Baseball Laughs as Royals Sweep Tigers

…losing teams, all managerial gaffes magnified, analyzed, then thrown into the freezer for preservation and analysis at some later point.

Winning team, managerial success magnified, blah, blah…gaffes generally shrugged at, but still thrown into the freezer for preservation and analysis for the time when the team starts losing.

I don’t think Hillman’s any good, but I can’t be ready to call him horrible with that roster. Now Dayton Moore…well…heh. That’s different.

it’s totally true. the team sucks, it’s primarily moore’s fault the team sucks, and he and hillman have been weirdly closed off, unnecessarily stubborn, thin skinned, and has even talked down to the fans. the whole thing is a mess. we all knew the farnswoth signing would be catastrophic. the jacobs, crisp, and cruz acquisitions have gone worse than would have reasonably been expected. jacobs was a bad acquisition—i was neutral on the trade because while i though jacobs wouldn’t be worth the money, i didn’t think nunez had a ton of value, and i though the acquisition would push butler. maybe it has, but in hindsight, jacobs has failed in ways a good front office should have seen coming. several of the highest draft picks have dropped substantially in value since they were picked. you go down the list, and it’s bad, bad, and worse.

the only bright spot has been the investment in the farm system. whether you credit glass or moore, the royals have gone from victims in the economics of propsect acquisition to agressors, and despite the FO’s other failings, there is no reason to believe this won’t pay big dividends in the long run. if the core of the team can be filled from within, it shouldn’t hurt as badly when moore overpays for replacement level outfielders. it’s not a championship formula, but it should produce some .500 clubs.

basically, my point is that DM has been a poor GM at the MLB level, and he deserves to be criticized. when he speaks down to the fans and talks about believing in the process, he deserves to be mocked. and while it’s september, and the team has been boring and dead for months, the site would be better with a little more analysis and a little less snark. or a little less of the same snark, more accurately. i like snark.

also, i’d make a terribly boring blogger. i like to get excited about the good things and overlook the bad. did you know the royals have won 55 times this year?