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Originally Posted by KCTitus
I dont follow the club, but I do remember there being others. One guy went to the A's and a Pitcher was signed by the Braves, I think, and got subsequently hurt.
At that time, they did not resign any of their 'big name' FA's and brought up a bunch of young people. They're still doing it and as they develop, the player signs with another club for a 10M+ annual salary that KC cannot afford.
It's truly a shame, IMO, I like the Royals back in the day, but today they're just not competitive in the Majors.
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They traded Appier to the A's in the late 90's, but he was no spring chicken at the time. Early 30's if I recall correctly. The only one I can think that we lost to the Braves was Paul Byrd, who we signed as a free agent the year before, and was in the twilight of mediocre at best career when he went to Atlanta.