Comments on: Now What?

By: Matt Glazier

Matt Glazier — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:29:00 +0000

i guess im not exactly an expert but r the chiefs rele that poor that they cant afford to pay these big name players? or do they just not do it?

By: Michael Engel

Michael Engel — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:09:07 +0000

Thanks for dropping by Matt…

I’ve been watching the Royals since forever, myself and I get the frustration. I remember in 1990 as a kid I had all these newsstand baseball annuals that were saying that was the year the Royals would finally overtake the A’s in the AL West. Still hasn’t happened.

I remember reading on messageboards about how 2008, 2009 would be the years, with Butler and Gordon and others leading the way. Nothin’.

The difference between this group of prospects and those in the past is that there are so many. The depth is astounding. Are all of the big names going to pan out? Pretty likely not, but we’re in a position where they don’t all HAVE to pan out. Alex Gordon HAD to be a superstar right away or …well you see how it’s gone so far. There was nobody else.

For a while now, I don’t see us trading anyone else mostly because there’s nobody else to trade. Dayton’s all in on his farm system and now it’s just a bit of patience until they start making their way into the majors. By midseason we should see a few of them making their debuts or well into their rookie seasons, and by 2012, we’ll have even more making their way up. I think this is going to be a really fun team to watch about July 2012. Really dangerous about March 2013.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:55:47 +0000

The only real way teams like the Royals, Rays, and Pirates can compete in this day and age is to build from within. Develop as many great players as you can in your own system and get them playing together at the same time. The Rays have already shown it’s possible and the Royals are right behind them about to do it again. Hopefully the Pirates are on the same course as well.

Trading Zack is a bitter pill to swallow, but it makes the entire organization healthier in the long term. Good times are coming.

By: matt glazier

matt glazier — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:53:33 +0000

hey this is my first post here. im on arrowhead addict alot tho. iv been a die hard royals fan forever. but im kind of fed up with them. what makes us think we will ever be good again. we just keep trading away our good players. will we ever be more than a farm team for MLB?