Comments on: Royals owner David Glass says he’ll spend for pitching

By: chumthumper

chumthumper — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:43:25 +0000

I gave up on the Royals years ago. They haven’t been serious about fielding a quality team or relevant in decades and that isn’t going to change.

By: timmons94

timmons94 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:25:05 +0000

Glass will spend the cash, but does anyone trust Dayton will spend it wisely. I sure don’t

By: Kevin Gillman

Kevin Gillman — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:56:16 +0000

If you’re a baseball owner, you’re making money, not losing it. The problem is we will never see the books since the teams aren’t public. But if they weren’t making money, then they would sell the team.

By: mattyflex

mattyflex — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:58:02 +0000

one final note to add, this statement comes on the exact same day that I received my season ticket renewal packet. There are 364 other days this could have gone public that wouldn’t seem so obvious.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:17:23 +0000

I wish all these wealthy owners in the smaller markets decided to spend more money to make more money through winning. The problem is compounded by indifferent owners (ie; Seattle, minnesota, etc) who view their teams as portfolio investments. I hope the Royals achieve some success and it’s adopted league wide as an example.

By: gogigantos

gogigantos — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:01:01 +0000

Meche was a good deal. He was clearly abused and as a result his arm was trashed. He then walked away from large money to retire. Gil Meche pitched well for the Royals well and the Royals did him wrong. Gil walked away from it all, a rare good man story in baseball in that he was happy to have made the dollars he did and wanted none more after he knew he was done.

What the Royals need to learn is how to grow the quality prospect pitchers they draft into quality big league arms.

By: fuddpucker

fuddpucker — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:30:46 +0000

Wow, KC needs to go out and get a pitcher like Zack Greinke!

Oh…wait.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:58:46 +0000

Trust the process.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:39:49 +0000

True. Better mentions might have been Brad Peacock (a Round 41 pick), A.J. Cole, and Tom Milone. Young pitchers developed by the Nats, then traded for a young but proven MLB pitcher (Gio Gonzalez).

As others have noted, the Royals have tried to develop their own pitching, but without success thus far. That could change the next couple of years. In the meantime, Glass and Moore need to avoid more Gil Meche deals.

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:38:57 +0000

I don’t question Glass will open up his wallet. He did get Gil Meche for what was at the time a huge deal, and a lot of Nat’l Pundits thought the Royals overpaid for him. There is a history of him spending money.

The problem I have: I don’t have much faith in the front office to spend that money on the correct players. Because that history also exists with the Royals.

By: kevinleaptrot

kevinleaptrot — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:32:45 +0000

And I stand corrected!

By: mattyflex

mattyflex — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:16:27 +0000

I don’t know the words “we are willing to operate at a loss” have ever, ever been spoken from the mouth of David Glass. Rarely if ever, also the implication that he will spend money.

By: mattyflex

mattyflex — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:14:41 +0000

Mike Montgomrey has regressed, but was projected as a top 20 prospect as recently as last year. Danny Duffy is, as someone above mentioned, coming off of Tommy John surgery, and Jim Leyland last year said within a couple of years Duffy will be one of the best in the [AL] Central. The Royals drafted Kyle Zimmer this year. Yornado Ventura is also another nice product they drafted, who played in the futures game this year. Bryan Brickhouse was drafted in the third round last year, he needs some work but I like his stuff. Chris Dwyer, 4th round 2009…

I would continue on, but I’m pretty sure I win this round. Not to mention, David Glass doesn’t draft anyone. He sits in a chair, watching his money pile up, and lets Dayton Moore handle everything else.

By: geoknows

geoknows — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:56:32 +0000

A Strasburg only comes only once in a lifetime. The Royals had no chance to draft him, but would have if they could.

The Royals actually have lots of pitchers on their ML roster that they drafted and developed. Problem is, other than Danny Duffy (who, like Strasburg and Zimmermann before him, just had Tommy John surgery), they are all relievers. Which is why you shouldn’t bring up Storen as a model draft & development coup.

By: geoknows

geoknows — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:52:04 +0000

Exactly where have you heard this before, Craig? Because David Glass has certainly never said it.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:49:44 +0000

At the risk of being nitpicky, Clippard was drafted by and made his major league debut with the Yankees. But your point stands.

By: kevinleaptrot

kevinleaptrot — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:37:45 +0000

I wonder if Glass has thought of drafting and developing his own pitchers as the Nationals (Strasburg, Zimmermann, Detwiler, Storen, Clippard) have done?