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The Chiefs had the right idea with drafting character guys like Berry, Houston, DJ - then you can take a flyer on a guy like Peters in hopes he gets reigned in by the others. The problem comes when the others are injured, old, ineffective - their leadership impact wanes.
Think of how much the Royals played above their talent level. Stat nerds tend to disqualify "good locker room" because there's no way to quantify it. And it probably does get thrown about too liberally by dipshit pundits.
But - everyone agrees the Royals had a GREAT locker room. Those guys loved each other. And if there was some way to magically quantify it I'd bet it was worth at least 5 wins, and especially valuable in the playoffs. I'd compare the Peters situation to Yordano. Some of the Yordy blowups are actually pretty similar if you think about it. Except there's no Moose running in from 3rd to corrall him and drag him off the field.
It also makes a team much more fun to root for when they obviously love each other and are having fun. Peters' regular blowups make him kinda hard to root for even when we're winning.
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