Zumwalt is not the guy in the weeds with the hitters. He is, but he’s the one in charge of the guys who are in charge. He’s sort of the CEO of the hitting staff. What it seems like the Royals are betting on here is that he’s the right CEO, but any of three things below him were wrong in 2025, or at least were wrong for the first three months. The first may be the people working for him as coaches. The second may be some of the philosophies they expound. The third may be the players. My opinion is it’s all of them.
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When a company is tanking, we all know you fire middle management and not the CEO
the CEO of hitting in a company owned by his dad maybe
I agree with Lesky, it’s all of them. Dunno if that means keeping Zumwalt is the best idea though.
Right. And I bet the CEO even deserves a bonus.
Is Zumwalt the guy who was fighting with people on Twitter with a burner account?
Counterpoint:
Fire the coaching staff.