The Kansas City Royals’ first trip through the rebuilding waters was dubbed The Process. General manager Dayton Moore famously told reporters in the midst of a profoundly terrible 2009 to “Trust the process.” At the time, it was widely derided and mocked. See, Moore took over the Royals in mid-2006, and after he he had an offseason to reshape the team in his image for the first time, the Royals would win 69 games in 2007. The Royals would go on to win 65 games in 2009. Three and a half years after Moore’s regime took control, the Royals were, quite literally, moving backwards.
The Royals are missing the point with Process 2.0
