Offers are reportedly ‘too light’ for Kris Bubic | Kansas City Royals Podcast

Offers are reportedly ‘too light’ for Kris Bubic | Kansas City Royals Podcast

Jeff Passen reports that the offers may be too light to move Chris Bubich. Can the Royals work around it or do they have to look to trade someone else? We’ll give you our thoughts next on Locked on Royals. You are Locked on Royals, your daily Kansas City Royals podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. You are tuned in to another edition of Lockdown Royals in the Lockdown podcast network. I am your host Jack Johnson and you can find me on Twitter at johnnyj_15. That is Jonyj_15. And you can listen to us on wherever you download your podcast. That can be Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Odyssey, and YouTube. Just be sure to hit that follow button and subscribe. For you first-time listeners wondering what to expect from this channel, we come to you Monday through Friday, 30 minute episodes in length and in season. We also have the Locked on Royals postcast which is hosted by Chance Lebo where he’ll go to you live for about 15 to 20 minutes after the game and give you all of his thoughts so you get that immediate reaction. Before we dive into the first segment today, I want to tell you that today’s title sponsor is FanDuel. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. So, download the FanDuel app today. The three things we’re going to be discussing involve a variety of a report that came out from Jeff Passim. We’re also going to circle back to what we teased last night, which was other right-handed bats or right-handed outfielders, I should say, that the Royals would be linked to. And then lastly, we’ll wrap it up with another report that came out from Jeff Passen’s article and Ken Rosenthal, I believe, that the Rangers are looking to move two bats before Friday’s non-tender deadline. But to kick things off here, this one directly involves the Royals. The other two are more so about hypotheticals and if this happens, this could happen. This one kind of follows those guidelines, but for the most part, it is a very important report from Jeff Pass involving Chris Bubich and the Royals likelihood of trading him this off season. Now, we have discussed before as early as yesterday that, you know, maybe to get that bat, you’re going to have to go the extra mile if you are to trade Chris Bubich because Chris Bubich coming off the shoulder injury and the year before that recovering from Tommy John, he is not at peak value. and other teams aren’t just going to jump all over what he did in the first half and give you a top bat, right? Especially since Chris Bubich is going to be a free agent at season’s end. So, if you are going to move him, it’s going to take more than just Chris Bubich as a standalone trade chip, you know, and that, you know, raises the question, are they going to have to look to Noah Cameron, Ryan Burger, or Steven Kolick? And would that get them the bat that they are searching for? So, in this report, and I’ll go word for word here just so that I’m not paraphrasing anything, and you can get it directly from Jeff Passen. So, he did an entire update on the off season, trade candidates, free agents, uh where they’re likely to sign, which teams are making the most noise, but this was Jeff Pass on the Royals, and this, I believe, was the only time the Royals were mentioned in the article. Teams are trying to pluck some of the Royals rotation depth, but because of the shoulder injury that prematurely ended Bubich’s season, the offers are the offers are expected to be too light for Kansas City to bite. Um, this shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Uh, but it also goes to show you the Royals are not going to be settling for, you know, a bounceback candidate in my opinion. Now, we will be talking about a bounceback candidate in the third and final segment today, but I promise you it’s not for an everyday spot, and it’s certainly not for what they need in left field. I mean, JJ Bakolo has been adamant about finding that left fielder that can play every day and be in the middle of the order. And if teams are not offering that for Chris Bubich, there’s going to have to be another way you work around it. That’s why we talked about Blake Mitchell last night because if you need that bat and you trade Chris Bubich and Blake Mitchell, that might be enough to get the bat that you’re searching for. Uh, but you also might have to pivot because this is not an off season you can swing and miss. This is not an offseason where you can sit on your hands because the Royals simply do not have a left field option. And you have an unproven commodity in right. You have a below average bat in center field. you need to make up for it in left field. And if some of these teams are going to be pretty stiff on what they’re offering you and not, you know, trying to be too uh, I guess, loose with their trade proposals, right, in terms of, you know, they’re not just going to sell off a guy because you want him and