The rebuild of the KC Royals is a work in progress. It is a difficult multi-year project orchestrated by General Manager Dayton Moore with no certain end date, the pain of it punctuated by two straight 100-plus loss seasons with a third certainly not impossible. Moore and the club speak of competing, but not of immediate championship contention; the Royals draw closer to the former while the latter is, at best, a dim light at the end of a long tunnel.
To get where they want to be–October baseball–the Royals must add talent, a commodity rarely gained without sacrifice.