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Royals Rumblings - News for July 29, 2019

Happy Monday, let’s get to the links, many trade related

Eric Longenhagen (Long-in-namen) looks at the Jake Diekman trade to Oakland and the prospects the Royals received back

Diekman has a mutual option for 2020, which probably augmented what the Royals got in return since he’s potentially something more than just a two-month relief rental. Kansas City didn’t get much back, though, and opposing teams I’ve spoken to about this deal think the Royals could have done better by waiting for needy contenders to sweat it out for a few days and offer more.