• 2 months ago
Royals GM joined The Jim Rome Show.
Transcript
00:00What is the main thing for Kansas City and especially right now?
00:03Well, it's going to, it is very cliche, but it's to score one more run than the other
00:10team every night.
00:11You know, we went through a period of time over the last, I'd say a year ago, year and
00:15a half ago, where we were trying to, we were overcorrecting, we were trying, you were diving
00:19into data, we were training differently, which is all great and we still do those things.
00:24But when it comes down to it, when it's game time, it's not about numbers.
00:29It's about playing the game the right way.
00:30It's about executing.
00:31It's about making pitches.
00:33It's about taking extra base.
00:34It's about moving a runner when you need to.
00:36And that's the main thing.
00:37And when you do those things, you win ballgame.
00:40So we went through a period last off season where we addressed it.
00:43You know, we're going to honor and respect how to train players and make them better.
00:47But when we, when we take the field, we're taking the field to win the game.
00:52That is the main goal.
00:53That's why we play the game.
00:54It's no different when these guys were seven and eight, nine, 10 years old.
00:58They always wanted to win.
01:00It's just at a higher level.
01:01So we had to separate that a little bit.
01:03I'm really proud of the way our coaching staff, not only in the major leagues, but also in
01:07the minor leagues, we've gone about it really well this year.