Dayton Moore Fired as Royals President; GM of 2015 World Series Championship Team

Dayton Moore was dismissed as president of baseball operations by the Royals. J.J. Picollo will take over.

Moore made a comment to Andy and Ken.

He said he was thankful for the chance. I am proud of our culture and what we accomplished. It wasn't possible to see it through. I have faith in John Sherman, J.J. Picollo and the entire baseball operations department.

Moore joined the Royals as their general manager. Kansas City was on its way to a 62 win season and 21st consecutive year of not making the playoffs.

By the end of 2015, the team won the World Series for the second year in a row. Moore built the squad through a variety of means.

The Royals had two teenagers sign with the team as teenagers. Eric Hosmer was drafted by the team. They arrived in the trade. James Shields and Wade Davis were traded to the Kansas City Royals from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wil Myers deal.

Moore did a lot for the organization, but credit for the World Series trips only made him better. Since 2015, the Royals have had a losing record.

Matthew Pouliot @matthewpouliot

Flags fly forever, but Dayton Moore mustered three winning seasons in 16 tries. This will be the 10th season his team has finished fourth or fifth in what is traditionally the game's weakest division. It was definitely time.

Homegrown talent has not been developed in Kansas City. Moore's focus on pitchers in the MLB draft has yielded a disappointing return so far, according to a recent report. The Royals pitchers are ranked 27th and 28th in FIP.

Moore said that most of the comments come from someone who is critical of something. A lot of important things that speak to the upside of where we are and where we're going with our pitchers were omitted.

His reply showed why a change in leadership was needed.

There isn't a lot of young talent coming up through the Kansas City farm system. Nick Pratto was demoted to Triple-A due to his poor performance.

Picollo has a lot of work to do in Kansas City.