Lesky’s Notes: Let’s see if a change does the Royals good

Wednesday was a big day in the Royals franchise. That’s a pretty obvious statement, but firing the man who had been in charge of baseball operations since mid-season of 2006 is something that certainly moves the needle. And I think what’s the most interesting about it is that firing Dayton Moore two days ago isn’t something that is the beginning, middle and end of Royals changes. I can safely say at this point that I would be shocked if Mike Matheny and Cal Eldred are back in 2023. I don’t know if I’d say I’ll be shocked if they don’t make any wholesale additions to the front office, but I think I’d be surprised if there isn’t at least a new assistant general manager or even a general manager brought in after the season comes to a close. Moving on from Moore was the start of a period of huge change for this organization. The phrase that we keep coming back to is “data driven” and there’s a reason that’s exciting. The best organizations let data drive their decisions. I think there is certainly a large scouting element to finding the best players and all of that, but teams that don’t utilize their data are the teams that fall behind and we all know the Royals have fallen behind. But it’ll be interesting to compare conversations we had a week ago vs. conversations we’re having in September 2023.

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