The Kansas City Royals need some headline help, but they may also need some bottom-run reinforcements if they wish to keep a postseason window open in 2025.
Now “bargain bin” is the only way to describe the following pitchers. These aren’t proven MLB arms or prospects with enough pedigree to get Royals fans clamoring for multi-year deals. Instead, they’re older pitchers—too old to be prospects—who’ve logged only minimal action in 2025.
The baseline for these potential trades is something like last year’s Paul DeJong deal. In that case, the Royals acquired DeJong for a few months and sent back right-hander Jarold Rosado, a now-23-year-old reliever struggling in High-A.