While it is hard to watch the Kansas City Royals play right now, and see fan favorite players leave, all we need to do is start looking towards the future. As of right now, it seems like the Royals have a potential future core that could help push the Royals back to being competitive again. It’s just a matter of when and who will make the jump.
As hard as it is to trade players you’ve grown attached too, keeping players like Mike Moustakas, Kelvin Herrera, and maybe even Danny Duffy and Whit Merrifield provide more benefit in their trade return than being with the team for the full contract length.