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GM Moore ponders future for Royals
- Updated: July 28, 2016
The Kansas City Royals are coming off back-to-back American League championships, having won their first World Series championship in 30 years last October. They have control of the bulk of their roster through at least 2017, and for the first two and a half months of this season, they appeared primed to take a shot at becoming the first team in this century to win back-to-back World Series titles.
And then came a 39-day stretch that has seen Kansas City fall from contention in the AL Central. The Royals woke up Thursday having lost 20 of their past 31 games. They have seen a half-game deficit to the Indians expand to 8 1/2, and have fallen behind the Tigers and White Sox not only in the division, but also in an AL Wild Card race, where there are five teams ahead of them.
It has forced Kansas City to re-evaluate its plans leading up to Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline. The Royals aren’t just looking to fine-tune for the next two months. General manager Dayton Moore has to embrace a bigger picture.
That’s why Wade Davis has emerged in trade rumors, with reports having the Dodgers making a very strong push. What the Dodgers, however, have to understand is this isn’t a fire sale. Davis is one of the elite closers in the game, and if the Royals were to give him up, they would need an elite return.
The Royals aren’t embracing a rebuild. Moore is too strong of a competitor to ever give up.
“I know we haven’t played our best baseball to date,” Moore told MLB.com beat writer Jeff Flanagan. “We’re capable of doing much better. And our players know that. Our coaching staff knows that. Our fans know …
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