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How much money would the Royals have to eat to move Ian Kennedy?

Three and a half years ago (good lord) I wrote about how I thought the Ian Kennedy deal was bad for the Royals. I think I was mostly right then. Kennedy for his time as a Royal has 4.40 ERA, 4.76 FIP, and accrued 4.2 WAR. He’s been paid ~$53.5M to provide that value, meaning the Royals paid ~$12M per win for Kennedy. As a starter, which is why the Royals laid out a $70M contract in front of him, he has a 4.49 ERA, 4.96 FIP, and been worth three wins, good for $17.8M per win in what they’ve laid out so far.