It has been less than a year since Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman ended the Dayton Moore era in Kansas City. The man that many fans with back-to-back World Series appearances, the franchise’s first championship in 30 years, and the revival of baseball in Kansas City was gone on a September afternoon. In his stead, Sherman promoted J.J. Picollo to lead the organization he joined in 2006. Fans cannot move Picollo out of Moore’s shadow though, and that is selling Picollo’s potential extremely short.
Picollo is not just a guy who followed in Moore’s footsteps.