On a team without a true superstar in the mold of the biggest names currently in baseball, it may be difficult to think of a single player on the Kansas City Royals as indispensable. After all, one of the strengths of the Royals lineup over the past few years has been how virtually every place in the batting order has been able to contribute to Kansas City’s offensive strategy of putting pressure on opposing defenses.
Yet, of the players currently on the Royals, there may be that one player who is truly irreplaceable at this point. Alex Gordon would seemingly be the obvious answer, but the Royals went 31-17, a .