This is what a trade looks like when a team recognizes that it's bad and is trying get it turned around instead of salary dumps.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Civale is owed less than $1M for the rest of the season and comes with two additional years of control. Manzardo is the Rays’ No. 4 prospect, per <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLBPipeline</a>.</p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1686099640016363522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

When have the Royals ever gone wrong trading for a Hearn?

Its like they wanted to dump Nicky but made a bogus trade for some feels

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Josh Vernier getting on the radio this morning and making Nicky Lopez out like a bad clubhouse guy was certainly something. “He hasn’t been all in on his role in a while now.”</p>&mdash; Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalsFarm/status/1686018296921866240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

A Royals mouthpiece shitting on Lopez because Dickollo ordered him to.

I wonder if Sam Mellinger ever second-guesses taking that Royals media relations job.

The Royals seem really serious about using friendly media to shit on players they move on from.

Also they apparently don't like criticism, the Royals farm report guy basically said he was told about a year ago by someone in the organization "you have no idea what you're talking about."

I'd say we are at "total shit show" level:

historically bad record - check
just ran a bad draft - check
WTF trad - check
butchering the new ballpark - and check

What positives can we cling to? Strong attendance?

And they just assigned Blake Mitchell to the Arizona complex league...so once again super slow development and not full season ball...bad sign.

Same level that Max Clark and Walker Jenkins are at.

Yea are they 19..oh right they aren't.

You're desire to defend the Royals brain dead front office is funny though.

They all just graduated high school ball dipshit. No team is going to send a high school senior straight to Single A for a month after he signs. Mitchell is what 4 months older than Clark. Big ****ing deal.

Defend it... continue.

They did the same thing with Bobby Witt.