they’re not expecting to be good. That’s probably how I should have worded it there. Uh, but for the team like the Angels, it was pointed out in Jeff Pass’s article that they’re expected to be one of the biggest spenders or wanting to spend a lot of money this off season. If that’s the case, then that goes against trading Taylor Ward or Joe Adele, but there have been reports this off season that they’re looking to move those two outfielders. So, does replenishing the team just mean the big league level or does it mean replenishing their farm system as well? These are all things that I am, you know, constantly contemplating in my mind about the best fits for the Royals and the best trade partners. But if there’s plenty of teams out there that are asking about Chris Bubich, I’m sure that the immediate conversations were not involving big-time players. Cuz from their point of view, they’re going to say, “Well, Chris Bubich didn’t even throw in the second half of the season. He hasn’t pitched a full season since 2022, right? Because 2023 season cut short to Tommy John. He joins middle of 2024. Season gets cut short in 2025. So he doesn’t have that going for them. It’s not like 2025 was the oneoff. It was the outlier. It’s been a constant theme of his career post 2022. And it al also is when he started to pitch a lot more effectively. He looked good in 23, got Tommy John. Looked good in 24, didn’t have any setbacks, but he also missed the first couple months of the season. This past year, looked as good as he ever has, but only made it until what was it, June, July? I mean, you didn’t even get him for your playoff push. And so teams out there are going to say, “Well, we’ll give you player X or player X and player Y, but we’re not going to give you that everyday player. We’re not going to give you that middle of the order bat.” Because who’s to say that Chris Bubich doesn’t show up to spring training, doesn’t feel good, and we barely get anything out of him, and then he’s going to be a free agent. So that’s the hangup with Chris Bubich. And if you’re going to deal him, it’s going to take a prospect or two. And who knows, maybe even another player at the big league level and a prospect to get that bat that you want. And is that going to be comfortable for the Royals? I don’t believe it would be comfortable, but would be what would be more uncomfortable is not landing a bat whatsoever. And you have this surplus of pitching. You’ve got so many starters at your disposal. Somebody is going to have to be included in a deal to get the bat that you want. And whoever that would be because it’s clear that it’s either Chris Bubich, Noah Cameron, Ryan Bert, or Steven Kolick. One of those guys is either going to have to be replaced in the rotation or you’re going to have to slide somebody up from the bullpen to be that seven starter, right? If you were to deal a Burger or Kolic, those guys obviously are not in the rotation. So, somebody in the bullpen would have to step up and almost take that role that they would almost certainly have. To me though, I don’t see those guys generating the trade interest that Bubich and Cameron are. Bubich is generating trade interest for obvious reasons. Teams feel like they can get him without mortgaging away a big-time player or mortgaging away their future. Uh Noah Cameron, obvious reasons there as well. You’ve got somebody who finished fourth in rookie of the year voting. You’ve got somebody that had a pretty big workload as well, was incredibly effective. and oh by the way has multiple years of control. So you’re counting on him being your number three starter for the next handful of years. And if you have to give up a bat, you’re just hoping that you have a good enough bat to replace that player. In the same way the Royals are hoping to replace one of those guys with another effective starter. And there can be confidence on both sides. I mean the Royals are not going to part ways with pitching just because they have a lot of it. It’s going to take a big offer. It’s going to take a deal that really can move the needle with this lineup. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to deal Chris Bubish just to say you made a trade. Right. Last year they made the trade for Jonathan India gave up Brady Singer and in the end burning the Royals more than it burned the Reds. Now the Reds are also looking to move Brady Singer this off season. So it could have just been a one for one for one year, right? or I guess the Royals did get Joey Weamer in that deal, but he never appeared in Kansas City. But that was a deal that burned the Royals because they didn’t really have that pitching depth in the middle of the season to August and September and they didn’t get much really at all from Jonathan India. So that’s what would make you hesitate a little bit of yeah, we need the bat where last year was we need the leadoff bat, now it’s we need the impact middle of the order bat. It’s going to cost more than just one pitcher. It’s going to cost you multiple prospects or it’s going to cost