It’s an unpopular opinion. I get it. For the same reasons that the Kansas City Royals should explore a trade involving the versatile Whit Merrifield apply to Danny Duffy as well. What exactly are those reasons again? Let’s be honest, neither one of these players are going to be part of the next Royals team that is ready to compete.
With the “fab-five” of starting pitchers in the lower levels of the farm system, the earliest this team is going to field a competitive team again is 2021 and that’s if they can fill the holes on offense.