Weekend Rumblings - News for July 17, 2021
Sam Mellinger writes that the Royals have an important few weeks ahead of them.
The Royals are at a crossroads. They are at a transition. The club built itself from punchline to parade with an obsessive focus on the farm system and an unrelenting loyalty and belief in the players on hand.
Going forward, the Royals have vowed to be more transactional, to seek opportunities to use the talent on hand to acquire more talent raised by other organizations.
The shift has been signaled by John Sherman in a few ways, beginning with his introductory press conference two Novembers ago.