Kansas City Royals should learn from Padres signing Manny Machado
By Cullen Jekel
The Royals, despite what general manager Dayton Moore says, are in the middle of a rebuild. The American League Central is dominated by the Cleveland Indians, and while the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are also rebuilding, the Minnesota Twins looks to give the Tribe a run for their money in 2019.
So, yes, 2019 is another lost year in Kansas City. And the season, which has yet to begin, has been made all the more difficult with Salvador Perez‘s season-ending Tommy John surgery.
The #Royals announced that all star catcher Salvador Perez has undergone successful Tommy John surgery today.
— Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) March 6, 2019
In light such a devastating injury to the team’s most popular and recognizable player, think the organization will lower ticket prices, which have consistently increased over the years, for 2019? Didn’t think so.
It is now that much more painful to attend a game at Kauffman Stadium in 2019. The team, projected to lose more than 90 games, is now down Salvy. Who’s left? Outside of Whit Merrifield, Adalberto Mondesi, and Old Man Alex Gordon, there’s not much.
Taking this from a different angle, the Royals would be a much more fun and interesting team to watch in 2019 and the rest of the rebuilding years with the likes of Manny Machado at third base than Hunter Dozier, he of the .261/.346/.426 slash line in the minors.