Merry Christmas, Royals fans

...with a bonus final stanza

On the first day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
a fete with a future to see

On the second day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the third day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the fourth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the fifth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the sixth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the seventh day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the eighth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
one wondrous bullpen
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the ninth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
four Winter Caravans
one wondrous bullpen
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the tenth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
one 23-year-old righty
four Winter Caravans
one wondrous bullpen
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the eleventh day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
the answer to our slugging woes
one 23-year-old righty
four Winter Caravans
one wondrous bullpen
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

On the twelfth day of Christmas
our Dayton sent to me
the last piece of another wondrous bullpen
the answer to our slugging woes
one 23-year-old righty
four Winter Caravans
one wondrous bullpen
one consummate hitter
the IRREDUCIBLE GILGAMECHE
one sterling rookie
more starting pitchers
two starting pitchers
one Joey Gathright
and a fete with a future to see

And when all was completed
and bared for us to see,
a jeweled crown shimmered
and proclaimed
This is Ewing's Kauffman's team!

Tyler Lumsden, Daniel Cortes; Jorge De La Rosa, Joselo Diaz, Scott Dohmann;
Brian Bannister; Ross Gload; Joakim Soria (thanks, Cory), Octavio Dotel, David Riske;
Kyle Davies; Jose Guillen; Yasuhiko Yabuta, Ron Mahay