You didn't really read the narrative of the argument.

SINCE George Brett.
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Seitzer had one great year as a Royal, where his OPS was over .800.

One. (his rookie year)

He would be on my "Most Overrated Royals Ever" list
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Dyson? Give me a break. He couldn’t even crack the starting lineup.
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That's likely about as high as Cain, Moose or Hosmer would have done if they'd played with a pitching staff that posted a 5.48 ERA. Good luck with that.

Sweeney has a higher OPS as a Royal than George Brett. Granted Brett's last few years brought that number down and nobody is going to confuse the two by any stretch... but that's the kind of territory Sweeney is in, just a pure hitter that could hit for average and power. Four straight years with an OPS over 900 and seven straight over 850.
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I'd like to see war per year with a minimum of 5 years.
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Frank White
5× All-Star (1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986)
World Series champion (1985)
ALCS MVP (1980)
8× Gold Glove Award (1977–1982, 1986, 1987)
Silver Slugger Award (1986)
Kansas City Royals #20 retired
Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame

Lorenzo Cain

World Series champion (2015)
ALCS MVP (2014)
All-Star (2015)

Any sane person would see the above and know that it is crazy to put Lorenzo Cain above Frank White.....

In his day most 2nd basemen wanted to have the skills and range that White had....most emulated him.

And I can't agree with this list because it doesn't include some of the great pitchers that have played for the Royals...most of whom contributed just as much if not more to a World Series win as Cain did.
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You got the first one right. After that, it’s all sorts of screwed up.
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Yeah I think you are right. Probably should be about 18-22.
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I feel like back in the day, once you made an ASG, unless you just fell off the map they just kept giving it to you. Now it's much more analytical. White had a career .676 OPS. I really feel like Frank is a little overrated in Royals folklore because he was around so long and on many good teams. I didn't give much longevity points in that list, though. It was more a how productive you were on average per year type of thing while you were a Royal. Plus, in a larger field like Kaufman, CF is probably the most impactful defensive position. Part of the reason I like Cain and Dyson so much. Next year we are going to find out how much we missed those guys if Bonifacio and Soler are roaming around. I cringe at even the thought of it.
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Per at bat or games played, I think you would find Dyson to be one of the most valuable players in Royals history in terms of WAR. Very underrated. Royals got great value out of him. Always going to be a favorite of mine. Got almost everything out of his ability.
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I just think we are going to have to agree to disagree....at best Cain is the 4th best CF we have ever had patrol that position. And longevity DOES count...otherwise one/two years wonders would be in the Hall of Fame.

I am betting that if you ask a true baseball expert if they thought Cain was better than White they would laugh and walk away.

White got his Gold Gloves and his All Star appearances because he was the best in that era....he wasn't handed the honors. In fact there was one year he was robbed when they took Harold Reynolds. Read this excerpt from an article "The Times Royals Players were Screwed out of Awards" on SBNation:

https://www.royalsreview.com/2016/11...-out-of-awards

"Frank White - Gold Glove, 1988
The selection of Harold Reynolds over Frank White is still a bit of a head-scratcher, and it darn near caused a riot among Kansas City fans. Frank was an eight-time Gold Glove winner by 1988, having won the award the previous two seasons. He was 37 years old at the time, and perhaps the 27-year old Reynolds was seen as the up-and-comer.

But White had done little to show it was time to pass the torch in 1988. By Defensive WAR, he easily outpaced Reynolds 1.3 to Harold's 0.3. The metrics show Frank hadn't lost a step - he still fared better than Reynolds in Range Factor per-nine-innings. Even by the stats of the day - fielding percentage - Frank White ran circles around Harold Reynolds. Reynolds committed 18 errors that year for a fielding percentage of .977, while Frank White committed a total of four errors - four! - for a fielding percentage of .994. Frank certainly doesn't need a ninth Gold Glove to validate he was a sensational defender, but he really deserved that ninth Gold Glove."
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1. George Brett - 88.4
2. Amos Otis - 44.6
3. Willie Wilson - 42.2
4. Frank White - 34.7
5. Alex Gordon - 32.7
6. Hal McRae - 27.7
7. Lorenzo Cain - 25.7
8. Carlos Beltran - 24.7
9. Mike Sweeney - 23.2
10. John Mayberry - 21.2

OUT OF THOSE TEN listed above and based on those stated figures you that someone else posted..(left out seasons of less than 50 ABs for obvious reasons)
1. Brett 4.42 WAR per year
2. Cain 4.28 WAR per year
3. Mayberry 3.53
4. Beltran 3.52
5. Wilson 3.24
6. Otis 3.19
7. Gordon 2.97
8. Sweeney 1.93
9. White 1.92
10. McRae 1.84
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That's a pretty damn good case for Cain as second best Royal. I had no idea Mayberry was that high. Maybe because he flame out so fast and skipped the decline some of the others had.

I'll always have Frank White as second best in my mind though. Unless Hos stays and goes on to win another WS.
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To be fair, Mayberry and Cain had the advantage of being on the Royals during their prime years. Whereas most of the other guys numbers included their aging less productive years. But, nonetheless. Impressive.
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I saw White play a TON. It always seemed like Ozzie Smith was mentioned more just because he did back flips. White batted cleanup for the 1985 world series. You could talk everyday until the end of time how great Frank White was and he would still be under rated.
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