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There’s been a pretty simple motto for the Kansas City Royals in 2024, one perfectly befitting of a team no one expected to be playing this well after a 56-win season a year ago. The refrain goes “The boys are playing some ball,” and to the Royals’ credit, that they most certainly are.
At 32-19 with a +72 run differential, Kansas City is, by any metric, a top-three team in the American League right now. Their starting rotation has been a revelation, Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez are both MVP candidates and quietly, the Royals have become a defensive juggernaut. Now on a six-game winning streak, fans in K.C. are starting to think pretty seriously about a playoff run.
But in order for this surprising success to continue, the Royals cannot afford to keep their roster as currently constructed. There are still some pretty obvious weaknesses and only once those are addressed will the Royals be able to lay claim bona-fide pennant chaser status. These are those weaknesses and the corresponding trades that must be made to eradicate them.
