It seems like a lot of people are assuming the Royals can trade from their starting pitching depth, and I felt like I wanted to be one of them. However, I started thinking about how deep is this depth that they would be trading from? There are a lot of arms that could start in KC in 2026, that is true, but that is not enough to consider it sufficiently deep to definitely trade from.

Let’s start with the top five, a solid rotation assuming everyone stays healthy. • Cole Ragans – coming off a shoulder injury • Seth Lugo – coming off a back injury (and turning 36) • Kris Bubic – coming off a shoulder injury • Michael Wacha • Noah Cameron

Three of the five have significant question marks and Wacha is no spring chicken. Ragans did look very good down the stretch, so assuming his hea

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