Kansas City Royals are struggling at 48-52 and 5.5 games behind the final AL wild card spot. Although recent transactions suggest a mix of buying and selling before the July 31 deadline, they recently acquired Adam Frazier in a trade to enhance their lineup. Frazier has improved his performance lately and fills multiple positional needs. The Royals have the least productive outfield in baseball, prompting further roster changes such as releasing Hunter Renfroe and calling up prospect Jac Caglianone.
Kansas City has far and away the least productive outfield in baseball, combining for -3.1 bWAR this season.
Frazier has hit .306/.363/.405 over his last 125 plate appearances.
While the club's recent transactions indicate that they're not ready to wave the white flag just yet, it may be more likely that the Royals ultimately end up hedging by both buying and selling prior to the July 31st deadline.
If Frazier isn't the most eye-popping addition on paper, he should still boost an outfield mix that has nowhere to go but up.
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