The Royals are TOTALLY in the right here"Dayton Moore http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , Royals team to win. Moreso, Moore publicly stated this to longtime Kansas City Star writer Vahe Gregorian on February 9, 2019, mere weeks before the full team kicks off Spring Training in Arizona:For the Royals, fresh off a 58-104 season that was the third-worst in franchise history and second-worst among all MLB teams in 2018, there is no conceivable way that such an expectation would come to blow in the front office’s face. None whatsoever. The 2019 Royals will be manned by dozens of great players. These include both the established sort, like Danny Duffy, Salvador Perez, and Whit Merrifield; those veterans just bursting with potential, like Ian Kennedy, Brad Boxberger, and Wily Peralty; and household names, like Ben Lively Adeiny Hechavarria Jersey , Chris Ellis, and Chris Owens.Surely, for a front office who has guided the team to exactly one division crown in 13 seasons, expecting to win the division four years after the team embarked on its last winning season is a reasonable goal. Like Moore said: “expectations drive results,” just like Kyle Zimmer’s expectations of success led to his 2015 Cy Young campaign, Bubba Starling’s rookie of the year season, and Mike Moustakas’ instant success in the big leagues from the moment he stepped to the plate for the first time. Clearly, there is absolutely nothing more to success in baseball, and indeed life, outside of picture-perfect visualization of your goal. Indeed, why use the naughty word “rebuild” at all? It doesn’t carry any meaning about clear progress to a future goal, and it certainly isn’t something that teams have gone through in order to become playoff teams. After all, the front office didn’t rebuild anything when the regime change happened in 2006; that would suggest there was something there previously. Perhaps the plan is to scorch the Kauffman earth for so long that the “re” part of rebuild is gone and there’s just rubble to build from like the good ol’ days!Finally, and most potently Sergio Romo Jersey , the Royals’ quest to win the division is in no way hampered by the Royals’ approach to payroll and free agency. There aren’t any free agents available at all that could be of any help to the Royals should they actually be interested in winning the division. None like Mike Moustakas, a dependable Major League player who might be willing to take a discounted rate to play for a team with which he has an emotional connection. And absolutely none like Bryce Harper or Manny Machado, both of whom could be had on creative deals and bring both eyeballs and wins to the team. It’s a shame, really.When we’re watching baseball in October, we can look back and nod our heads that Moore was right and that, yes, the Royals’ expectation to win the division was totally founded on a realistic outlook and not one of blathering nonsense. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kenley Jansen is back, and just in time to help the Los Angeles Dodgers chase a sixth straight NL West title in September. The All-Star closer worked the ninth for his 33rd save, and the Dodgers edged the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Friday night.Los Angeles moved within a game of Arizona, while Colorado dropped 1 1/2 games back after a 7-0 loss in San Diego.“Every game counts,” Jansen said. “That’s motivation. That’s what fuels me.”Jansen had been shaky since coming off the disabled list, allowing seven earned runs in four innings over four appearances. He was sidelined by an irregular heartbeat.Helped by pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, he worked out some mechanical issues during a bullpen session in Texas earlier this week. He also watched video of himself from the last two years.“I feel great,” Jansen said. “Just got to figure it out.”Paul Goldschmidt doubled with one out http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , but Jansen struck out hot-hitting David Peralta and retired Eduardo Escobar on a grounder to shortstop.“That was huge,” teammate Justin Turner said of Jansen. “He looked pretty electric.”Turner homered on Zack Greinke’s first pitch of the eighth inning for the go-ahead run in his fourth at-bat against his former teammate.“Got a slider he left up, one of the few he left up all night,” Turner said. Enrique Hernandez tied it at 2 with a pinch-hit, two-strike, opposite-field homer off Greinke with two out in the seventh.Dylan Floro (5-3) got the win with one strikeout in one inning of relief.Greinke (13-9) gave up six hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.“I’ve been feeling good for the past month at least, maybe longer late in games, to where I’ve felt like I could pitch a whole other game,” Greinke said. “Today was one of those. I felt really good.” Goldschmidt slugged a two-run shot, his team-leading 31st of the season, in the first. Goldschmidt has reached base in 43 straight road games, extending his club record. Joc Pederson’s RBI single in the third left the Dodgers trailing 2-1.The D-backs had the potential go-ahead run on third base in the eighth. Ketel Marte reached on an error by Floro, got sacrificed to second by Greinke and took third on Floro’s wild pitch. But Steven Souza Jr. grounded out to Floro to end the inning.TRAINER’S ROOMDiamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (right elbow tightness) played long toss with a plan to increase his workload next week. … OF Jarrod Dyson (right groin strain) was set to have three at-bats in a game with Triple-A Reno on Friday night.Dodgers: RHP John Axford (right fibula fracture) is off crutches and playing catch in Arizona, but has yet to throw a bullpen or face hitters. … RHP Ross Stripling (low back inflammation) threw a bullpen and came out of it well. The team has yet to decide on a plan for him.FREESE IN LAIn the ninth http://www.raysfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , the Dodgers announced they had acquired third baseman David Freese from the Pirates in exchange for minor league infielder Jesus Manuel Valdez.“Definitely happy to have him,” Turner said. “He’s a professional hitter. I love watching him take his at-bats.”Manager Dave Roberts said Freese would be used off the bench against left-handed pitching.HOT AUGUST NIGHTSTurner went 2 for 3 and got hit by a pitch. He finished August hitting .402 with 22 runs, 11 doubles, one triple, six homers and 20 RBIs in 25 games.GOLDY VS LAGoldschmidt’s homer was the 31st of his career against the Dodgers, most among active players vs. Los Angeles. He finished 2 for 4 with a double.UP NEXTPatrick Corbin (10-5, 3.15 ERA) starts for the Diamondbacks against fellow lefty Clayton Kershaw (6-3, 2.39 ERA). Corbin is 1-0 with a 0.98 ERA in three starts against the Dodgers this season. Since the All-Star break, Kershaw is 3-1 with a 1.85 ERA, 46 strikeouts and three walks.