Royals fire executive that aided in building 2015 World Series team

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Dayton Moore, an executive with the Kansas City Royals since 2006, was fired on Wednesday. 

This front office move comes as the Royals are in their sixth consecutive season below .500, owning a 59-89 record in the American League Central entering play Wednesday. 

Team owner John Sherman announced the move at a news conference, where Moore did speak about the situation before leaving. 

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General manager Dayton Moore (center) listens to manager Ned Yost talk about retiring from baseball prior to a game against the Atlanta Braves at Kauffman Stadium on Sept. 24, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. Yost, who led the the Royals to a World Series title in the 2015 and is the team's winningest manager, will retire following the finial game of the season on Sept. 29. (Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

"I think the objective is clear: It’s to compete again for championships, and we have to make sure we’re progressing toward that goal," said Sherman, who bought the club from David Glass in 2019 while keeping Moore as general manager before making him president of baseball operations in 2022.  

"In 2022 we regressed, and that happens. It happens to great teams. But as I started talking to Dayton and others, I felt like we needed more change than was talked about, and that was a big reason to make this one."

J.J. Picollo, who Sherman brought in as GM this season, will assume the role as head of baseball operations now. He was the first person that Moore hired since he took over as GM in 2006, but the dynamic never truly worked out. 

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