Rewind Yourself: The 1992 Expansion Draft

“Rewind Yourself” is an anthology of stories of the stupidest moments in Royals history. See previous episodes here for an explanation of the name of the series.

The Royals have made some head-scratching moves throughout the years. The David Cone trade. The Jermaine Dye trade. The other David Cone trade. Trading for Yuniesky Betancourt. Some of those bad moves were made in part, because of money. But one underrated bad move was a completely unforced error. It came, in the 1992 expansion draft.

Baseball began kicking the idea of expanding again in the mid-80s, having not expanded since the 1977 season when the American League added the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. There was some…