The Royals aren’t expected to pursue big name free agents this winter, but that doesn’t mean they won’t look to add some depth to the organization. The Royals are more interested in younger players with some upside who have several controllable years left. Unfortunately, teams tend to hang onto those guys, but in some cases, a promising player finally wears out his welcome.
Last week, all 30 teams scrambled to add players to protect them from the 40-man roster, which meant they had to purge the roster of players. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so let’s take a look to see if there is some freely available talent that could be of use to the Royals.