When the Kansas City Royals fired Dayton Moore, longtime leader of the baseball operations department, owner John Sherman insisted that this was a decision that would improve the competitiveness of the ball club. Sherman was tired of losing. He was tired of picking at the top of the draft. He emphasized winning consistently as an organization that avoided the valleys as much as possible.
The new leader of the baseball operations department, JJ Picollo, has had a marked impact on the team even since becoming GM last year under Moore. Under Picollo’s direct guidance, the Royals significantly beefed up the analytics department under Dr.