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KC Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier will be closely scrutinized this season.
The KC Royals are a frugal club historically loathe to spend big bucks on individual players. Most notably, they traded young stars Carlos Beltran and Johnny Damon when both were on the verge of free agency, signaling reluctance to pay the money required to keep them and similarly-skilled players.
Occasionally, though, the Royals cast the vault doors wide open, but with poor or mixed results. They signed reliever Mark Davis for $10 million right after he led the National League with 44 saves and won its Cy Young Award in 1989, only to discover that season was the best he’d ever have.