you, you know, a pitcher with more years of control and you may not be willing to part ways with it, but at some point, you know, push comes to shove. You’re going to need to get that back and maybe that means you’re pivoting to free agency. It’s made all the sense in the world for the Royals to go the trade route and I still have 80% confidence that is going to be the case here. But if you are trying every single outlet and you’re not getting enough for Bubich and and you don’t want to trade Noah Cameron or Ryan Bert or Stephen Kick, well then it’s time to to pony up a little bit and get the money to go get one of the outfielders that can move the needle in that lineup. Do you believe the Royals will still trade Chris Bubich? And if so, who else would they have to include? Let us know in the YouTube comments below. when we come back. Talked about this last night a little bit, but I want to go over some other options the Royals could turn to for a right-handed outfielder. That’s coming up next on Locked on Royals. You are tuning in to Locked on Royals and the Locked On podcast network. I am your host, Jack Johnson, and you can listen to us on wherever you download your podcast. 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You have a couple blue bloodoods out there. Should be a fantastic night of college basketball. And we have feast week next week. So you’ll probably be hearing me put a couple of bets down on FanDuel for some of those great tournament games next week during Thanksgiving. So I constantly, you know, scrolled through Sprack and I looked at at articles involving likely trade candidates because I don’t want to lead anybody astray and and throw out a name that has virtually no chance of being traded. You know, we we’ve had commenters before throw out names that though I do entertain and I think it’s it’s great to get that interaction to to see a comment like that. There are times that I’ll read a name and I’ll go there’s no chance that team is dealing that player just based on where they’re at and based on either being in the division with the Royals or based on the price and knowing what the Royals would want to do in the offseason and that not really matching up. And so when it comes to these trade targets, I’m not sure that outside of the names that we’ve mentioned, there is that obvious pick to to pivot to. Like if they make a trade that isn’t involving one of the outfielders we’ve mentioned for the last week, which that’s in that includes Taylor Ward, Joe Adell, Jiren Durant, William Breu, and Brendan Donovan, who can also play second base. So those four to five names, if it’s not one of them, which it wouldn’t be cheap whatsoever, well, what do you pivot to, right? Who can you pivot to? And is that bat going to be enough? Is that bat going to be the right fit? Cuz there are bad teams out there, right, that are not going to be good whatsoever in 2026. For example, the White Socks have a lot of Royals influence, even more so now. They took Zack Bo from the Royals, but you got Chris Gets as the GM, you’ve got multiple coaches that, you know, spent time in Kansas City. There is that connection obviously. So, I would say of all the AL Central teams that could strike a deal with the Royals, the White Socks would be the most likely. Tigers don’t need to because they’re the front runner in this division. Cleveland definitely won’t. uh Minnesota maybe just because they’re going to be tanking the next couple of years, but they don’t have any outfielders that they would really be looking to move. If anything, they’re going to trade either Joe Ryan or Pablo Lopez. So, for the White Socks, who does that bring up? Well, the obvious candidate would be Luis Robert. But there’s severe concerns for Luis Robert that have nothing to do with ability. It’s about the injury concerns, which he’s almost never been healthy in his big league career. And then you have to question at times the motivation. We have seen some some lazy play from Luis Robert, but that’s also because he’s been in Chicago for a long time. And outside of some of those great playoff runs, you haven’t seen the same type of player. Now, when he was on those playoff teams, it was about the injuries. He still couldn’t stay healthy in some of those seasons. In fact, all of those seasons he couldn’t stay healthy. But that’s a right-handed bat where you go, who knows? Maybe if it was a change in scenery, you come to Kansas City and what if he played left field? He’s a good defender out there in center field when he wants to be, but what if you can lessen the the chances of an injury by putting him in left field? Now, with the Royals, I’ll never rule that out because when they traded for Jonathan India, not in my wildest dreams would I have said he’s going to play left field and third base. So, they will move players around, but that also could backfire. Maybe Luis Robert wants to play center field and doesn’t want to move to a corner outfield spot. But that’s what I’m getting at here is there’s some teams out there that are going to be