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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Also, Latin America being tough isn't a valid excuse. If the leadership and scouts in place can't do their job they need to be relieved of their positions. Clearly we haven't done nearly enough in recent years to find talent in IFA. We blew our load in 2015 on Matias and some other guy who hasn't done anything. Hopefully Matias proves to be worth it, because signing him has resulted in us being shut out of any significant talent the last 2 years. We finally have room to sign guys and we mostly do nothing. As a small market team we can't afford to go the better part of a decade without finding any real talent on the international market.
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Wasn’t offering it as an excuse, just as context. You have to work hard to build relations and really develop a track record. The Royals have done that, especially compared to where they were when Moore took over. Sometime the guys you think you’ll spend big money on when they’re 14 are guys that aren’t worth it at 16.
The Royals big money signings in Latin America haven’t been great (and the success rate is not great across Baseball, either). They’ve found some nice lesser-hyped talent there but need to step it up.
I’m hoping they’re sitting back on the Mesa kid. If they’re not in that, they should move some of the money to one of the teams who is and get some prospect value out of it.