Moore Wants More

Dayton Moore wound up having fun this season as he worked on rebuilding the Royals. He feels they are ready to take the next step:

“We’re not going to talk about rebuilding anymore,” said Moore, who said he expects Yost back next year. “Whatever team we put on the field next year, we’re going to expect that team to win a lot of baseball games. … Major-league players are paid to win baseball games. They’re not paid to play, they’re paid to win.”

This time around, even as reducing payroll remains as much a priority as replenishing the farm system, the idea is to make the winning stand the test of time.

“Most people in baseball will say (small) markets like ours are going to win for four or five years and then they’re going to lose for four or five years,” Moore said. “We’re not going to buy into that logic. We’re going to put us in a position to start winning again, hopefully sooner than later.

“And then once we get in that position, we want to win 10-15 years in a row. Doesn’t mean we’ll make the playoffs every year. Doesn’t mean we’ll ever win another World Series. But we’ve got to be in a position where we’ve got a chance.”

That’s the goal. A number of clubs seem to be set up that way. I hope more teams can pull it off and we see fewer years like Baltimore’s this season.

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