I know the Kansas City Royals need to be creative with their money situation and have tried gambling on older players in the chance they perform well enough to flip them for trade value, but is it time to move past that? The last couple of seasons have not provided decent results or trade value and may have stymied younger player development.
In 2018, Kansas City signed Lucas Duda for $3.18 million and he did produce some decent numbers and perhaps the veteran influence was a nice contribution. In 239 at-bats against right-handed pitching, his OPS was .