Royals Urged To Trade For Outfielders After Lackluster 2025 Season

"Kansas City's outfield situation has at least been better since adding rentals Mike Yastrzemski and Adam Frazier ahead of the trade deadline. However, the Royals still have the lowest scoring offense in the American League, they're still going to miss the playoffs and those two free-agents-to-be will be out of the picture in a couple of weeks," Miller wrote.

"The hope is that Jac Caglianone's second season in the big leagues will go a whole lot better than his first. If the No. 6 overall pick in last year's draft can tap into the 1.025 OPS that he posted in the minors this season, what a game changer that would be in right field."

The Royals tried everything this year, but Caglianone didn't live up to expectations in his rookie year, and even after making some key moves at the trade deadline, they haven't quite been able to increase their offensive production.

Now, the Royals are nearly out of contention with just 10 games remaining on the regular season schedule, and it's going to take miracle for them to get back into the race and return to the postseason.

Their best hope is to add some outfield bats in the offseason, either via trade or free agency. The team will soon have to turn its focus to the 2026 season rather than trying to salvage what's left of 2025.

It will certainly be interesting to see how the Royals go about improving their offense, especially their outfield this coming offseason. That is the area that wil need the most work as they try to bounce back into contention in 2026.