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This is an old article by Jonah Keri on GM's. I was trying to figure out why front loading a contract is such a no no in the MLB. The responses i got (no real heavy digging) were this article and a quip of "you win and its no problem, you lose and get fired and it's someone elses problem. This article could serve as a warning for GMDM on the dangers of an Edwin Jackson.

I know, you are all shocked, shocked! Certainly GMDM did a heckuva job putting together the roster last offseason and then made a killing at the deadline adding players at both forward and defense that really helped propel the team to their best ever season in terms of wins and points. So congratulations to GMDM for this well-deserved award. Now, let's get some guys re-signed for next season, ok?

Another shameless self-share, in case you missed it on Twitter and whatnot. In short - I met GMDM. It didn't go well. I used words in a blog post to kick myself.

I agree that Alex is likely to play, but does anyone feel that Hillman will coddle him in the upcoming weeks? I just have this suspicion that we'll see him missing some starts or something, like a Bloomquist at 2b and Callaspo at 3rd with Gordon on the bench versus lefties. I'll pull my hair out. On the bright side, out of the group of players performing over their heads right now, Callaspo's not one of them, and his play doesn't seem likely to threaten Gordon for a spot at 3rd. I'd hope that's a moot point with Getz on the DL, but as long as Bloomy roams the mlb clubhouse, we'll have room for uncertainty. That being said, what does everything think Alex is going to do in his next 5 games?

What will he say? What will he not say? Will he talk down to the fans as if they are 3rd graders? Will he continue to "not understand" stats? Will any Royals Review bloggers get their questions answered? Tune in on Sept 8th to find out.