Last year, the Kansas City Royals traded to get Burch Smith and Brad Keller. We will call that one for two. This year, they are trying again with another pair of pitchers. The team drafted Sam McWilliams and traded for Chris Ellis.
By many accounts, McWilliams is going to at least make the Opening Day roster. The future for Ellis is not so certain.
Rustin Dodd of The Athletic made his projections as to what the innagural active roster might look like for the Royals, and Ellis is nowhere to be found.