Congratulations to the Kansas City Royals

A huge congratulations to Kansas City who brought home their second World Series title in franchise history, and the first since 1985. In the past I have compared this team to the 1996 New York Yankees, and now my view is validated with a World Series Championship. By no means am I a Royals fan, I just really love the way Ned Yost manages a game, and how the Royals play ball. I think that is the right way to play the game of baseball, and this team will have tremendous success in the future. The core of Hosmer, Perez, Moustakas, Cain, Gordon, and Holland are all young. Perez is the World Series MVP, one year after popping up to Pablo Sandoval in foul territory just outside the third base coaching box. This team was built through the draft with not a ton of money spent. This past off-season Kansas City spent a total of $68.425 Million for eight players. Of those eight they include Volquez, Morales, Rios, and Hochevar. Along with those players and that core the Royals would win their first division title since 1985 with a record of 95-67. That's a six game improvement from 2014 when they were the first wildcard team. The 2014 Royals beat all the odds and made it to Game Seven of the World Series but would lose thanks to one Madison Bumgarner. Meanwhile, the 2015 Kansas City Royals went into Spring Training with a mission of getting back to the World Series and taking the crown. The front office would help their cause by going out and getting Ben Zobrist from Oakland, and Johnny Cueto from the Reds. It did come with a price however.Brandon Finnegan the Royals their number two prospect going into the 2015 season.
A repeat season may come at the price of some cash, as Johnny Cueto, and Zobrist are free agents this off-season. Kansas City has built the core and now in the upcoming off-seasons they are going to have to fork over some cash to keep that valuable core intact.

Sources: (MLB.com, mlbtraderumors.com, cbssports.com, baseballamerica.com)

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