Kyle Collier

But we're not seeing the Royals be rewarded for it.

We didn't last year.

We haven't this year.

And I think seeing a team like Tampa Bay have this work effectively, you have to think about it.

Because I don't blame the Royals the last couple of years of going, why would we go back to small ball when nobody in the sport is doing it and the ones that are are not winning?

There is nothing stopping the Royals from being the Rays or the Brewers.

Right.

We've always had that belief.

You cannot look at those teams and say that's just impossible.

They can't look at the Dodgers and say we want to be like them or the Yankees or the Phillies or the Mets.

Those high payroll teams, you probably will never see the Royals be in that category.

They'll probably never be a team like Boston.

But you can still be a consistent winning team, one that wins this division, if you just embrace who you are.

And you've got the philosophy of what makes us great.

is speed, defense, pitching.

And we've said that before of the 2024 team.

They were not great because of their offense.

They were great because starting rotation was good.

Their defense was good.

They had the speed.