Next question.

But I reserve judgment on being a good GM until he shows he has any competence in the area of acquiring current major league talent.

Baseball America #1 Top Minor League Organization

2010 – Tampa Bay
2009 – Texas
2008 – Tampa Bay
2007 – Tampa Bay
2006 – Arizona
2005 – LA Angels
2004 – Milwaukee
2003 – Cleveland
2002 – Chi Cubs
2001 – Chi White Sox

yes, I have no problem saying he’s one of the worst in baseball

that means NW Arkansas has
Crow
Lamb
Dwyer
Duffy
Osuna as SPs with Montgomery possibly up by the end of the year. That’s quite the starting 5 for AA.

In the same way that a Dentist who is really good at Root Canal’s but absolutely appalling at Extractions, Fillings and Veneers is an awful dentist.

Dayton has done good things for the minors. That does not mask the complete and utter incompetence at nearly every other facet of the GM job.

Who gives a fuck whteher he is or isn’t “the worst”?

What matters is that he sucks. Whether he is 2nd or 4th is the old angels on a pinhead argument. A pointless diversion from what really matters, which is that he isn’t good, and has shown no prospensity to improve.

…relativity on the rise of our minor league system. It was probably THE WORST before he got here. So he’s gone from worst to first in the minor leagues. Good. That might get you to the top of the bottom 1/3 of ML GMs. Here’s what he has to do to improve:

1. Hire a first-rate manager. He failed badly with Hillman, but lots of GMs thought Hillman had potential. So it’s hard to be too hard on GMDM for that.
2. Build a first-rate roster. Now this would seem to logically follow from his minor league success. But it has to happen. Show me, as we say.
3. Stop signing stop-gap, over-priced, washed-up, toolsy ML veteran players. There’s a reason why they’re available. Now there could be something going on beyond your control here (e.g. Glass says spend because the owners are tired of giving him money to watch the ML team stink—-in other words, justify profit sharing). But a command to spend doesn’t excuse you from Yuni, Jacobs, etc.

What have I forgotten? Oh:

4. Show some philosophical imagination. Or at least copy Beane with the high OBP/OPS/pitch selection model.

I’m spent. – TL

Would a good GM have put a contender on the field this year? Now, I won’t defend Moore’s love for position players that should be put out to pasture sooner than later, but did anyone expect us to legitimately compete over the past few years? We seem to be a pretty intelligent group here, as opposed to say the Facebook people, and I wouldn’t venture that any of us think this team would be capable of victory with Buck still as our backstop and Gordon, Aviles, Maier, and Kila playing regularly. Would it be preferred? Yes. Would the end result be prettier? Probably not.

The Royals were not going to contend without a full roster overhaul and that is much harder than it seems with guaranteed contracts and the gradual approach necessary to reap rewards from the MLB draft..

I think the largest gripes that we should place at Moore has been his spending. Why fret over paying an average sometimes-power hitting John Buck to be your backup/platoon catcher? Now, if you don’t pay him, why pay someone worse more to do his job? I think his MLB talent evaluation is past shitty at this point, but more than that his knowledge of leverage in negotiation and spending is horrific. He doesn’t seem to get fleeced like Baird did in trades, but he hasn’t yet had any Beltrans to be fleeced on.

If he was the worst, we would be Houston, right? There’s no hope there coming from anywhere.

I’ve got a question for all of you who are convinced Moore is one of the worst GM’s in baseball before the verdict is really out.
If in 2 or 3 years the Royals are contending and it is proven that GMDM has done a good job, what will you say? Will you admit you were wrong or just simply forget the years of bashing him and jump on board?

I’m just curious because whether people mean to do this or not is hard to tell, but many people in the last couple years seem as if they root for the Royals to lose and for Moore to fail because he doesn’t have the same ideology towards the game of baseball as they do, which to me, is a horrible fan and a fan that I can’t wait to laugh in the face of IF this thing does turn around. (I’m not saying it will, I’m just willing to actually wait and see before I make conclusions)

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2 a (1) : an extensive view (2) : a mental consideration : survey b : a place that commands an extensive view : lookout c : something extended to the view : scene d archaic : a sketch or picture of a scene
3 obsolete : aspect
4 a : the act of looking forward : anticipation b : a mental picture of something to come : vision c : something that is awaited or expected : possibility d plural (1) : financial expectations (2) : chances
5 : a place showing signs of containing a mineral deposit
6 a : a potential buyer or customer b : a likely candidate for a job or position
— in prospect : possible or likely for the future

Scott Podsednik Drawing Strong Interest
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 28 at 12:43pm CST]
WEDNESDAY, 12:43pm: The Dodgers are making the strongest push for Podsednik, tweets Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, but the Giants remain involved.

MONDAY, 10:40pm: NL West teams are bombarding the Royals with interest in Scott Podsednik, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star confirms the report (via Twitter) and so does Ed Price of AOL FanHouse. Rosenthal suggests the Giants, Padres and Dodgers could be fits. The Giants and Padres have been linked to outfielders for weeks now and Dodgers GM Ned Colletti recently said he wants to add outfield depth.

Podsednik, 34, has a .309/.353/.399 line with 29 steals in 41 attempts. It’s a carbon copy of the season he put together last year, when he batted .304/.353/.412 with 30 steals in 43 attempts. Teams know what they’re getting in Podsednik: a speedy left fielder who can play center and get on base.

The Royals signed Podsednik to a team-friendly deal that guarantees the outfielder $1.65MM this season (about $580K remains). The team has an option for 2011 worth $2MM, but Podsednik will likely be able to void it. He had 421 plate appearances entering today’s action and needs just 525 to neutralize the option.

Ironically, one of my biggest Moore complaints involves an aspect of developing the farm system. Aside from his first two months on the job he has done very little to add prospects from outside the organization. Not flipping Grudz three different times, not trading Mahay, not trading Soria (if the reports are true). Stealing prospects from other organizations is pretty important. Considering that the GM doesn’t typically directly handle the draft, it’s a more important GM job duty than drafting your own talent even.

despite his energy and passion for the royals he hasn’t recgonized that Kila is batting ONLY .377 since the all star break…but whos counting really right?
Jus trade guillen free up space so we can eventually make room for better players. or atleast take a page from or even bring back god ole’ John Schuerholtz….

Yes. Definitely one of the worst.