When fans look for their teams to improve in the offseason, the players a last-place team moves on from are usually not the fertile ground for another team's solution.
With the non-tender deadline passing last week, there are plenty of new free agents to explore and inspect for the Kansas City Royals and 29 other teams. But it is their division rival, the Chicago White Sox, that had a pair of non-tendered players who should pique the Royals' interest: outfielder Mike Tauchman and first baseman Tim Elko.
The White Sox improved from their 2024 lows in 2025, but the franchise is still deeply flawed.