bad in 2026, but may not be inclined to move a right-handed outfielder. So, do you pivot to free agency? Right? There are a number of options out there. Harrison Bader, Austin Hayes, Lane Thomas, but you know what all three of those guys have in common? They’re platoon bats. You’re not getting that everyday left fielder in in the production. You’re certainly not getting that from Hayes, Bader, or Lane Thomas. And for some of those guys, you’re counting on them to, you know, play much better than they did in 2025. The most notable one being Lane Thomas. He was banged up and hit sub 200. You’re not going to pivot from getting your middle of the order bat to say, “Well, we’ll give Lane Thomas a one-year deal and he can be our left fielder.” That’s not going to be enough to get it done. But AC across the league, right? You’ve got your obvious candidates look to Colorado. We had a um a Mailbag Friday listener say Brenton Doyle in last week’s episode. Brenton Doyle would make a lot of sense. I feel that he’s been a very underrated piece and has just been buried in Colorado due to their poor performance. But is that a name that you go for? He’s got great defense. I believe his bat could play well in Kansas City, but Colorado almost never is involved in in offseason trades. And I’ll even throw in I don’t I don’t believe they’re that involved in trade deadline trades. They just always seem to be stagnant and very content with where they’re at. You know, they do need to tear it all down and rebuild and and Brenton Doyle’s not going to be a part of the next competitive Colorado team. So maybe you go on the National League side of things, but there also might be that team that’s in limbo a little bit, right? They’re not really sure what they want to do, but they know they need pitching. So you look across baseball, who are some teams that that desperately need pitching? Well, the the truthful answer is every team needs pitching out there, right? The the athletics need pitching. their mention in Jeff Passen’s article, but also said that they’re not really willing to trade anybody from one of the top offenses in all of baseball. And if that surprises you, it is the case. The A’s have a top five offense in baseball, and they’re not really looking to to tear that down at all. Now, another right-hand bat I forgot to bring up was Miguel Anduhar, who’s put together some really good seasons, back-to-back years, both, I believe, with Cincinnati and with the Athletics. but he’s not an everyday player. He’s another he’s another platoon bat. And that’s why if you’re to get your everyday player, I’m not sure it’s going to be the free agent route. And I’m not sure you’re going to be able to get it done with just one pitcher from your starting rotation. As we’ve already touched on in the first segment, this is what makes it so difficult to strike deals in the offseason because there’s this se sense of optimism from every team in baseball, even teams like Colorado. When you’re in the off season, it’s your fresh start. Everybody is 0 and0. And unless they’re blown away by a deal, the easiest thing they can do is say, “We’ll just revisit at the trade deadline. You know, if we’re bad at the trade deadline, there’s no way around it. then we can go about striking a deal. But the Royals are in that tough spot where they don’t know. They’re confident, but really I don’t know, and I would say most of baseball doesn’t know if they’re going to be a true buyer at the deadline. Now, the last two years they have been, but the goal is not to be hovering around 500 or a few games over to strike a deal to put you over the finish line. The goal for every team that wants to be buying at the deadline is we’re safe from, you know, being eliminated in the regular season, for lack of a better term, right? We’re safe. We’re going to be getting into October. We’re making deals to enhance our chances of getting to the World Series. We want to make a deep run. That’s why we’re making these deals at the deadline. In 2024, it was a little bit of both. No. Bolster the bullpen. give yourself a chance with the depth you have to get to October and roll the dice. Last year it was just simply getting there. This year needs to be we have a a good team, a good record. We have a solidified spot in the standings even though you look to Detroit last year and they were in danger of missing the postseason after having a 90 plus% chance of making it at the trade deadline. But that’s what I’m getting at here with these these lesser teams in terms of just record uh at the winter meetings. They may not want to move some of their players because they may want to see what team they can assemble before making any decision like that. You need to have that perfect match of a GM that fully is aware their team is not going to compete. They are not going to be spending money in the off season and they want to bring in one of the Royals pitchers. They’re interested like it’s the perfect match there. Don’t want to spend a lot of money in free agency, want to unload on a bad