KC Royals GM Calls Out Adalberto Mondesi

Things don't sound like they are going as planned in Kansas City as Royals general manager Dayton Moore is calling out some players. His target this time around is shortstop Adalberto Mondesi.

Moore was as honest as any executive in the league with his recent comments as he's admitted the team can't rely on Mondesi to be an everyday player for 162 games. Moore appeared on a local radio station in KC and had this to say:

We love Mondy to death ... when you look at Mondy, we're going to expect him to be healthy, be positive about that, but he's proven he just hasn't been able to do that. We're learning we're going to have to manage his workloads in ways that he may not be a guy that plays more than 100 games a year, best-case scenario. Hopefully he exceeds (100 games per year), but as somebody who's responsible for putting together a 26-man roster, we've got to look at ways to supplement and perhaps be more balanced as if he's not a part of it. We're certainly not going to release him, we're going to continue to stay with him, obviously, but we've got to make sure we put the roster together in ways that protect us. ... We have to be wise when we put together this roster, and we can't count on him as an everyday player.

Mondesi is 26 and was expected to be a core piece for the Royals, but it's obvious the GM has other ideas.  

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