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Originally Posted by Jerm
The Mets making a mockery of the sport…hilarious.
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Really, they're making a mockey of teams like the Red Sox and Nationals, which are owned by ridiculously wealthy people and like to pretend that they don't make money hand over fist from baseball.
Cohen also has the deepest pockets in the game. I believe he's worth what the top 3-4 other owners in the game are worth, combined.
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Originally Posted by myselff77
You've already stated several times that the Royals will not compete this year. So based on that, I understand your opinion on Witt needs to be the SS so we see what he is. If we aren't going to win then fine. Let it play out for a year and see what we have.
That being said, my frustration with the Royals is they fall into your way of thinking, only infinitely multiplied. The Royals have valued projections more than performance to the detriment of the team. This leads to things like the belief Mondesi has MVP talent despite 7 years on (and off) the field that says otherwise, and Ryan O'Hearn still taking up a roster spot, and worse yet playing out of position to get more at bats to show that potential.
Then guys that do perform, like Merrifield for several years, they screw around with, not letting him just settle in at a position and be comfortable. It has to be frustrating for a player who is outperforming others to get constantly moved because others players project to be more valuable yet never delivering on those projections.
I hope the new GM changes that attitude, but as of now O'Hearn is still taking up a roster spot so only time will tell.
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I have a little different perspective on it. I don't think the Royals under Dayton Moore were accepting enough (during the second cycle) of when they should acquire vets to try to improve the major league product and when they should play the young guys and focus on develop.
Particularly with Matheny and his crew at the helm. That was the absolute wrong person and group of people to bring in for a team that needed to rebuild and see what the young guys had, and focus on development over grinding out 3-5 more wins (by burning bullpen guys' arms, or by signing marginal shitbags like Michael A. Taylor, etc.).
I'm applying some hindsight/prospectus on that era.
But Moore and Mamoron clearly thought the team was close/closer than it really was following 2020.
I don't understand what the org sees/believes in with O'Hearn. I can kind of buy the idea that MAYBE he'll be better with the shift banned. But the guy just hasn't been good. If it's the same old, same old a month into the season, they should eject him ASAP (should already have done that, IMO).
I disagree with the idea they are benching productive guys for projections or prospects. The only real mistreatment of Merrifield that I would agree with is not having him be the call-up in 2015 for the playoff roster. They were very loyal to his PT once he "spent the offseason getting stronger by eating lots of eggs."