With the trade deadline just days away now, most teams are either in the mindset of looking for ways to better their team for a postseason push or determining which pieces on their current roster are expendable and finding the right return to better position themselves for the future.
For J.J. Picollo and the Royals though, they found a way to pull off both at the same time, by shocking the baseball world and extending Seth Lugo.
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the veteran starter is finalizing a multi-year deal to remain in Kansas City, adding stability to this rotation both in 2025 and beyond.