(Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)
Signing former players with questionable baseball futures is an itch the KC Royals seemingly can’t resist scratching. They brought back struggling Greg Holland two winters ago and downtrodden Wade Davis in January. Lucas Duda came back in in 2019, a Royals’ move even more ill-advised than the first time they signed him. Terrance Gore, an admirable but one-dimensional player who catches on with big league teams for snippets of time, returned once.
The Holland reunion has gone fairly well; although the jury is still out on Davis, his has been a troublesome return.