A Bright Spot For The Royals

The Kansas City Royals have a record of 64-94. They did what the Royals do: start off strong and give Royals fans a glimmer of hope that this could be the break out year, fall apart in the middle of the summer and crush all Royals fans hope that anything will ever change and, finally, make a nice run in September to get people to think that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that light will get brighter beginning with next years spring training.

The Royals dream about having a conversation with the words 'Kansas City' and 'magic number' in the same sentence. Once again, this is not that year. The Royals are fighting with the Cleveland Indians to avoid being at the bottom of the AL Central Division (right now the Royals are barely losing that battle).

But, there is a shining spot on this team.

His name is Zach Greinke. He will be your 2009 AL Cy Young award winner. He has a record of 16-8 and if he was on a different team with better hitters, he would have well over 20 wins this season. But the Cy Young voters are not stupid. They see that Zach is the most dominant pitcher in baseball. He makes great hitters look stupid. He breezes pitches by hitters and he buckles knees with a killer curve ball.

Dear Dayton Moore,

To quote KGB with his Russian accent in the movie 'Rounders' - 'Pay him. Pay that man his money.' Give him what ever he wants. Kansas City has a great player and in the past the Royals have traded that great player for prospects. I'm sick of watching the World Series and seeing different players and saying, 'Remember when he used to play in Kansas City? Yeah, that was great.' Pay him what he wants and build a team around your dominant ace pitcher.

So, Royals fans, be proud of the one shining spot on this years team and cross your fingers that he will be a sign of what is to come for the Royals.