team, but are willing to take on a deal that the Royals are are willing to offer them, right, to be interested in working with JJ Pakola. And once we know that, we’ll get a better grasp at what other right-handed outfielders they could be looking to. But there’s far more options in free agency, but they’re not looking for platoon bats. They’re looking for everyday players that could be in left field. And that doesn’t mean it’s only going to be right-handed hitters. They would prefer it to be that way. But if the deal matches up where they can get a left left field that plays every day and he hits from the left side, so be it. As long as you get that offensive production in the middle of the order. Let’s take our final break of the show. When we come back, the final report I want to go over from Jeff Passen’s article and from Ken Rosenthal was the Rangers are looking to move two bats before the non-tender deadline on Friday. Who are they and would the Royals be in play on either of those two? We’ll talk about it next on Lockdown Royals. You are tuned in to Lockdown Royals and the Lockdown Podcast Network. I am your host Jack Johnson and you can find me on Twitter at johnnyj_15. The final report that we’re going to dive into here involves the Texas Rangers and at least one of them that could make sense for the Royals in a unique role. So, the two players I I’ve done enough teasing for you guys in these last three three uh parts of this episode. It’s Adulles Garcia and it’s Jonah. Jonah, of course, the catcher for the Rangers. Adulles Garcia has been the right fielder and postseason hero of the Rangers the last couple of years. Should be worth noting both players are coming off lesser seasons, down seasons. Do Garcia was just below being a league average bat. Had 19 bombs, but an elite right fielder. Like unbelievable arm. Really can cover a lot of ground out there. There there’s a lot to like defensively from Adulles Garcia. Same goes for Jonah. But let’s get that right out of the way. The Royals aren’t trading for Jonah. He’s a catcher. There’s no reason whatsoever with Salvador Perez and Carter Jensen on the roster to make a deal for Jonah. Adulles Garcia is interesting because I go back to a couple of episodes we did prior to the trade deadline last year and Adulles Garcia was mentioned more than a few times because the Rangers were looking to move him but clearly were asking for too much and nobody bit. Nobody wanted to, you know, take on Adulus Garcia and the sub 230 average, sub 280 on base percentage and declining power, right? He did have a little bit of a stretch toward the trade deadline where the power numbers surged. The Rangers were surging and he became an intriguing target, but then the Rangers were in the postseason race and there was no need to trade him at that point. They wanted to keep him around and now they’re revisiting it in the offseason. But what I found this what I found to be interesting on this is kind of in the same way the Phillies are working with Nick Castanos. They’re trying to trade these guys. So, the Rangers are trying to move Adulles Garcia, Jonahim. Phillies are trying to move Nick Castanos. Two of those guys are right-handed bats. I also believe that two of those guys have seen their final days of being an everyday start. I don’t view either of them, no matter what they’re making, as everyday players in right or left field. And so we heard this from JJ Bakolo last week which was they are looking for a right-handed bat that could complement Jack Kaggleon in right field. Now with this report about Adulus Garcia, it’s also mentioned that if they don’t find a trade partner come Friday, there’s a chance that they non-tender them. So then they can become completely open to the rest of baseball. Come even more likely. So, I could see teams holding back a little bit and saying, “Well, we’re not going to make a trade because these guys could be non-tendered on Friday.” But, it’s kind of the who’s bluffing, right? There’s a chance the Rangers say, “Well, we’re we’re trying to move them, trying to move them, then we’re going to tender their contracts and then they’re going to be with us.” Not saying they couldn’t move them still in the off season, but there could be teams that are not willing to fight until they know what the Rangers are doing on Friday. If you’re the Royals, I believe there’s a world in which you could offer up a little and get a Doles Garcia. You would not have to give up a top prospect. You would not have to give up a a pitcher from your rotation. I don’t believe any of that. I believe they could trade away somebody that is truthfully blocked in Kansas City to get a Doles Garcia coming off back-to-back years where he was a below average bat. And I fully am aware of the fact that he does not hit lefties very well. In fact, he hit 199 against lefties. However, the right-handed options that complement Jack Kagleion last year were not power bats like Adolles Garcia and certainly not elite defenders like Adulles Garcia. So, if there was a scenario in which you