Royals fired general manager Allard Baird; named Dayton Moore general manager, effective June 8; named Muzzy Jackson interim general manager.
Jackson will run the team through the draft next week, which may have been a term of Moore's hiring. Otherwise, the Royals would be stealing all of the Braves' picks. We don't know that Moore will be a great GM, but the 39-year-old has been a key figure in perhaps baseball's best front office and he is very well regarded. That he'll have complete control over baseball operations should leave Royals fans more optimistic about the future than they have been in quite some time
Took them long enough.