Source: www.royalsreview.com --- Thursday, October 19, 2017
Follow these rules and you could become a contender With the Royals coming off back-to-back .500 or worse seasons, and a quarter of the 25-man roster due up for free agency in just a couple weeks, Royals fans still aren’t sure what direction the organization is going in. That could be a good or bad thing. It can be good in the sense that organizations would do well to remain fluid on their operational guidelines. If Mike Trout were made able for cheap, an organization could switch from rebuilding to potentially competing. However, straddling between future directions can be troublesome, as the market can pass you by in a hurry. If you are never sure what each move brings, you can operate in contradicting directions. Some folks (myself included) have been calling for a teardown for a year or two, with the justification for “one last push” not being worth the cost. Both sides of the argument are at least understandable, and we know which path the Royals organization ultimately went down. Was it the right or wrong path? That’s not the point of this piece. We aren’t going to necessarily look back and say “what if?” Instead, we are going to look at what I think are the core tenets to a rebuild. What I think a rebuilding team should focus on, beyond just general thing like “draft and sign good players.” Here are some rules to follow. Trade everyone of any value, regardless of the bad publicity This one is particularly relevant for the ...
from Baseball http://ift.tt/2guUzv8
No comments:
Post a Comment