Moosetacos? See you in 5 more years. Crips was not a bad signing but inuries bit us on that. Jacobs was a bust. Blowing up our bullpen was a bust. Kendall was not a bad signing but not good for how they are using him. Yuni? Bust. Getz? Meh. Hillman? Bust. Davies? Average at best.

It was a natural choice. Same colors and all.

Ah, you saw what I did there....:)

Yep, no need to waste your money on ticketmaster fees at that point. You will be able to get tickets at the box office very easily and they will be cheap.

Kendall was a ****ing atrocious signing, pete. We spent more to get less.

In fact, it's a perfect microcosm of Moore's shocking level of incompetence.

I'd say hochevar was a horrible pick, we'll be lucky if he becomes a pitcher with an era in the 4's. I expect a Kyle Davies like career if he doesn't fix it. No way he lives up to his draft pick. Moore is a horrible horrible GM. The money used was an absolute waste. Ankiel, Kendall, and Farnsworth shouldn't be here, period. Pods wasn't a bad signing imo, but yes DM is horrible.

Allard Baird would've probably done alot better if he had the resources DM has.

Kendall was a waste, we could have kept Olivo or Buck for about the same money and got better production (never thought I'd miss either of those guys, but Kendall's made it happen).

Even worse than signing him is playing him every freaking day. Pena may or may not be the future, but Kendall sure as hell isn't.

Olivo and Buck both suck out loud. Good riddance to both. Play Pena!

This year was clearly a crap year and we knew it. I think Pena should start all season. Hell anyone young should play this season and get rid of the vets. Keep Guillen till the trade deadline and dish him off.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/11...n-getting.html

Posted on Tue, May. 11, 2010
Gordon getting high early marks in transition to left field
By BOB DUTTON
The Kansas City Star

The early word on Alex Gordon’s transition to the outfield from the man who makes first-person reports to Royals general manager Dayton Moore:

Wow.

Asked to elaborate, Rusty Kuntz offered, “more than wow” after spending the last week at Class AAA Omaha primarily to accelerate Gordon’s learning curve in making the move from third base.

“Finally, I can compare him to somebody,” said Kuntz, a special assistant to the general manager who specialties include coaching the organization’s outfielders.

“Put Eric Byrnes in Alex Gordon’s body, and that’s how he plays the outfield. He’s flying all over the place, and diving for every ball he think he has a chance to get.”

Kuntz said he saw improvement each day.

“Two things you’re looking for when a player makes a position change,” Kuntz said. “One, he wants to do it. And two, he’s got enough effort to become good at it. The latter is a no-brainer. Nobody outworks Alex Gordon.

“And he is just absolutely ecstatic about going out and playing the outfield. Every day I was there, when Alex walked in, two things he did: One, he had a huge smile on his face. And the second was he always asked me, `What do I need to do to get better?’

“He was already there at noon each day wanting to come out for early work. I told him we’d start at 2.”

Normal workouts typically start at 4 p.m.

“Every day after a little chalk talk,” Kuntz said, “he got a better idea of where he’s supposed to be. I’ll give you an example:

“The third game, ball down the right-field line, Jordan Parraz picks it, and I look over from the dugout to see if Alex has moved yet. I can’t find Alex…because Alex is already backing up third.

“Some people have asked me if this is going to work. Why not? All of the ingredients are there.”

Steady duty for Aviles

Mike Aviles played second base Tuesday for the fourth time in five games and started overall for the sixth time in seven games. Yuniesky Betancourt started at short, which put Chris Getz on the bench for the fourth time in five games.

“If Mike keeps hitting,” Hillman said, “Mike will keep playing somewhere. We’ll continue to monitor the other pieces.”

Aviles went two for four in Tuesday’s loss and is 12 for 27 since his May 2 recall from Omaha.

“He’s earned the right to stay in there,” Hillman said. “He’s a good defender, and he’s swung the bat as well as anybody has the last four or five games.”

The issue then becomes who sits: Betancourt or Getz?

“We’ll see how Yuni continues to do,” Hillman said. “He’s at about .280 right now. He’s still getting his hits here and there. The focal point was the (zero-for-21), but there were some bad statistics (for a lot of people) against that Tampa Bay staff.

“For me right now, because of Yuni’s production and his coverage and the way he’s played defense, (Aviles) is a better fit at second.”

100 and counting

Right-hander Brian Bannister made his 100th major-league appearance when he started Tuesday’s series opener against the Indians. All but two of those games have come as a starting pitcher.

Bannister has made 92 appearances, all starts, since joining the Royals in a Dec. 6, 2006 trade with the New York Mets for reliever Ambiorix Burgos.

Odds on a no-no

The perfect game Sunday by Oakland’s Dallas Braden against Tampa Bay prompted BetUs.com to post odds on the next pitcher this season to throw a no-hitter or a perfect game.

Zack Greinke is listed at 8-1 along with four other pitchers and behind seven other pitchers. The most likely is San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum at 9-2, followed by Boston’s Jon Lester and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay at 5-1.

BetUs.com made no mention of whether the guy pitching the next no-hitter will win it.

Minor details

Here’s some good news: The Royals, entering Tuesday, had the two leading hitters in the entire minor leagues in first baseman Eric Hosmer and third baseman Mike Moustakas.

Hosmer, 20, was batting .409 with a .492 on-base percentage in 31 games for Class A Wilmington. Moustakas, 21, was batting .408 with a .476 on-base percentage in 18 games for Class AA Northwest Arkansas.

Moustakas was the second overall pick in the 2007 draft; Hosmer was the third overall pick in the 2008 draft.

Looking back

It was 18 years ago today — May 12, 1992 — that Royals president Joe Burke died from cancer at the age of 68. He joined the organization in 1973 and served as general manager from 1974-81. He served as club president from 1981 until his death.

Burke was selected in 1976 as baseball’s executive of the year and was inducted posthumously in 1992 into the club’s Hall of Fame.

Etc.

•Joakim Soria has allowed homers to three of the last six batters faced and four overall this season in 13 innings. He permitted only five last year in 53 innings.

•Trey Hillman was ejected from a game for the first time this season and the eighth time in his two-plus seasons as manager.

•Cleveland second baseman Mark Grudzielanek made his first appearance at Kauffman Stadium since suffering a leg injury Aug. 1, 2008 while playing for the Royals.

•Cleveland first baseman Russell Branyan got his 13th career multi-homer game. His last two-homer game was May 11, 2007 for San Diego against St. Louis.

yay, the former first overall pick can be a scrappy utility outfielder! wow!

Sadly that's a better outlook for him than many of us have.

Second overall. First in '05 was Justin Upton.

WTF?