One of the best-written shows on television.

Lots of guys play in the majors. Some of them are truly awful. Despite the small sample of data you gave above, Mazzaro was pretty bad. He hadn’t pitched particularly well in the minors. He wasn’t a good prospect. He didn’t impress in the majors in his first season. He looked to be a meh pitcher at best, and he hasn’t hit that ceiling yet, performing predictably poorly this year (in the majors and AAA).

I’d rather play Kila than Clint. My point is that I don’t dump Kila until I really need to. And there’s no need right now.

I can understand others preferring Clint. I disagree.

Hollingsworth has a good shot of spending more time on an MLB roster in 2012 than Kila Ka’aihue.

The fact that Hollingsworth might make it to KC isn’t necessarily a good thing. In fact, I don’t think it is even likely a good thing. If he makes it to KC, he might end up having a lower WAR with the Royals next year than Kila will (negative numbers being less than zero).

Another thing, when you take into account recent history and the future, Dayton Moore is a better GM than Billy Beane right now.

How should we “take into account” the future for the Royals? Think the Royals are a lock for lots of winning seasons and at least a few playoff appearances? Hey, relying on prospects and a poor record of bringing in quality major league talent…what could go wrong?

You’re saying that Moore is a better GM than Beane, in part because of the Royals shiny future. Aren’t you the same person who said that the Royals #1 farm system was just the product of “relentless hype”? And throughout the season, didn’t you point out that the poor performances of some prospects proved that the organizational ranking was just hype? And didn’t you further say that even if the Royals had great prospects, it was meaningless because Moore was too awful of a GM to ever be able to actually build a good MLB team around those prospects? Did a good September for the Royals completely change your mind about….everything?

Beane sucks now? From Beane taking over in 1998 through 2006, the As had a better winning percentage than any team in baseball other than the Dynasty Yankees and the Turner-era Braves. By RUn differential, the Red Sox were also better. The As had a fraction of the budget of any of those teams.

[By the way, the 1997 As won 65 games, they weren’t already pretty good.]

He should be fired? Dan O’Dowd took over the Rockies prior to the 2000 season. They stumbled around for a long time, but despite his inefficiencies, they’re a pretty good organization. He could have been fired many time over for Helton, Neagle, Hampton, etc.

From 2000 to present the Rockies have been a .475 team. The As have been a .538 team. And more than half of those years have been the As bad years.

Maybe I’m cherry picking by including Beane’s best seasons. From 2007 to present, when the As haven’t made the playoffs, the As have been pretty bad, a .470 team with a minus 62 run differential.

Dayton Moore’s Royals during that period? A .429 team with a minus 518 run differential.