Video: Mason Black Trade, Outfield Help, & Pitching Depth Rumors

[Brandon Glick]

The Kansas City Royals have a path to becoming AL Central favorites, but they'll need to dedicate themselves to upgrading the offense in every way this winter.

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[Rolando]

Looking back at this video, I don't know how I feel about what the Royals did.  I'm glad they kept all their pitching depth, but I still have questions if they did enough.  I felt they could of signed one of those many mid tier bats(Yastremski, Austin Hays, Reifsnyder, etc,,. They did pick up Thomas on a serious overpay, and Collins on a trade was a solid great moves but we need more time to see how they plays out.  The outfield has improved, barring Q's choices of lineup, as he manages to overplay guys like Lofton, etc,  guys that traditionally hover around .200 BA, .285 OBP, SMH!, but it has improved, the question is by how much? They might have an actual league average outfield now, with nothing special. Sorry, and I hope I'm wrong but I still think Cags needs time and will still bat around .215 BA, .285 OBP,.. 15-18 HR, . I also wonder why did Milwaukee so easily trade Collins as his numbers demonstrate more potential/success in his first year than to just be traded for a bullpen arm coming off a mediocre year, along with a equally successful bullpen arm in Mears included in the trade. Was there a behavioral issue. I don't know why so many are down on Collins, as I like his stats, along with his relatively high OBP, that KC  lacks those type of hitters.