Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16937532)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Becoming the Rays is not one big move. It’s a bunch of little moves that add up.<br><br>Also they’re not lingering with Reyes. Tried it. Didn’t work. Moving on. <br><br>With Pratto and Garcia on the Big League roster the defense has been greatly improved. That’s a Rays-like move as well. <a href="https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE">https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE</a></p>&mdash; Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorenPetro/status/1655599852548399104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Superturtle (Post 16937549)

Serious question. Has Piccolo made a single roster move that doesn't at least give you a bit of pause and make you think 'what the f...' yet?

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16937553)

Not really, so far he's basically Dayton Moore light, he fired Matheny and Eldred that's all he's done different.

Originally Posted by Superturtle (Post 16937565)

Yeah, but any one of us could've done that nonsense. Who he gets to replace them with is the actual issue and instead of marginal improvement we seem to have bottomed out even worse. I know this was going to be a long and arduous rebuild even best case scenario, but I was at least expecting a hint of immediate competence from the team, not being right back in the lowest dregs.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16937532)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Becoming the Rays is not one big move. It’s a bunch of little moves that add up.<br><br>Also they’re not lingering with Reyes. Tried it. Didn’t work. Moving on. <br><br>With Pratto and Garcia on the Big League roster the defense has been greatly improved. That’s a Rays-like move as well. <a href="https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE">https://t.co/UyUGuSauPE</a></p>&mdash; Soren Petro (@SorenPetro) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorenPetro/status/1655599852548399104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 16937738)

They replaced one shit player on the 40 man with another shit player.

Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 16937825)

Sounds like a fair deal then. :shrug:

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat (Post 16938048)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We appreciate all the support for Ryan Yarbrough and the patience from fans and the media.<br><br>We&#39;re happy to share that Ryan is stable and improving and never lost consciousness. He sustained multiple non-displaced fractures, and we do not believe he will need surgery.<br><br>Ryan is…</p>&mdash; Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a href="https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1655678041807286273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 16937430)

Meet the old boss, same as the new boss.

Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 16936767)

My argument would be drafting. The MLB changed the rules to a point that it undercut the expansive inroads the Royals made in Latin America (leading them to sign Salvy, Yordano and Herrera). The Royals needed to adjust after losing that advantage, and they just… never did?

They also put a ton of trust in the specific scout that found Manaea and it led to a catastrophic series of busts.

Add in that GMDM successfully developed 2 starting pitchers in 16 years, and it made the drafts where he exclusively went all in on SP (Lynch, Kowar, Singer, Bubic, Bowlan and Lacy) uniquely disastrous (the jury’s still out - but it’s looking grim).

I’d argue that one of the best things that happened for GMDM was that the heat was so hot after 2014’s bad start that he had to abandon almost all of his boys club to hire a Major League staff with experience (Waka, Eiland, Sveum) and when that era ended, he immediately reloaded with his guys again. It’s going to take a while to start a truly new era after the 2018-2022 years in the organization.