The Winter Meetings have concluded with the Royals yet to address their glaring outfield needs. The free agent market became thinner when former Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski signed a two-year deal with the Braves this week. With Harrison Bader looking for a three-year deal, the free agent market isn’t looking like a promising avenue to add a starting outfielder.

The Royals could instead look to the trade market, where they are reportedly open to dealing their pitching surplus. Rumors have swirled around Boston’s Jarren Duran and St. Louis’ Brendan Donovan, but a report from Katie Woo and Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic report the Royals could look to the defending champs if they part with outfielder Tesocar Hernández.

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