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The KC Royals can’t afford three critical players having poor seasons.
The KC Royals lost 104 games in 2018, 103 in 2019, and were on pace to lose 92 if they’d played a full schedule last year. Now, an aggressive winter puts the club on the path of more improvement; signing Mike Minor, Carlos Santana, Michael A. Taylor and Andrew Benintendi, and bringing back Greg Holland, make a run at .500 realistic. And if Wade Davis and Ervin Santana recapture the past, and a few other things fall into place, the 2021 Royals might even tease contention.