Lesky’s Notes: Is action on the way?

The worm has sort of turned over the last few days. You probably saw the call for an organizational overhaul by Matthew LaMar here or by me on Inside the Crown, but when things start to seep into the “mainstream media” it feels even more different. We’ve now seen articles in The Athletic discussing the demeanor in the clubhouse and in The Kansas City Star about the issues with pitchers regressing the longer they’re in the big leagues. I know we bemoan the fact that it feels like the organization is stuck in quicksand or paralyzed with fear to make any move, but it just seems like something is going to come to a head soon and this can’t continue any longer. We’ll obviously see what happens, but I think it’s important to remember when people curse wins and good performances as potentially delaying the inevitable, the Royals fired Terry Bradshaw after they scored 26 runs in three games. Going way back, they fired Trey Hillman after a win (okay, they fired him before but he managed the game for some reason). So they at least haven’t let minuscule samples change their minds at some points in the past. We can hang on to that. For now.

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