Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Kansas City Royals

Kiss 'Em Goodbye is a series focusing on MLB teams as their postseason dreams fade -- whether in September (or before), the league division series, league championship series or World Series. It combines a broad overview from Baseball Prospectus, a front-office take from former MLB GM Jim Bowden, a best- and worst-case scenario ZiPS projection for 2012 from Dan Szymborski and Kevin Goldstein's farm-system overview.

Today we show the door to the Kansas City Royals, who nursed their vaunted minor leaguers to the majors and experienced the corresponding growing pains. It's time to kiss them goodbye.

For the full breakdown from all angles -- Bowden, BP and Szymborski -- you need to be an ESPN Insider.

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