Salvy's "23rd home run of the season that either tied the game or gave the Royals the lead." THAT is just a ridiculous stat. His clutchness (what? It should be a word) this year has been absurd. Really appreciate Soler's big year, but would love to see Salvy beat it because, well, he's Salvy.
I too got the impression that the GM change was not Dayton's idea. Sherman may feel we are more or less on the right track, but a change is needed.
I'm not worried about Dayton stopping JJ from doing the job. Neither is Flanny, who said as much on The Drive yesterday. That's just not how he operates as a leader.
In the corporate world you sometimes force someone out by promoting them, or in the legal world you make them an "emeritus" or in the university world an "honorary." That sounds like what Sherman is wisely doing with Dayton, though, by his somewhat conflicting statements, Dayton does not fully realize it yet. Hopefully, Sherman will give J.J. the authority he needs and deserves to be a true GM. Dayton had his good and bad points and, as his understudy, especially if he really is the one who deserves the credit for modernizing the hitting and pitching development systems, then we may have our next "we have to get Mahomes" Brett Veach Jr. leader on our hands, which could be quite exciting.
Salvy's "23rd home run of the season that either tied the game or gave the Royals the lead." THAT is just a ridiculous stat. His clutchness (what? It should be a word) this year has been absurd. Really appreciate Soler's big year, but would love to see Salvy beat it because, well, he's Salvy.
I too got the impression that the GM change was not Dayton's idea. Sherman may feel we are more or less on the right track, but a change is needed.
I'm not worried about Dayton stopping JJ from doing the job. Neither is Flanny, who said as much on The Drive yesterday. That's just not how he operates as a leader.
In the corporate world you sometimes force someone out by promoting them, or in the legal world you make them an "emeritus" or in the university world an "honorary." That sounds like what Sherman is wisely doing with Dayton, though, by his somewhat conflicting statements, Dayton does not fully realize it yet. Hopefully, Sherman will give J.J. the authority he needs and deserves to be a true GM. Dayton had his good and bad points and, as his understudy, especially if he really is the one who deserves the credit for modernizing the hitting and pitching development systems, then we may have our next "we have to get Mahomes" Brett Veach Jr. leader on our hands, which could be quite exciting.