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The Kansas City Royals have an important task ahead of them this offseason, which is finding a bat to boost their offense. They have holes in the outfield and at second base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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They could accomplish their goal of adding a bat via trade<\/a> or free agency, but so far, they seem to prefer the trade route. Several teams need pitching, which is an area the Royals can afford to trade from this winter.<\/p>\n

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With that in mind, here are the two teams in Major League Baseball that line up the best with Kansas City if they want to add pieces via trade.<\/p>\n

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St. Louis Cardinals<\/h2>\n

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Sep 19, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan (33) celebrate with first base coach Packy Elkins (86)after hitting a single against the Milwaukee Brewers during the fifth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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The Royals have already shown interest in Brendan Donovan<\/a>, who the Cardinals are likely to trade this winter. To land Donovan, they\u2019ll need to either trade one of their young starters or another veteran that has a few years of club control.<\/p>\n

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The Cardinals need pitching, but they need more than just a rental arm. Kris Bubic likely wouldn\u2019t be an option for them with just one year left on his contract.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps the Royals could dangle Michael Wacha in trade talks. Wacha began his career with the Cardinals in 2013 and was the NLCS MVP that year. Left-hander Noah Cameron and right-hander Ryan Bergert are also options for St. Louis.<\/p>\n

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Donovan could take over for Jonathan India at second base or even move to left field for the Royals.<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox<\/h2>\n

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The Red Sox are another team that desperately needs a top-level starter to go alongside Cy Young finalist Garrett Crochet. Bubic could be an ideal fit there after a strong 2025 season and a first career All-Star nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wacha also pitched in Boston back in 2022. But the Red Sox also have what the Royals are looking for in terms of bats. Two outfielders in particular make sense.<\/p>\n

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The Red Sox can afford to trade Jarren Duran and Wilyer Abreu with Roman Anthony now in the big leagues. If the Royals want a true leadoff hitter, Duran might be their best option, but if they want power, they would be wise to go with Abreu instead.<\/p>\n

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Either way, the two teams match up well with one another and could make a mutually beneficial swap. Boston might be the best potential trade partner for Kansas City.<\/p>\n

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More MLB: <\/strong><\/em>Royals\u2019 Best Chance To Add A Bat Could Come From This AL East Contender<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Kansas City Royals have an important task ahead of them this offseason, which is finding a bat to boost their offense. They have holes in the outfield and at second base.\u00a0 They could accomplish their goal of adding a bat via trade or free agency, but so far, they seem to prefer the trade […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2160310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Two-Ideal-Trade-Partners-For-Royals-As-They-Work-To.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2160311,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160309\/revisions\/2160311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}