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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Perhaps on the timing. Still not giving Moore a pass on the mishandling of funds.
Furthermore, we've seen the fruits of his first pick, Hochevar--this was Moore because A.) it was his selection or B.) he foolishly didn't voice an opinion on the organization's most important draft. Either way, he failed.
Let's hope subsequent picks perform far better, since we're in desperate need of star power. By all accounts, the Royals have been drafting well of late, but, with baseball, who really knows...
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Hochevar wasn't his pick, regardless of whether he had some input on the selection or not (and he's always said he did not). And his opinion on the pick at that time wouldn't or shouldn't have counted for anything anyway. He may have had opinions on individual draftees, but he wouldn't have known anything specific about the Royals as an organization or had time to assess the talent already in place. Not days after being hired. His first draft was 2007, and his first pick Moustakas.
As for "giving him a pass on mishandling funds", I'd say they've pretty much gotten what they paid for. I thought they were a 75-win team heading into the year, and they're on about a 72-win pace right now. People got excited when they started hot, but things always even out in baseball. They probably won't finish the year as good as they were in the first month and a half of the season, but they probably won't be as bad as they were in the last month, either. And there's a ton of ball left to be played. Hell, they're not even halfway through the year.
Patience. See how it plays out over the next three months, and then go from there.