Assembling the best roster possible with the resources available is the primary focus of major league general managers. J.J. Picollo, GM of the Kansas City Royals since the sudden departure of Dayton Moore late in the 2022 season, executed that task superbly two winters ago when he engineered a startlingly good offseason roster rebuild that helped propel his club to its first playoff appearance since Kansas City won it all in 2015.
Unfortunately, though, Picollo's efforts to improve his roster for 2025 — especially at the plate, where KC never landed the big outfield bat it needed — weren't as successful.