[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Cleveland Indians:

2007 - Won 96 games and took Red Sox to Game 7 of ALCS before losing.
2008 - fell back to .500 at 81-81
2009 - dropped off a cliff, nearly lost 100 games, finishing 65-97
2010 - another 90 loss season, finishing 69-93
2011 - challenged .500 again, finishing 80-82
2012 - another 90 loss season again, finishing 68-94
2013 - finally turned the corner, finished 92-70, back to competing for division titles and playoff spots.

So, yes, Cleveland, like all small market teams, goes through droughts. I don't know that their path from 2007 on is all that different from the Royals path post 2015. Yes, the Royals initial drop off from competing for .500 to 100+ losses is greater, but who really cares? Neither a 100+ loss team or a 90+ loss team are competing for playoff spots. I'd honestly rather have the 100+ loss team. At least you get the higher draft picks and the larger pool of slot money (at least now). Based on this trend, Royals SHOULD be up and rolling by 2021, if they do things right. If they don't, GMDM will be gone.

And, as has already been mentioned, at least we have something to show for a window of contention and then sudden drop off (unlike Cleveland).

I'm sorry but losing 97 isn't 109. This year has been completely unacceptable. Nobody cares about 97 losses but you have to be brutally incompetent to go near 110. Historically inept.


Small markets do re-tool. That's fine. Losing 109 games isn't.