could look to the Rangers and say, “Well, we do want a right-handed bat. We don’t want to give up too much. We don’t want to overpay for a platoon bat, right? We don’t want to give a a a Rob Rush Snider over $10 million a year. They still could and maybe that is the case, but if you wanted to go a different route and give up a little for Garcia, I could see why it would work. It’s a fresh start. You come to Kansas City. He’s played in huge outfields before. I mean, so that gives you a boost with the defense. But if you’re looking for a platoon right fielder, I could see a world in which Adulus Garcia makes sense because of that defense. And honestly, that’s all I’m looking for for this compliment to Jack Kagot. We’re going to be seeing him a lot. And the Royals already said they view him to be a really good player for them down the road, but they still want to have that secondary option. When they’re facing lefties or when he’s going through a slump, you want to turn to somebody. Why not go for somebody that you’re not having to give it up give up a ton for? Could be that right-handed bat, has tremendous power still, and is an elite defender. You didn’t have that in the outfield last year. Your only good defender in the outfield was Kyle Isbel. Mikey Shreky handled right field just fine. But you could have one of the better defensive right fielders in the game have a little bit of the pop. And yeah, the offensive numbers have been down. But if you had a bat that could back up Jack Kagleon, that could ops plus around 95, five points below the league average, it’s not as bad as you would think, considering they had guys that were in the 50s and 60s last year that were playing right field when Jack Kaggleon wasn’t out there. So, I find it interesting that the Rangers are trying to move him and maybe you just say, “We’re going to wait and see. We’re not interested. Uh, we don’t want to deal anybody from our farm system for a guy that has had back-to-back down years.” But I’m only viewing him as a platoon bat, as a bench bat. I don’t believe he’s an everyday starter anymore. And clearly, the Rangers don’t either. That’s why they’re looking to move them. Or maybe they get to Friday and they non-tender their contracts. There’s a chance too the Royals could be non-tendering a couple of guys as well and guys that were starting every single day or mostly every day. Jonathan India is one of those names. Maybe the Royals are trying to move him because as we know he’s set to make near $10 million. Is that worth it for the Royals with the production he gave you last year and what you might expect to get from him in 2026? The Royals need to raise the floor of the outfield. And I feel if the price was right, if you were not giving up much, you were trading away a guy that was blocked and you do have a good relationship with the Rangers and striking deals before, I could see a scenario in which that happens. I could also see another team jumping on it before the non-tender deadline on Friday just to see if he could be a bounceback candidate. He’s got 30 home run potential, but he’s also not an everyday player anymore. We know that Jack Kaggleon is going to be in right field a lot in 2026, but to have somebody that could theoretically play two of the outfield spots, be a right-handed bat and a power option off the bench, if it wasn’t costing you a ton, then it would make sense. But again, I have no idea what the Rangers would be looking for. But I can tell you this from past history of non-tender candidates. If you are looking to trade somebody before a non-tender deadline and you’re planning on non-tendering them, you’re not getting a big return to begin with. You’re kind of just hoping you can get some form of value for your bullpen or somewhere in your farm system. But gone are the days where you could get tremendous value for a player you’re already looking to move on from this Friday. Do you believe Adoulles Garcia could be a good platoon option for the Royals? Let us know in the YouTube comments below. That’s going to do it for another edition of Lockdown Royals in the Lockdown podcast network. I’ve been your host Jack Johnson. Thank you for making Locked On your first listen every day. For your second, find the All Night Locked on MLB Game Night. Every game, every night until a World Series champion is crowned. Get local analysis on a national scale and find MLB Game Night on Locked on MLB on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast. Tomorrow, we’ll be bringing you another episode going over some platoon options for the outfield. And who knows, maybe we can pivot back to the bullpen and what guys could be available to replace some players I don’t believe will be back in 20126. But until then, you take it easy, Kansas City.

We react to Jeff Passan’s offseason article and its content. Next, what right-handed outfield options are out there for the Royals? Lastly, would this Rangers outfielder make sense in a deal before the non-tender deadline?

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