The 2025 MLB Trade Deadline is a week from Thursday meaning it's crunch time for teams to make the ultimate decision of what trade strategy they'll undertake.
Few teams are in a tougher place when it comes this kind of decision than the Kansas City Royals. On one hand, the Royals have a lights out pitching staff, a lineup lead by an MVP-caliber bat in Bobby Witt Jr. and were of course a postseason team just a year ago, which all fuel the buyers argument.
However, the Royals offense continues to be one of the poorest performing entities in MLB - they sit 28th in RBI, 25th in OPS and 27th in wRC+ through Monday - and they're still three games under .