Royals Season Preview 5: Center of the Diamond

This one's about as cut and dry as it gets, so we'll get on with it:

Entering his second full season as the Royals GM, Dayton Moore will be looking to build upon his teams improvements last season.

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The Royals will not contend in the AL Central the next season or two, but with a solid nucleus of young talent in place and a sharp GM, things seem to be finally looking brighter for a franchise stuck in last place.

The grades doled out by position aren't very telling -- C- for infield, C for outfield, C for starting pitching, B for relief pitching. Shouldn't that add up to a C+ grade overall, which would be good for, like, 80 wins?

COTD's prediction: 72-90, fifth place in the AL Central.

Hmm...

The Bleacher Report got a hold of this preview and is using it on their site. Again, it's cut and dry and doesn't leave me with much to say. So it goes.

POSTSCRIPT: Lee Warren's taking a bit of my thunder here, but that's okay. The more we can poke fun at national "pundits," the better.