Royals trade candidate: Brad Keller

Brad Keller #56 of the Kansas City Royals pitches against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning at Progressive Field on June 01, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.It is that time of the year again, when the Royals find themselves hopeless buried in the standings by the time kids are out of school for the summer. It wasn’t supposed to be that way this year - there was some hope the team could make enough progress to at least hang around with a competitive record until July. Instead, the Royals have the worst record in baseball, and will be forced to approach the trade deadline as sellers. They have several players that could draw interest - catcher Cam Gallagher, outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Whit Merrifield, and pitchers Brad Keller, Zack Greinke, Amir Garrett, Scott Barlow, and Josh Staumont, among others. We’ll start by focusing on Keller.

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