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Witt appeared in 150 games last year at shortstop and third and struggled mightily with the glove, but flashed 20-homer power in his age-21 season, while hitting at a league-average clip overall. The clear draw is Bobby Witt Jr., the No. Rotation: Zack Greinke, Jordan Lyles, Brady Singer, Ryan Yarbrough, Brad Kellerīullpen: Scott Barlow, Dylan Coleman, Aroldis Chapman, Taylor Clarke, Amir Garrett, Josh Staumont, Josh Taylor, Carlos Hernandez Biggest Strength (SS), Salvador Perez (C), Vinnie Pasquantino (1B), Edward Olivares (LF), Kyle Isbel (CF), Hunter Dozier (3B), Michael Massey (2B), Nate Eaton (RF) They’re not completely out of it, but with a central projection of 72 wins and playoff odds of around five percent, they’ll need a once-in-a-couple-of-decades upset season to make even the expanded version of the postseason. I suppose things could get weird this year - Kansas City has a few exciting young players to tune in for - but it appears to be another rough year on the horizon. The Royals, projected for the sixth- or seventh-fewest wins by FanGraphs as things currently stand, are coming off a year in which they finished 65-97 despite playing in a downright-bad AL Central. Piccolo now runs the show in Kansas City, but if the 2022-2023 transactions are anything to go by, it’s not clear that things are going to be immediately different down by the banks of the Missouri River. Perhaps bigger news than any of these transactions was that longtime head Front Office honcho Dayton Moore, who had helmed the team since 2006, was fired in September 2022. Signed pitcher Zack Greinke to a one-year, $8.5 million contract.Traded shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to the Red Sox for pitcher Josh Taylor.Taylor to the Twins for pitchers Steven Cruz and Evan Zisk Signed pitcher Aroldis Chapman to a one-year, $3.75 million contract.Designated first baseman Ryan O’Hearn for assignment and then traded him to the Orioles for cash considerations.Signed pitcher Jordan Lyles to a two-year, $17 million deal.Signed pitcher Ryan Yarbrough to a one-year, $3 million deal.