{"id":2496725,"date":"2026-07-10T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2496725"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:04:48","slug":"royals-reacts-results-wheelin-and-dealin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-reacts-results-wheelin-and-dealin\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Reacts Results: Wheelin\u2019 and dealin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\"><em>Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in\u00a0<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Royals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Royals&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em><strong>Kansas City Royals<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0fans and fans across the country.\u00a0<\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/0DWS6R\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign up here&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em><strong>Sign up here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Earlier this week, we asked how many players the Royals need to trade away before the deadline<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;image-lightbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lightbox-open&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">92% of you thought the Royals needed to trade at least three players at this deadline. That\u2019s not surprising at all, but what <em>is<\/em> at least a <em>little <\/em>surprising is that the number of five or more voters isn\u2019t that large. When I originally wrote the poll question, I didn\u2019t realize how many tradeable players the Royals had. The list I added to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/kansas-city-royals-discussion\/101870\/royals-reacts-survey-should-the-royals-perform-a-fire-sale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:original poll post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;original poll post&quot;}\" class=\"link \">original poll post<\/a> came after the fact and was as much to help me figure out how I was ultimately going to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For those of you who don\u2019t remember and don\u2019t want to click that link, here is the list of potentially tradeable Royals:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p class=\"\">Players on expiring contracts:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Players who might be considered valuable (but replaceable) veterans with contracts that do not expire at the end of the season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">There are at least four healthy players in the expiring contracts category, five if Bubic can get his act together. So basically, almost as many of you are happy keeping every single guy the Royals might have back next year as think they should trade at least one of them. For what it\u2019s worth, I stand with the 43% who voted five or more. As I mentioned on the most recent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/royals-rundown-podcasts\/101419\/jensens-streak-witts-return-and-a-royals-season-that-keeps-testing-patience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Royals Rundown podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Royals Rundown podcast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Royals Rundown podcast<\/a>, I think the Royals need to empty out their bullpen. No one in there has been good enough that I feel excited about bringing them back next year, and if they can bring back any kind of value (including young pitchers who might turn into relief studs next year), then the Royals should get rid of them. <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/60570\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steven Cruz;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steven Cruz&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Steven Cruz<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10488\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Beck Way;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Beck Way&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Beck Way<\/a> are the only relievers I\u2019m even remotely interested in seeing on next year\u2019s roster. Unless you include <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/63567\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Luinder Avila;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Luinder Avila&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Luinder Avila<\/a> as a reliever (which, honestly, I do.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Additionally, while Lugo probably doesn\u2019t have much in the way of trade value anymore, I really think they should try to get someone else to take Wacha while he\u2019s still at what is almost certainly the peak of his value and try to replace Wacha with a similarly savvy free agent signing this offseason. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like Wacha, it\u2019s just that I think the Royals have shown an ability to find starting pitching just about everywhere, and if they could use him to patch multiple holes or one hole with a really good prospect, I think it makes the most sense for them to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The rumor is that the Royals feel like they\u2019ll have to be blown away by an offer for Wacha in order to deal him, and in recent history, they\u2019ve not ever been blown away by any trade offer. So he\u2019ll probably stay put. Maybe that isn\u2019t the worst outcome in the world, but if they pair it with keeping all of their \u201ccontrollable\u201d relievers, I might scream.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><em>These survey results are sponsored by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FanDuel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FanDuel&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FanDuel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in\u00a0Kansas City Royals\u00a0fans and fans across the country.\u00a0Sign up here\u00a0to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week, we asked how many players the Royals need to trade away before the deadline 92% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2496726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[416711,451005,308583,350963,349960,313841,43627,311278,314436,423377,311283,342882,349016,313843,311237,424370,77699,244474,428844,340583,102808,342632],"class_list":["post-2496725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-alex-lange","tag-beck-way","tag-carlos-estevez","tag-daniel-lynch-iv","tag-john-schreiber","tag-jonathan-india","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kris-bubic","tag-kyle-isbel","tag-lane-thomas","tag-lucas-erceg","tag-luinder-avila","tag-matt-strahm","tag-michael-massey","tag-michael-wacha","tag-nick-mears","tag-salvador-perez","tag-seth-lugo","tag-starling-marte","tag-steven-cruz","tag-vinnie-pasquantino","tag-washington-nationals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Royals-Reacts-Results-Wheelin-and-dealin.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496725","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=2496725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496727,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496725\/revisions\/2496727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}