The Royals must not sell at this trade deadline. Instead, they need to buy.
The Royals currently find themselves in the middle of a competitive window, one of which they took advantage last season by making the playoffs for the first time in nine years, defeating the favored Baltimore Orioles and giving the hated Yankees hell before exiting.
In the broad sense of the franchise, not all that much has changed from last year. As of this writing, the Royals, after an ugly 10-2 loss to the Yankees, are 34-33.
Three things about that record. First, two years ago, being above .