Then, there’s the term. Two years ensures that their Captain and franchise lifeblood is not only made to feel respected, but gives the Royals multiple years of continuing to have another marketable fan favorite around to help continue to grow this franchise in their newfound age of competitiveness.
After all, this a former World Series Champion and World Series MVP who continues to write his name in the history books among the franchise’s best and brightest. The story sells itself at this point.
But what a two-year deal also does is give the Royals the flexibility to grow and evaluate in the short-term.