ever since Moore took over as GM, I can’t really remember more than one or two interviews, chats, etc. where the guy has said ANYTHING of real substance, not to mention anything that could be construed as even somewhat controversial or provocative. That chat transcript was just Exhibit No. 637 for Dayton’s pure and utter vanilla-ness when it comes to the media.

I think it might benefit him to actually show SOME sort of personality to the fans (i.e. prove that he’s not actually a super-cutting-edge robot manufactured by the Japanese). But, generally I would agree that saying anything specifically negative about a player is rarely going to do more harm than good.

There’s no benefit to the Royals of him being open and forthcoming. A good GM keeps his cards close to the vest and says positive things about his players. If he’s shopping some player or doesn’t like some player, he needs to keep that to himself. Moore almost never makes a mistake in a public statement. He’s not even a part-time loose cannon like Kenny Williams or J.P. Ricciardi.

is serious about Teahen’s value to the team, and that he therefore will not be moved, then Gload HAS to be gone. Teahen does everything that Gload does (and does it better). And the reference to “players with options” means that Kila will start at Omaha.

My guess would be that Butler, Jacobs, and Shealy start the year in a 1B/DH rotation (with Teahen thrown in at 1B occasionally, and maybe Guillen at DH once in a while). After the trading deadline, I would assume that either Shealy or Jacobs (maybe both) are gone, and Kila is called back up provided he establishes at Omaha in the first half that last year was not a fluke.