I am sure all of you have heard that Omar has been winning the contest as of late.  The recent acquisition of  Mike Jacobs can only help his case.  (its only a minor league deal, but if he makes the team his salary can be over two million which is twice as much as Garko  just recieved)

The contest has previously been a back and forth battle of who can pay good money for below replacement level players. 

It is now time for Dayton to change strategies.  His new ammunition: words.

That's right, if Dayton can't win with poor transactions he can win with words. 

Here is a snip from the latest article at the royals website.

When Moore went into this offseason, defense was a priority, and that's something of a tricky business because fielding prowess isn't easily measured by numbers.

"Defense, to me, is a product of athleticism, fundamentals and concentration," Moore said.

"Certainly there are statistics that play a part of that, but defensive statistics are very misleading and unreliable ... every statistician that I speak to will tell you that, including our own. Statistics are something to look at, but they are not the most important part of evaluating a player. You want defensive players that are very sure-handed, players that are instinctive to position themselves appropriately, players that are two or three steps ahead of a certain situation -- that's all part of the defensive player."

Your move Omar.