Royals: As 3 coaches opt out of Jays series, Dayton Moore’s disappointment says it all
![KANSAS CITY, MO - JUNE 12: Dayton Moore general manager of the Kansas City Royals watches the batting practice prior to a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Kauffman Stadium on June 12, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) KANSAS CITY, MO - JUNE 12: Dayton Moore general manager of the Kansas City Royals watches the batting practice prior to a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Kauffman Stadium on June 12, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/6905ca81548d8762213f00c703252e7b41fec665d965d21646f1579b5d06e3fe.jpg)
Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore is very disappointed with his players and coaches after 10 players and three coaches were not able to travel to Toronto due to Canada’s COVID-19 travel restriction.
10 Kansas City Royals players and three coaches were unable to make the trip to Toronto for their four-game series. As a result, the team had to make a flurry of moves before starting the series.
Royals star infielder/outfielder Whit Merrifield was one of the 10 players that could not travel with the team since he is not vaccinated for COVID-19. He suffered a toe injury on Sunday that broke his streak of 553 games played in a row on Monday. But if he was healthy, he revealed that he might have been vaccinated … if the Royals were actually a team that was in playoff contention and they might have to play the Blue Jays in Canada.
“That’s the only reason that I would think about getting it at this point, is to go to Canada,” Merrifield explained to Anne Rogers of MLB.com. “That might change down the road. Something happens and I get on a team that has a chance to go play in Canada in the postseason, maybe that changes.”
Royals President Dayton Moore spoke with Soren Petro of 810 WHB in Kansas City about the situation and he was not happy.
Royals President Dayton Moore is “disgusted” with Whit Merrifield, others
Kansas City Royals President Dayton Moore revealed to Petro that he had heard Whit Merrifield’s comments and he was not happy.
“I was disappointed,” Moore said. “Truthfully, I was disgusted.”
Dayton Moore with Soren on how he felt when he heard Whit’s comments
— Jason Anderson (@J810Anderson) July 14, 2022
“I was disappointed. Truthfully I was disgusted.”
He also said that Royals owner John Sherman is “disappointed and upset” with the events as well.
Dayton said John Sherman is also “disappointed and upset” about the situation
— Jason Anderson (@J810Anderson) July 14, 2022
Moore also said that it has been a season-long issue. “We’ve already dealt with a lot of frustration and tension throughout the course of this season to be very candid with you,” Moore said.
The Royals were not build to be a winner in 2022 but if there’s as much strife on the team as it seems, the Royals need to hit the reset button and trade away some of their players at the trade deadline and make some managerial and/or coaching changes as well.
Next. Complete list of unvaccinated MLB players who can’t travel to Toronto (UPDATED). dark