Sure but he has a 3.38 ERA with 5.2 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 in 25 relief appearances this season. Plus he can throw 95 mph. Someone will take a shot.

All we have left in this city is bitching, please don't suggest we leave one guy out because there's nothing that will ever force him to sell or do something meaningful to have his team succeed. Much like the Hunt family, he's a greedy **** and should garner bad press at every turn. Those close to him should be allowed to hear the honest opinions of others so that when they're close to him, they can at least, if only silently, question the man. Someday, one of those people who is close to him will ask him why, other than being rich, he's such a loser. At some point in time I hope one of those people won't be a whore to the man and decide that sucking off his financial teet is their only option, and break ranks. So I think the open and honest public criticism needs to continue to feed that person the information they need to have that hopefully-not-private conversation with the ogre. The sooner one of those being paid hush-money of sorts breaks ranks, the sooner we might be a winning team.

At a minimum glASS should have the balls to be very public, and relentless in the media, with the sport's lack of sensible pay structure. I wonder how many weekly rants in the media from an owner it would take before the owners would try to vote him off the island. It ould be more fun to watch than his team is most of the time... And MY tax dollars go into the stadium where THAT team plays, so telling us to just not follow the team is bullshit. If my tax dollars support it, I can bitch about it. If he doesn't like it, move the ****ing team (regardless of his agreement).

I might suggest, if there's one thing worse, or equal to, baseball's lack of some sensible and enforceable salary equality is that there's nothing that can be done about deadbeat owners like glASS.

And good morning....

Why don't you care about the Rays? It's a peer franchise. We hired Dayton in May 2006 and ended up 62-100. The Rays went 61-100. In 2007 we won 69 and they won 66. About even right?


Five years since, they've gone to the playoffs 4 times including the WS and averaged 92 wins per year. Explain to me why Dayton is still spinning his wheels in his 8th year now when Tampa (with lower payrolls every year) is able to keep winning? How can they "re-build" trading off Shields and getting nothing from Myers and be this good?

At least we no longer have to worry about watching what other teams do.

We at least got a mention on Sunday Night Baseball. Talking about 2nd half schedules and how the Braves only have 19 games against teams with winning records and don't go west again.

Meanwhile, the Royals will have a stretch where they play 44 games in 44 days due to rainouts, then around the end of that stretch, play the Indians and Tigers for two solid weeks. So, we've got that going for us.

I think at this point we need to concede that we are sellers and get what we can for Hoch/Chen/Santana.

Unfortunately I have to agree. This team just lacks any kind of hunger. If they don't they surely don't display it.

My guess is the team doesn't do anything and stands pat.

Or it's going to expend more resources in an effort to win in '14.

GMs who trade the top prospect in baseball for a pitcher with two years of control don't fold shop at the break in year one. This is going to be about DM covering his incompetent ass.

More Jose Guillens and Mike Jacobs on the way?

.OBP be damned, I say!

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Didn't see this posted...

Holland named to All-Star team as a replacement. So, that's 3 Royals All-Stars. Been awhile--1988.

Yo, Dayton...how about a look at a real process? BTW, pass this on to that dumb **** manager of yours...

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