Glass has become so willing to support his team on the field, that pundit regularly underestimate the KC Royals willingness to spend money to improve the team.
This winter, most analysts presumed that free-agent Alex Gordon was beyond the Kansas City Royals reach. When Gordon’s price declined to a quite reasonable $72 million over four years, most believed that general manager Dayton Moore didn’t have the resources to land another major free agent. Instead, Glass authorized Moore to guarantee $70 million for pitcher Ian Kennedy.
After Kennedy, Moore then gambled $7.