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The KC Royals gave a pitcher his first shot at a major league job. He was later part of a key trade, played for other teams and now pitches in Korea.
Not much remains of the memorable 2014 and 2015 KC Royals, the teams that brought championship baseball back to Kansas City after 30 agonizingly long years without it. Only four members of those clubs–Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez, Danny Duffy and Greg Holland–are still with the team, a number that may decrease by one if Holland’s bid to regain a bullpen job falls short.