Dayton Moore brought a championship to Kansas City in 2015. While it had only been two years since Sporting Kansas City snagged the MLS Cup, the Kansas City Royals had not won a championship in 30 years, and the Kansas City Chiefs haven’t competed for a title for even longer. Moore’s Royals came within one hit of tying the seventh game of the 2014 World Series, too.
Legacy is a tricky and always changing thing, but Moore’s legacy as the Royals General Manager legacy will probably always be viewed through the lens of a savior, of a builder, of more broadly someone who revitalized the Royals from their decades-long slumber.