I was reading some crap today about how the Royals fans are the best in baseball......you know all 14,000 of you that go to the games. Said being loyal for the last 29 years makes you loyal......I think it makes you crazy, but call it what you like. The Bandwagon is full in KC right now. Full stadiums, merchandise sales....life is good. Its good for KC. I hope KC finally has learned something from the city on the east side. You keep your home grown talent, grow it and promote it to the big leagues, where you KEEP it. Only one of the starting 9 to open the NLDS was a free agent playing for STL. 5 were draft pick/farm players. 2 were traded for our minor league players/prospects, and one an outright trade years ago. Building from within is where its at.

Yes the Cardinals are usually around the top 10 in payroll or just outside of it, but they pay to keep the talent that they bring up. That's a must. Promote and Pay. Not promote and trade then start all over. Cards have 14th highest payroll. KC has 18th highest. Seperated by about 15 million. That's nothing in todays standards.