Winter meetings, Royals style.

The winter meetings start in Dallas. Reyes is set to sign a contract for way too much for way too many years so the Marlins can pretend to try to compete for fans in the Miami market. They should have made that team move. I think Reyes is overpaid. I'm a Royals fan so Ozzie isn't a favorite. I expect an implosion of epic proportions coming from South Florida. There will be a honeymoon period but sooner or later it will be Ozzie or Hanley. I'm guessing that will come quick if Hanley is forced to move his lazy butt from short. Maybe he will be motivated, but I don't see it. Ok, now for the Royals. What will they do? They need to solidify the starters. I doubt they will do anything of consequence at the meetings. They may trade is the rumor. OK, trade who for who. I don't know. I'd like to think they are in on Gio. You have to drop a line to Oakland if you are DM. They will need to give up some of the greatest "farm" ever to get a good pitcher. I've mentioned many times that a great farm would include great pitchers. I don't want to be too critical of the current General Manager because who knows what he would do to me if he can dismiss a Royals icon for being too critical, he may put a hit out on me. Well, Dayton, you have done nothing, nothing, nothing to prove you can build a contending team. NOTHING. You drafted Hosmer and overpaid him. He is the real deal, good job. Maybe after he wins batting titles or, say, 8 Gold Gloves, you can kick his butt out of the organization. Phew, that vent felt good. Dayton is a pretentious jerk. The only way he should approach Frank White is to ask him if he wants coffee or a Pepsi Max. Telling him he is too critical of the sloppy, losing teams that have taken the field the past couple of years in KC takes balls. Balls that would have probably gotten through the leaky defense of recent times. Now what must be done to improve the current Royals team? Trade for a frontline starter. Give up some prospects and get a number one or number 2 guy. If not beat the bushes for a utility guy. Just a heads up their Dayton, you need a guy that can play short. Escobar may need a day or two off. Oops there I go again. The critical nature of that statement is too much. Navarro my be the utility guy, and he is in house. Getz can pack. Maier can too. Utility player and starting pitching. That seems to be the biggest needs. You also need to address the announcing team. If it is Monty you have lost your mind. He is awful. The teams he played for in KC weren't the teams that Frank played for. That team was at least the second best team in baseball for many years. You may not remember, Dayton, but the Royals were a perennial contender in the AL West when there was two divisions. They won the division going away and lost heartbreaking series to the Yankees. They were good baseball teams that played the game right. Not sure I see that with the teams you have put together. I'm sure the process you allude to will build a team that may compare on a small scale to that one, but firing one of the last guys from that team that actually contributed to the current team isn't the way to go about it. I don't know you, Dayton, but I'm guessing you must want to be in control. You can't say that the idea wasn't yours. If you do take your head out of David Glass' ass. Put a winning team on the field. If they don't win prepare to be criticized. Your skin better get thicker. You can't fire all the fans you pissed off. I hope you get a boycott for the All Star game. Maybe the fan fest fans will be remembered then. Every day low prices, every day sinking class. Pick it up GENERAL manager Moore. David can always find another willing to stick his head up his ass.