For the past week, the primary focus for the Kansas City Royals was determining which players they planned to keep in the organization for 2026.
On Tuesday, they made a pair of 40-man roster moves to protect a pair promising potentially useful prospects at the major league level in 2026. Then, Friday, the Royals offset those additions with a pair of roster cuts, non-tendering both MJ Melendez and Taylor Clarke.
But after Friday's non-tender deadline, the Royals can really start to build on some of the small momentum they've accumulated already with a pair of smaller scale trades as well as the free-agent flier they took on Alex Lange on Thursday.