{"id":2158196,"date":"2025-11-15T07:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2158196"},"modified":"2025-11-15T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:21:22","slug":"royals-trade-stance-on-key-starters-could-make-adding-a-bat-more-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-trade-stance-on-key-starters-could-make-adding-a-bat-more-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals\u2019 Trade Stance On Key Starters Could Make Adding A Bat More Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kansas City Royals have an important offseason ahead of them. They know they need to boost their offense after a down year in which they scored just 651 runs during the regular season.<\/p>\n

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The team is looking for an outfield bat, and they can do this via trade or free agency. If they do it via trade, they\u2019ll have to part ways with a starting pitcher, and Kris Bubic seems like the most logical candidate to be moved with just one year left on his contract, per Will Sammon of The Athletic.<\/a><\/p>\n

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However, when concerning other pitchers, it appears the Royals don\u2019t have any interest in listening to offers.<\/p>\n

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Royals Search For A Bat Just Got More Difficult<\/h2>\n

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Jul 26, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kris Bubic (50) delivers a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images | Denny Medley-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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\u00a0\u201cLeague sources suggest it\u2019s unlikely the Royals would trade Cole Ragans, their ace, especially after a down season and with him under club control for multiple seasons. It\u2019s equally unlikely they\u2019d trade veterans Michael Wacha and Seth Lugo after both starters made commitments to Kansas City,\u201d Sammon wrote.<\/p>\n

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If teams want to trade with the Royals to get a starting pitcher, they could show interest in Bubic. <\/a>However, this might complicate things a little, as teams may prefer to target somebody with more than one year of club control.<\/p>\n

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Wacha has two years left, as does Lugo. Lugo signed an extension during the regular season and Wacha was signed to one last offseason.<\/p>\n

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Trading a starter to get a bat now might be a little bit harder for Kansas City. If they can\u2019t add a bat via trade, they can always dive into the free agent market, though options will be limited there as well, as the Royals won\u2019t spend on players like Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber or Alex Bregman.<\/p>\n

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They could bring back Mike Yastrzemski, but he doesn\u2019t add the same kind of impact that other options would, so it\u2019s going to be difficult to find that piece for Kansas City, even though it makes sense for them to trade Bubic.<\/p>\n

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It will be fascinating to see how the Royals go about adding to their offense, but it would seem that they have made it a little bit harder on themselves in terms of landing the quality of hitter they would need to be considered a force.<\/p>\n

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More MLB: <\/strong><\/em>Royals All-Star Has Multiple Suitors, Could Be Traded: Report<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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