The Royals have a long and more recent history of bad trades.
Brandon Maurer hasn’t worked out all that well and although he was having a career year before his injury, you could make a frail argument that trading Wade Davis for Jorge Soler cost the Royals a shot at the postseason in 2017. On a smaller scale, trading Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez after a career-year from Melky in 2011 didn’t make much sense, even as the Royals were searching for starting pitching.
“He’s a very dynamic left-handed pitcher,” Moose said. “He’s somebody our scouts feel is a breakout candidate moving forward into 2012.