{"id":525418,"date":"2026-01-17T18:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/525418\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:42:18","slug":"mlb-rumors-royals-fans-wont-love-latest-jarren-duran-brendan-donovan-trade-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/525418\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB rumors: Royals fans won\u2019t love latest Jarren Duran, Brendan Donovan trade update"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB rumors: Royals fans won\u2019t love latest Jarren Duran, Brendan Donovan trade update<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Royals<\/a> have made moves this offseason to try and jumpstart their offense. One of those changes includes literally shifting where the fences are located at their home stadium. Kansas City is also pursuing some bats ahead of the 2026 campaign with trade talks.<\/p>\n

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A new report is throwing cold water<\/a> on the Royals\u2019 pursuit of both Brendan Donovan and Jarren Duran<\/a>. It appears Kansas City won\u2019t be landing either of those players in a trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kansas City Royals are increasingly unlikely to land either of the two hitters they pursued in trades: the St. Louis Cardinals\u2019 Brendan Donovan and Boston Red Sox\u2019s Jarren Duran,\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal reported.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have made it no secret this offseason that Donovan is available<\/a> for a trade. The Pittsburgh Pirates were one of the teams on Donovan early, but those talks increasingly look like they have faded. Duran has also been the target of some teams, including Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Kansas City finished the 2025 season with an 82-80 record. The Royals missed the postseason.<\/p>\n

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Royals are hoping to surge ahead in the 2026 season\"\u00a9<\/p>\n

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Kansas City struggled to hit during this last MLB season. The Royals finished 26th<\/a> in MLB in runs scored as well as home runs, per league stats.<\/p>\n

As a result, Kansas City wasn\u2019t able to make the postseason. The Royals have been aggressive in pursuing players this offseason, so there\u2019s no doubt that Kansas City fans must be disheartened to hear this latest news.<\/p>\n

Kansas City is sticking by their manager Matt Quatraro for the 2026 campaign. Quatraro got a contract extension from the Royals this offseason<\/a>. He has helped guide<\/a> Kansas City to back-to-back winning seasons, including a postseason appearance during the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we think about our team, where it is right now, stability is very important to the organization. I think what [Quatraro] has done over these last three years, and looking at our roster for the coming years, I think it\u2019s important that stability in the managerial position is in place. With [Quatraro], we have a lot of trust in what he does. We know he\u2019s the right man for the job, and we\u2019re proud to have him back for the coming years,\u201d team general manager J.J. Picollo said, per MLB.com.<\/p>\n

Kansas City fans hope for a successful 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB rumors: Royals fans won\u2019t love latest Jarren Duran, Brendan Donovan trade update appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,48,4492,604,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,64,252,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-525418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston-red-sox","10":"tag-brendan-donovan","11":"tag-jarren-duran","12":"tag-kansas","13":"tag-kansas-city","14":"tag-kansas-city-royals","15":"tag-kansascity","16":"tag-kansascityroyals","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","19":"tag-royals","20":"tag-st-louis-cardinals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115911915069528885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}