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Originally Posted by KChiefs1
The Royals have disappointed this season, and rival executives tell Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star that the Royals could face a tough time reloading for another quick return to prominence. A lack of quality pitching in the system is one issue, not to mention rule changes to the draft and international spending that have made it harder for smaller-market teams like K.C. to stockpile talent. Dodd’s piece is well worth a full read for a look at what plagued the Royals this season and the challenges they’ll face in the future.
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Probably the best thing Dodd has written all year. I miss Andy, who spoiled us.
I think the Rival exec lumping 2014's rotation into the same category as last year's is not paying attention. That www actually a very good rotation, with peak Duffy and Ventura, James Shields having a very good year,
And Vargas and Guthrie putting up solid back-end, innings-soaking seasons.
That said, 2017 will turn on what KC gets from Duffy and Ventura. I think Kennedy is a fairly known quantity (with this season as a floor). You can find back-end pieces at KC's available cash flow. If Ventura and Duffy can at least reasonably be hoped to be answers at the front end, outlook changes.
Ventura, Vargas and Minor will be pretty important/interesting to watch the rest of the year. Should give us a good idea what they're going to do about the rotation... Or need to do.
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