The anticipated non-tender deadline has come and gone and the Royals faithful now has a better idea of who will be back on their 2026 roster next season.
While there were predictable names who stayed on the expected trajectory of going to arbitration, like Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia, and other names who were surprisingly tendered deals to avoid arbitration altogether in Jonathan India and James McArthur, the last thing to figure out was who would be on the non-tender chopping block.
Well, the wait is over and Kansas City made a pair of roster cuts, one that was entirely expected and one that came as rather a shock.