Royals make a business decision sign

As Duda has to pass the beautiful painting of the Royals celebrating on Citi field on that cold New York night after besting Duda for the World Series, seeing the 2015 World Series Champions flag wave in the Kansas City wind for 81-home-games, and knowing he will have a special place in Royals lore not for his play in what will be a losing season in Kansas City during the 2018 season, but rather what he did to help lift KC to their first title in 30-years, this move continues to be puzzling.

A year ago, Duda clubbed 30-homers with split time between the Mets and Rays, he hit for an average of .217, while getting on base at a .322-clip, and slugging .496 over the course of 127-games.

Signing a veteran on a flier deal does not usually constitute outrage, but for the 2018 Royals it does.

Many think the Royals have the weakest roster in the Majors. While that is a step too far, it is true that the Kansas City Royals are in for a long summer. Signing Lucas Duda does not change that. All signing Lucas Duda does, is take away the chance of developing a Hunter Dozier, Ryan O’hearn, Frank Schwindel, and the likes at the big league level at first base. This is also said about Alcides Escobar, who adds nothing of an upgrade for the Royals, rather makes the rebuild and development harder. Unlike Duda, Escobar adds nothing; An above-average defender, and the worst hitter in baseball, while clogging up the position that your top prospect plays. Adalberto Mondesi, the artist formerly known as Raul Mondesi, is having a killer start to spring training, and eventually needs time to develop as a Major League player. He has hit the cover off the ball to start the spring *Insert a pile of salted grains here* while being a better defender than Escobar. With his spring resurgence, if Mondesi earns the right and claws his way into the lineup, it muddies things up for Kansas City. Sure, he can and will slide to second; But then what do you do with your best position player, Whit Merrifield? This problem could have easily been avoided, by not throwing money away on the worst position player in baseball.