[duncan_idaho]

Well, we've reached the part of the season where I root for my fantasy players against the Royals above all else. Since the Royals' win total no longer matters.

So its good that I have King Felix in all of my leagues this year.

Francouer benching is about 2 months too late, but it's the little things, right?

I'll watch closely through the deadline and continue to watch the minors closely. But the MLB team is probably not getting much game-to-game attention this year unless/until Myers and Gio come up.

I'll watch the trades closely. They need to increase some depth at the higher levels and improve trade positioning in the offseason. I still hold out hope that Broxton and Mijares will bring back something interesting.

And as for Dayton Moore... I've been giving him until 2013 for everything to come together and them to be a REAL contender. I'll continue to extend that courtesy, though his job is much tougher at this point. They MUST acquire at least 2 No. 2/3 types this offseason.

I think the Dayton Moore trade history criticism is really unwarranted, at least for the level of criticism he receives.

Yes, yes, I realize Leo Nunez/Mike Jacobs and Melky Cabrera/Jon Sanchez are fresh in everyone's mind, but Moore has only made one trade with a really valuable, highly desirable piece (Zack Greinke). He definitely got a great return on that deal.

And before you call Melky desireable, remember that they tried REALLY hard to move him at the deadline last season, including to some teams that REALLY needed a bat, and no one was interested. That's not just about the price they were asking for...

The rest of the trades have been "My crap for your crap" or "My moderately OK player for yours."

There's plenty to criticize with the guy without unfairly criticizing his trade history.