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Exactly. The Royals GM is such a moron, he has the lowest payroll in the league but he spends it like he is Brian Cashman. Going after the most expensive free agents he can afford, regardless of how old and unvaluable they may be. They need to continue to groom their young players while signing inexpensive free agents who can still provide value. Signing players like Mark Grudzielanek, Reggie Sanders, Doug Mientkiewicz, Scott Elarton, Joe Mays, and Elmer Dessens (who will combine for $17.5 million in 2006, almost half of their expected payroll) is not going to net you anything more than 5 wins, so whats even the point?
And fucking Mike Sweeney is still on that team, taking up 30% of the payroll when teams always want to trade for him and give the Royals young inexpensive players. Their refusal to take a sort of "Moneyball" approach is the reason for their continued failure over the years.
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