When looking back at the original signing of Lucas Duda, it seemed obvious that the Kansas City Royals were going to use him for prospects. Similar to what the New York Mets did last year with Duda, I’m sure the Royals thought they could potentially replicate that this year.
In fact, the Royals made a couple moves like this during the offseason. The only difference was the Royals were actually able to flip some of those players for prospects. Jon Jay was traded to Arizona for Elvis Luciano and Gabe Speier and Mike Moustakas was traded to Milwaukee for Brett Phillips and Jorge Lopez.