At some point last summer, as the Royals trod toward 104 losses, general manager Dayton Moore essentially banned a word from the lingo of front-office personnel.
Rebuild.
The designation seemed rather suitable for the Royals, who had endured enough turnover that the roster didn’t even closely resemble the World Series group from three years earlier. Moore acknowledged that, but after the first half of the 2018 season included only 27 wins yet 68 losses, he initiated a change in thinking.
“I think when you create a mindset that we’re rebuilding, you somehow build in or make an excuse that’s it’s OK to lose baseball games.