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The Royals led the American League in pitching and had one of the top closers in baseball in Greg Holland (47 saves, 1.21 ERA).

Say what? Here’s the bottom line: This is the 28th straight year the Royals haven’t made the postseason — seventh straight under Moore’s watch — and over the winter Moore did an excellent job in addressing their biggest weakness, starting pitching, with his trade acquisitions of James Shields and Wade Davis from the Rays and Ervin Santana from the Angels, and the signing of 15-game winner Jeremy Guthrie. “In a small way, I feel like we’ve won the World Series,” is how Moore put it at his end-of-season press conference last week. Get a job phenergan cream As for Yost, his supporters, first and foremost GM Dayton Moore, point to the Royals achieving their best record (86-76) since 1989 as sufficient reason for giving him an extension.