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Royals: Making the correct free agent gambles can make all the difference

I think we all agree that there will be no big-ticket free-agent signings from the Royals this offseason. But, we do still need some players. Our roster was downright embarrassing through most of the season in 2019.

One way to avoid embarrassing ourselves again would be to avoid making the same mistakes in free agency that we made last season. The signings of Chris Owings and Billy Hamilton and Lucas Duda (which also led to the release of Brian Goodwin) were terrible signings. They were bad at the time we signed them and not one of them even lasted through the season or had enough value to bring back a bag of balls in a trade.