Blair Kerkhoff

I've always admired the small market consistent winners.

You know, the Rays are like that.

Cleveland has been like that.

And I thought...

When Quattrero came to Kansas City with that experience of working with the Rays and the Guardians, and even John Sherman with his background as part owner of Cleveland's team, that we're going to get

That knowledge.

You're going to get that organizational knowledge that, for whatever reason, we haven't had in Kansas City.

The knowledge to be able to create a team and a franchise organization that, with fewer resources, can be competitive beyond its payroll.

And...

It hasn't happened.

Not yet.

Not to the extent... I thought 24 was the beginning, perhaps the beginning of that in the trend.

And the thing that separated the Royals from those other teams, organizations we mentioned, is none of those had a player like Bobby Wood Jr.

You know, a guy who is going to be in a top five MVP race every year.

I mean...

When it's all said and done, the number one or two player in franchise history, nobody else, you know, the Brewers, the Athletics, others didn't have that kind of guy.

But, gosh, here we are, you know, two months into the 26 season, and we're asking questions that we were asking in the 100 loss, this time during the 100 loss seasons, and

What mistakes did they make?

Where could they have made a better decision?

Why isn't it working?