The Ultimate Champion Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 So basically, there was no excuse whatsoever for this team to tank the 2011-12 offseason and run out a bunch of crap when they were ready to build around a core. Tanking the 2012-13 offseason by failing to spend free agent money, making the big trade of unproven prospects for proven pieces, etc. would seem to pretty much guarantee another decade of garbage baseball. I for one, while insulted by their incompetence and the way they have treated their fanbase over the years, hope they continue to act like losers over the offseason this year, because if they don't, and if they actually do what any other organization would do, they are very close. They're probably 2 key trades + 2 key FA signings away.... imagine adding 1-2 of Edwin Jackson/Peavy/Sanchez for only money and acquiring a couple pitchers (one top-end young guy, another cheaper high-ceiling project) for the rotation. They're only a couple moves away and yet watch how they don't make them. Here's a snippet from MLBTR via Royals Garbage Manager Dayton Moore: The Royals' waiver claim pickup of Chris Volstad could be a sign of how the team plans to take a low-cost approach to upgrading its pitching staff, writes Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. Royals GM Dayton Moore said free agents "won’t be a long-term answer for us” because the club hopes to have homegrown pitching prospects in the rotation by 2014. “We’ve got to look internally,” Moore said. “We’ve got to look through trades. We’ve got to look, certainly, through free agency…we might be able to pick off a player or two, but we’re not going to build our team through free agency. It won’t work.” Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/kansas_city_...oU19xtZcfLZr.99 Yeah, you don't have to build a team through free agency you dumb f***. You need like a couple players out of a 25-man roster. Once again "hope" is thrown around. Meanwhile he's watching Gregor Blanco play in the WS and thinking "now THAT is the former Atlanta Brave I need to get to the top!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 So how many times does Volstad shut out the Sox next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 27, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) So how many times does Volstad shut out the Sox next year? Ugh. Well we know Chen beats us on opening day then Volstad in the second game. Pray for rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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