Royals Rumors: Trade deadline could end up being quite boring for Royals

Usually a rebuilding season means that the team in the midst of a rebuild will be pretty active during the trade deadline. There might not be as many Royals rumors as fans had anticipated.

The Kansas City Royals are bad. Like, 30 games under .500 bad.

One might think that’d mean the boys in blue would be sending a lot of guys to other teams before the trade deadline, but that might not end up being the case for the 2019 Royals. The main reason for that is that there really aren’t that many tradable pieces on the current roster and the ones who are probably won’t be dealt because Dayton Moore wants to hold onto them.

Not long ago, I discussed the potential trade candidates and while Homer Bailey is still probably in consideration to be traded, his numbers aren’t great and it’s doubtful the Royals get much out of trading him.

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That’s pretty much the case with all of the other one-year tradable assets. Jake Diekman has an ERA over four, Billy Hamilton is batting .217, Lucas Duda is somehow worse than that with a .159 batting average, and Wily Peralta is Wily Peralta. Even if any of these guys do find a suitor, it’s doubtful that the Royals get much of anything for them.

There are a few Royals who have multiple years left on their contracts, but Dayton Moore for one reason or another doesn’t want to trade them. Whit Merrifield comes to mind and while Royals fans obviously love Merrifield, now is the time to trade him. He’s 30 years old and is at his highest value now, but it appears he’s staying put.

While Ian Kennedy and Danny Duffy could be traded, Kennedy’s contract is a huge problem and Duffy is simply too inconsistent. These are two guys who have several years left on their deal and are doing well for the most part, but it’s just hard to imagine a scenario in which a team is willing to give up decent prospects for either pitcher.

To sum up, trade season is usually the most exciting time of the year for rebuilding franchises. It means that despite a lost season, the future can hopefully be restored with a few key trades here and there.

That sadly won’t be the case for the Royals because their one-year players haven’t done what the team had hoped and Moore isn’t ready to part ways with the multi-year guys just yet.