What Happened to all the Money?

A few weeks ago, Ken Rosenthal wrote an article that appeared on FoxSports.com called Royals are far from a K.C. masterpiece in which he made the following comment: "The Royals received $64.5 million from MLB last season, according to the New York Times — $30 million in revenue sharing, plus the $34.5 million payment that each team received from national TV, cable, radio, Internet and the sale of merchandise."

If this is true, the $12 million increase in payroll by David Glass this past off season looks paltry. In fairness to Glass, we didn't have a lot to choose from when it came to free agents, but $64.5 million was certainly enough to pull the trigger on a trade (or two) for a solid starter because we could have taken on some salary. And it certainly ought to give us enough money to pay a potential topnotch GM whatever it takes to get him here—assuming of course that he has control over personnel.

And that seems to be the rub between the Royals and Dayton Moore right now. You can hardly blame the guy. Surely, he's watch from afar as we've bounced back and forth between youth movements and the signing of second and third-tier free agents in an attempt to compete. And how could he not wonder why Glass didn't spend the money he received in revenue sharing and various other means to improve the team when he had the chance?