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Originally Posted by tk13
I knew there was a list about this somewhere. If you look back 10 years ago exactly... Baseball America had a list of the top 10 GM candidates in baseball. #1 and #3 both became Royals. This will make your head explode.
1. Dayton Moore, director of player personnel, Braves
Though he was initially reluctant to move from coaching into scouting, Moore has flourished in a variety of roles since joining the Braves as a scouting supervisor in 1994. A former assistant coach at George Mason, the 36-year-old Moore was promoted in 1996 to the baseball operations department, where he's continued to take on increasing responsibility in subsequent years. Moore, who was called a "John Schuerholz in the making" by more than one executive polled, served as assistant scouting director, assistant farm director and international scouting director before moving into his current role. "He's on top of everything," another executive said. "He speaks up and has aggressive ideas."
3. Mike Arbuckle, assistant GM, scouting and player development, Phillies
Arbuckle received consideration for the GM jobs with the Red Sox and Pirates following the 2002 season, and should continue to get more opportunities in the near future. "How he was overlooked was stunning," an AL assistant GM said. "He's one of the best bargains in baseball with similar qualifications to (Jim) Hendry and (Brian) Sabean. He has the natural leadership skills to make people who work for him feel comfortable." Arbuckle, 53, revitalized the Phillies farm system after taking over as scouting director in October 1992. He was promoted to his current position in October 2001 after presiding over nine drafts. His track record on high draft picks has been stellar, including Pat Burrell, Scott Rolen, Jimmy Rollins and Randy Wolf.
And like I said that doesn't include hiring one of the most respected international scouts in the game to run that side of the team... which has paid dividends no matter what happens to DM.
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Truly depressing.....
I think the problem was too overly reliant on draft prospects. Yes a small market should always be developing talent, but what happens if they fail? You have to have something to fall back on. The Royals should at least try to bring in veteran big bats to take pressure off these kids. The right big bats.....not has Beens and never was like Francour and Mike Jacobs.
Not every high pick is going to work out. It just won't. I'll bet there's at least a 50% 1st round washout rate