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Originally Posted by tk13
If you don't think Glass is trying to win, you're not paying attention. He hired the best GM prospect in the game of baseball, upped the payroll to $67 million, which is more than winning teams like the Twins, Indians, A's, etc spend... and way more than the D-Rays/Pirates/Marlins group we always get compared to spend. They actually had a list on an ESPN game a couple weeks ago with the 8 lowest payrolls in baseball, and for the first time I can remember the Royals weren't on it. We're gonna be top 10 in Latin American spending, we're spending more money on draft picks. We made one of the best free agent signings of last offseason in Gil Meche.
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I think I said that "for years winning wasn't Glass's first priority." Currently, it seems like things are changing for the better. It's going to take more than one off-season signing and one year of increased spending to convince me.
Next year, the Royals are expected to receive $70 mil. in revenue sharing. Let's see us continue to increase the payroll. Let's see us continue to be players for premier free-agent talent. We signed one expensive player. Great. Let's get another good one. Let's see us re-sign a stud player. If Gordon and Butler develop, are you absolutely sure Glass will pony up? Not me. He has a proven track record of not trying to win, and I'm going to have to see more evidence to the contrary before I can get really excited about this team.
Tired of being a glorified farm team...I don't want to spend money for spending's sake, but I want to see the positive trend we've seen this year continue.