The last couple of seasons we have seen the method to Dayton Moore’s free agent madness. It’s not revolutionary. Nor is it particularly inspired. It is instead driven by necessity. A vital task for a team in a rebuild. And with the trade deadline approaching and the waiver trade period eliminated, there is an urgency to the wheeling and dealing.
First to go, Homer Bailey. Bailey was the kind of acquisition that for a team like the Royals, you just nod your head because you immediately can see into the future - health pending, of course. In Bailey’s case, the return was a middle infielder very much in the mold of the burners the Royals so covet.