Royals, It Is Time To Sell

Dayton Moore selling in 2016 wouldn’t be a white flag for his current core group of players. It would be buying for 2017 and beyond.

Alex Gordon isn’t hitting. The Royals rotation is among the worst in baseball. Lorenzo Cain is hurt. Joakim Soria and Luke Hochevar haven’t been good.

The Royals currently sit at 48-49, eight games behind Cleveland in the AL Central and six games back of the second Wild Card spot.

It’s time to throw in the towel for 2016 and sell.

As Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star discussed last week, selling isn’t in Dayton Moore’s nature. And to his credit, if he had sold when many people (included me) were pressuring him to in 2014, the Royals in all likelyhood wouldn’t…