Kansas City Royals Trade Deadline Overview
By David Hill
The Kansas City Royals Seemingly struggled throughout the year, being riddled with injuries and general ineffectiveness in several aspects. Yet, they are still in the thick of the Wild Card race and only five games behind the Indians in the Central.
This was a key season for the Kansas City Royals and how the 2010’s would be defined in the American League. Fresh off of consecutive World Series appearances, the Royals opened the vaults and loaded up for a chance at repeating as champions. They brought back Alex Gordon at a team record contract, and signed Ian Kennedy and Joakim Soria, trying to show that the losing teams of the past twenty years were officially a thing of the past.
However, this year has not gone according to plan. Gordon has missed time due to injury, and Mike Moustakas, who had been showing that his breakthrough campaign in 2015 was not a fluke, is out for the year. Both Chris Young and Kris Medlen have struggled and have dealt with injuries. Omar Infante was finally healthy, but had absolutely nothing left in the tank, finally being released.
Even with these problems, the Kansas City Royals are hanging around in the midst of the American League playoff hunt. While they are five games behind the Indians, they are only a game out of the Wild Card, and have a chance to make the postseason for the third consecutive year. But what can they do to get there?
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