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Lol I thought you were gonna say something about his workload or development. But you're just saying they referred to the top prospect as a top prospect?

They'll also say something about how they are changing the culture. The same culture that the manager spent all season saying was not an issue. The same manager that will be returning for another season. Just normal things.

Nothing like distancing yourself from a mess that you helped create.

Getz: “And once again, I look forward to sitting down with our players and learn more about how things are being taught to them. Perhaps there are some different ways and ideas to effectively get our club in a direction it needs to go.” Cool. Good thing we cut corners to get the guy that will hit the ground running. Surely an outsider couldn't do this.

For two reasons, because he also had that weirdo quote about how he doesn’t even come close to using the internet. Its bad enough that he’s been a terrible manager, but with his absolute zero personality there’s just nothing redeeming about him.

That rationale is infuriating on so many different levels.

JR's idea of competing is not openly rebuilding, so they will be "competing" regardless of W/L record. He is so bad at this.

Is this your fancy way of saying you think they can be competitive next season?

But what’s the point of not trading him? What purpose does he serve pitching on non competitive teams for two more years and then leaving? You trade him and hope that what you get in return develops and aligns with a more competitive window.

Whoever getz moore Royals players

Promoting from within when there’s a culture issue within the org might as well be an onion headline

And apparently TLR is heavily involved here ☠️

Tim Robinson hot dog meme etc etc

Great point. I hadn't really thought of their failure from that perspective before. Thanks, now I have a new angle to hate them from.

I like the idea of such an upbeat sounding chant being so negative

Considering people are providing their thoughts on the trade based on Burger’s batting line in the daily box score, I doubt that would happen anytime soon.

Last year was actually worse for me. Higher expectations going into that season. Plus they were “in it” for a lot of the season, but just refused to get out of their own damn way. This season became a disaster so fast that there was basically no time to even give it a chance.

Maybe it would have more momentum if "Sell the team Jerry" had less syllables to chant.

Spiderman pointing meme

I think there's this misconception from the anti tanking crowd that they think the rest of us actively enjoy tanking. No. It's just the less shitty of two shitty options.

Guys like Jon Jay, Yonder Alonso and Wellington Castillo are exactly the cheap veteran players you alluded to in a previous post that they would also bring in if they were trying to contend. Well, we know why Jay and Alonso were brought in, but the cheap veteran list is just as ugly the younger guys they were throwing out there in the tank years.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I would easily take the hope and excitement of a 2019 season where they didn't play meaningful baseball in September standings-wise over some absolutely mediocre team that finishes right around .500 and is hoping Mark Kotsay and Omar Vizquel can propel them to being fringe contenders.

If Burger goes 1-12 over his next 3 games, does it swing back to being an okay trade?

It’s almost as if you shouldn’t spend a bajillion dollars on a bullpen

Anyone know when Robert closed his stance? Haven’t been watching much, so it could’ve been weeks ago for all I know, but today was the first time I noticed. Ps I fucking love his reaction here