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Just over four years ago, in the middle of baseball’s winter and only a season removed from helping the KC Royals win the 2015 World Series, Jarrod Dyson found himself traded to Seattle. The January 2017 deal brought Nate Karns to Kansas City, where an injury limited him to nine games.
Stops with the Diamondbacks, Pirates and White Sox followed for Dyson. Then, in a surprise move during spring training this year, the Royals brought Dyson back, presumably to steal bases and back up the club’s everyday outfielders. While the Royals’ reunion with the former Kansas City fan favorite came with no warning, it wasn’t shocking considering KC had re-signed reliever Greg Holland, who returned to the team in 2020, and also signed former Royals Wade Davis and Ervin Santana during the offseason.