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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
The single biggest reason for the Royals failures the past 15 years or so, is their inability to develop pitching. Starters and closers. They have had some decent hitting lineups over the years.
We havent developed one single in house starting pitcher who was a consistent winner since Appier.
Thats pathetic.
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It was, like I said, a poor job of identifying, procuring - and also, developing - talent.
We picked guys with big arms who were projects. We picked big, hard-throwing guys like Colt Griffin. We went through a soft-throwing lefty phase. We picked guys who had only pitched for a year or two.
We never were after 'stuff' guys. We were never after 'control' guys. It was an errant philosophy. We need
pitchers. Not guys who dazzle the radar gun. Guys who can pitch.