Despite having the third-worst offense from an outfield last year, the Royals have yet to acquire an outfielder this off-season. But they haven’t been completely sitting on their hands, according to a recent report from Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. He writes that as free agent slugger Anthony Santander was waiting on a slow-moving market, the Royals made a three-year offer.
The Kansas City Royals made Santander a three-year offer and increased it to $66 million, according to sources briefed on the talks. But by the time they presented Santander with their enhanced proposal, which included an opt-out after the second year and deferrals that were still being negotiated, he had committed to the Blue Jays.