The Royals famously built their late-1970s teams through a lot of great trades. Many times, those were deals where Kansas City shipped out a veteran for a young player who had been undervalued by his previous team. One such trade, and one that worked out probably better than the Royals ever hoped, came 45 years … Continue reading Talking Trades: Royals Acquire Major Piece In Minor Trade
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Talking Trades: Royals Pilfer Power From Pittsburgh Pirates
By my count on Baseball Reference, the Royals have made 15 trades with the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1969. Most of those were small potatoes deals, but when the teams have done business at the Winter Meetings, the Royals have done quite well for themselves. We just passed the 50th anniversary of one of those trades, … Continue reading Talking Trades: Royals Pilfer Power From Pittsburgh Pirates
Talking Trades: Royals Acquire Lonnie Smith, Win World Series
On the morning of May 12, 1985, the Kansas City Royals had two major problems. An 11-3 loss to the Yankees at home the day before left them 5.5 games out of first place in the American League West with a 12-15 record. For the defending division champions, a franchise that expected to make the … Continue reading Talking Trades: Royals Acquire Lonnie Smith, Win World Series
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