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Roster moves the KC Royals made this week improved the club, but increased the pressure on Hunter Dozier.
After a week filled with roster moves, the heat is on the KC Royals, one not felt since 2017 when expectations were high they’d recover from the 2016 hangover that followed two straight trips to the World Series and make one last run with their championship core.
It’s the heat to win, something Kansas City hasn’t done since capturing the Series in 2015. But this week’s transactions turned up the temperature—the Royals got the veteran pitcher they needed and possibly a full-time centerfielder, but cut loose the third baseman who did everything they asked of him in 2020.