The Winter Meetings this week will conclude with the Rule 5 draft on Wednesday. The Royals currently have a 40-man roster, but could still drop someone before the draft to make a selection. The team is starved so pitching, so there could be some good opportunities to add talent to the organization.
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Tanner Burns, Guardians
The Guardians are always a great organization to poach pitching from, and Kevin Kelly was one of the better picks from last year’s draft. Burns is ranked #19 in their system according to MLB Pipeline after putting up a 3.