When the Kansas City Royals decided not to re-sign Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer, the writing was on the wall. The team was going to be going through a massive rebuild. In order to help the rebuild move in the right direction quickly, some moves had to be made. Some are harder to understand than others, but so far Dayton Moore has done well.
This season, Moore has made 10 trades and he could still make more before the end of the year.
Royals players traded
- Scott Alexander: Los Angeles Dodgers
- Ryan Buchter and Brandon Moss: Oakland A’s
- Joakim Soria: Chicago White Sox
- Sam Gaviglio: Toronto Blue Jays
- Miguel Almonte: Los Angeles Angels
- Cody Asche: New York Yankees
- Jon Jay: Arizona Diamondbacks
- Kelvin Herrera: Washington Nationals
- Jacob Condra-Bogan: Washington Nationals
- Mike Moustakas: Milwaukee Brewers
Royals players received
- From the Los Angele Dodger: Erick Mejia and Trevor Oaks
- From the Oakland A’s: Heath Fillmyer and Jesse Hahn
- From Toronto Blue Jays/Los Angeles Angels/New York Yankees: cash
- From Arizona Diamondbacks: Elvis Luciano and Gabe Speier
- From Washington Nationals: Brian Goodwin
Then you can add in the Rule-5 Draft
- Brad Keller from the Cincinnati Reds
- Burch Smith from the New York Mets
*Keller and Smith were acquired for players to be named later (PTBNL) or cash
Final Thoughts
Not everyone can be pleased when it comes to trades.