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The KC Royals need to add a seasoned starting pitcher. Could Trevor Bauer fit the bill?
My Kings of Kauffman colleague David Scharff, a pretty astute baseball observer, recently wrote that the KC Royals need a veteran starting pitcher to help mentor their increasingly young rotation.
A James Shields clone immediately came to my mind. Shields was the main target of the Royals’ intensely scrutinized late 2012 trade that brought him to Kansas City from Tampa Bay (together with future star closer Wade Davis, to whom little attention was paid at the time).