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I haven't posted in here yet, but I want you to all know that I'll be here, watching the Royals. Everyday. God Bless em.

The royals rock.

I'm gearing up for my annual trip to Surprise next month. Hopefully I see on the filed what you say in your post. then again, we always do good in spring training.

Meh. I'll give him another year. BUT, if he doesn't make a play for AROD to play third next year...I'm DONE.

our prospects should be worth like pujols, a rod, and sabbathia. I heard there was an offer but glASS refused cheap. CHEAP I SAY!
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Cool, man. You need to be our eyes on the ground for all things prospects. I believe WTI usually makes a trip that way, too, if memory serves...

Because we've had 10 3-year periods in the last 30 years, and 6 5-year periods. As for you seeing some totally new formular out there, I'm not seeing it. 20 year ago it was called, "grow our own talent through the farm system." Sonds like the same thing. The truth is, it's got to be a mix, you've got to go our and buy some known stars, get lucky and grow some of your own, and then have just enough journymen players to not mess up the real stars. No, that doesn't mean go be the Yankees! But know that sooner or later you are going to have to get a Cliff Lee or two. And even after you do that, then you still need some luck and the graces of God. But I don't think you can count on your farm system being 90-95% of your top players.

I smell a three-way trade:

Yankees get
Moose
Duffy
Montgomery
Soria


Cardinals get
Hosmer
Meyers
John Lamb


Royals get
Pujols
Sabathia
a-rod
$100,000 (to offset the contracts).

THAT would be an epic haul and a sure fire world series team.

But that's EXACTLY what we're ALL saying.

Not me.

While I agree that the core needs to be home-grown talent, we're going to need to supplement with strong moves in trades and FA. DM has shown a lot of weaknesses in these two areas, particularly when he's dabbled in the FA market.

I have to laugh at lineup projections that have Moose, Hosmer, Myers, Colon, etc. all there and in key roles. The truth is, many of our prospects will fail, including some that no one thinks will.

Fortunately, we're throwing a lot of high-quality numbers at the thing, and this is why it's different now. But there is no way in **** that we should reasonably expect 95% of the team to be talent from the draft. We're absolutely going to need several--stress several--key pieces from trades/FA.

Hell, let's hope that Escobar and Cain fit this bill.

Um that's what I was trying to say. Everyone gets that we will need to acquire adequate missing pieces through means other than the draft. The argument seems to be when and whether DM is the man to do that. I have my doubts as well. But Adding Meche and even Guillen to a talent rich team would have looked FAR different than adding them when they did.

All I've seen out of the Royals is a "best farm system" award, ZG blowing them a kiss, and a few more prospects. No Lee, no Thome, nobody that made anybody in the baseball world say, "Wow, how'd the Royals pull that off?" If anything, they're still laughing. Now ZG going "there" still makes me chuckle, but I still angers me... Then I hear we're supposed to be optimistic. Why? Because of who? Because we got an award? Sorry, I think my tax dollars are being wasted. The great people of KC deserve better.

The Meche signing was pure win, until Hillman/Moore destroyed him. Guillen was a disaster on so many different levels, though, and it shouldn't have necessitated hindsight to see it:

1. He's an absolute pain in the ass to manage, well documented, and a first-year manager with no ML experience was tasked with keeping him in check, which resulted in Hillman losing the clubhouse.
2. The dude was coming off a steroid suspension, at age thirty-****ing-two.
3. Defensively he was a ****ing disaster.

It took an impressive level of stupid for Moore to sign Guillen to that specific contract.

But Moore had his NAME signing. NAME.