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Kansas City Royals News: Lucas Duda and rebuild plans

By Leigh Oleszczak

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: First baseman Lucas Duda #21 of the Tampa Bay Rays fields the ground out by Chris Young of the Boston Red Sox to end the top of the fourth inning of a game on September 16, 2017 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - SEPTEMBER 16: First baseman Lucas Duda #21 of the Tampa Bay Rays fields the ground out by Chris Young of the Boston Red Sox to end the top of the fourth inning of a game on September 16, 2017 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /
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Kansas City Royals news is about the team signing Lucas Duda to a one-year deal and also about what the Royals plan to do as far as rebuilding goes.

Just a few weeks ago, Eric Hosmer was the Kansas City Royals‘ plan at first base for the next however many years. Well, Hosmer chose to be San Diego’s first baseman of the future, and the Royals were left thinking Hunter Dozier was the solution.

Not even two weeks after Hosmer inked an eight-year deal with the Padres, the Royals signed Lucas Duda to be their first baseman for the 2018 season. Duda isn’t a bad player by any means, but the decision to bring someone on was a little surprising considering the plan appeared to be rebuild, rebuild, rebuild.

If the Royals are rebuilding, then why is Duda now a Royal? Seems like unnecessary money to be spending, but the same could be said for Alcides Escobar I guess (though he’s been a member of this team for a long time and has ties to Royals history).

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    • Before, first base was a question mark, but Duda will more than likely be the main man there now. Having Duda might make fans more comfortable with first base (not many of us were jumping for joy over the thought of Dozier being there full-time), but is it really worth a few more wins? I guess we’ll find out.

    Check out what’s trending in Kansas City Royals news throughout FanSided.

    Signing Lucas Duda puzzling move for rebuilding Royals [Leigh Oleszczak, KC Kingdom]

    "The team isn’t going to win very many games, so why even waste the money on someone like Duda if it’ll only win them an extra six or seven games?"

    It’s always about ‘The Process’ [Joe Green, Kings of Kauffman]

    "Dayton Moore knows (perhaps better than any other GM in a small market) how important it is to have a stream of players from your own system ready to take the field, but more importantly, that they take the field together."

    Royals walk off on Reds 3-2, remain undefeated [Jordan Foote, Kings of Kauffman]

    "It wasn’t the prettiest of performances but overall, the W is all that matters. Some great pitching and timely hitting came through when needed the most and the Royals avoided their first loss of the spring again."

    Here are some other pieces of Kansas City Royals news from around the rest of the web.

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    Looks like the Royals didn’t learn much of anything from the last rebuild [Matthew LaMar, Royals Review]

    KC native Logan Morrison reportedly turned down offer from Royals [Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star]

    Kansas City Royals sign Lucas Duda to one-year deal [ESPN]

    In a season where we thought it’d be shifting guys all throughout the diamond and learning new positions, first base apparently won’t be grouped in with that. Maybe this means the Royals like how Nick Pratto is developing and he could get a super-early call-up, or maybe it was just to bring in insurance in case Hunter Dozier stinks at first base.

    Whatever it is, hopefully Duda can perform well and this won’t seem like such an odd signing at the end of the season.

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