2022 Kansas City Royals with ZiPS

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So, I took ownership of this team just about 10 months ago and I feel like I completely overhauled the team and made it my own. There are some trades that I made that I probably wish I could take back but also feel like I clearly won some others. Traded away guys like OF Kris Bryant,
SP Jake Odorizzi, OF Tommy Pham, C Shea Langelier, RP Brad Hand, SS Will Wilson, C Ryan Jeffers, SP Jackson Kowar and Manny Machado and two guys in Marco Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw, that I traded for and then traded away.

I should be okay in the rotation and have some swing guys(Holton, Gilbert, Richan, Kelly) that could fill in if need be for a short time. I would like to upgrade over Miley or Desclafini if possible.

As for my bullpen, I think I am solid in the closer roll and have very good RH Setup guys. I have a few above average LH RP but would love to get one guy in the 125 ERA+ area. I would move one of my RH(May, Floro, Thompson) or 2 or 3 of my other guys to a team that needs more depth for that LH guy. ***UPDATE*** 1/11/22 Traded for Joely Rodriguez and his 140 ERA+

I feel my lineup should be able to produce, I was very happy with the projection for Anthony Rizzo. I would however, like to upgrade at 2B over Jean Segura or at 3B and I can move Eduardo Escobar to 2B. My other big need is a solid backup OF, preferably LH and one who can play all 3 spots.
**UPDATE** 1/9/22 Made a trade for Luis Urias, so Segura is to the bench for now

I have two solid, not spectacular catchers in Max Stassi and Christian Vazquez(who i am hoping bounces back this year) and a guy on my 40 man roster in Jaime Ritchie who will be fine as a back up if either go down.

I don't feel like I have a ton of top prospects but I do think that I have a few interesting guys that could potentially shoot up lists(Norge Vera, Yasel Antuna, Vaughn Grissom) along with some lower level guys that I like and of course my best trade chip, Max Meyer(who is available)!


Starters:
Zack Wheeler 14-7, 3.23 ERA, 135 ERA+, 4.7 WAR
Marcus Stroman 13-9, 3.60 ERA, 121 ERA+, 3.5 WAR
*Jordan Montgomery 7-5, 3.85 ERA, 113 ERA+, 2.3 WAR
Anthony Desclafini 10-8, 4.04 ERA, 104 ERA+, 2.1 WAR
*Wade Miley 10-7, 3.97 ERA, 110 ERA+, 2.4 WAR


Swing guys:
*Tyler Holton 4-4, 4.35 ERA(4.10 FIP), 102 ERA+(11 projected starts), 0.9 WAR
*Tyler Gilbert 5-5, 4.62 ERA, 96 ERA+(12 projected starts), 0.8 WAR

Closer:
Jordan Romano 5-3, 3.36 ERA, 134 ERA+, 1.0 WAR

RH Setup
Dylan Floro 6-4, 3.37 ERA, 125 ERA+, 0.9 WAR
Trevor May 5-4, 3.57 ERA, 115 ERA+, 0.6 WAR
Ryan Thompson 3-2, 3.55 ERA, 115 ERA+, 0.4 WAR

LH Setup
*Joely Rodriguez 4-2, 3.10 ERA, 140 ERA+, 0.9 WAR
*Jose Alvarez 4-3, 3.81 ERA, 111 ERA+, 0.5 WAR

6th/7th Inning:
*Joe Mantiply 2-2, 3.89 ERA, 114 ERA+, 0.4 WAR
Hunter Wood 2-2, 3.92 ERA, 114 ERA+, 0.4 WAR
*Drew Pomeranz 2-2, 3.92 ERA, 106 ERA+, 0.2 WAR
Miguel Castro 4-3, 3.86 ERA, 107 ERA+, 0.5 WAR
DJ Johnson 2-1, 3.82 ERA, 107 ERA+, 0.2 WAR
Hirokazu Sawamura 3-2 4.06 ERA, 116 ERA+, 0.5 WAR
Blake Parker 2-2, 4.22 ERA, 103 ERA+, 0.2 WAR

Long Relief:
*Matt Strahm 5-4, 3.84 ERA, 108 ERA+(8 projected starts), 0.9 WAR
Zack Kelly 4-3, 4.28 ERA, 110 ERA+(5 projected starts), 0.6 WAR



Lineup:
RF- Seiya Suzuki .287/.350/.484, 24 HR, 86 RBI, 124 OPS+, 0 DEF, 2.6 WAR
LF- *Michael Brantley .298/.350/437, 11 HR, 56 RBI, 112 OPS+, +1 DEF, 2.1 WAR
CF- Byron Buxton .269/.311/.544, 20 HR, 52 RBI, 127 OPS+, +7 Def, 3.1 WAR
SS- Xander Bogaerts .287/.360/.502, 26 HR, 89 RBI, 125 OPS+, -6 DEF, 3.6 WAR
1B- *Anthony Rizzo .260/.362/.461, 23 HR, 75 RBI, 123 OPS+, +2 DEF, 2.7 WAR
DH- JD Martinez .271/.342/.482, 25 HR, 86 RBI, 115 OPS+, - 2 DEF(in LF), 1.7 WAR
2B- Luis Urias .252/.346/.431, 20 HR, 75 RBI, 106 OPS+, -1 D(at SS), 3.0 WAR
3B- #Eduardo Escobar .247/.306/.465, 27 HR, 84 RBI, 108 OPS+. +1 Def, 2.9 WAR
C- Max Stassi .223/.304/.396, 11 HR, 32 RBI, 89 OPS+, +6 DEF, 1.4 WAR

Bench Players
RF- Hunter Renfroe .221/.295/.472, 31 HR, 81 RBI, 100 OPS+, +5 DEF, 1.7 WAR
2B- Jean Segura .282/.331/.412 97 OPS+, 12 HR, 57 RBI, +1 DEF, 2.3 WAR
3B/OF- Yairo Munoz .284/.324/.418, 8 HR, 36 RBI, 95 OPS+, +1 DEF, 1.0 WAR
OF- Yonathan Daza .276/.319/.381, 5 HR, 36 RBI, 76 OPS+, +2 DEF, 0.4 WAR
2B/3B- Wilmer Flores .272/.333/.445, 14 HR, 50 RBI, 109 OPS+, -2 Def, 1.8 WAR
C- Christian Vazquez .259/.308/.386, 11 HR, 50 RBI, 83 OPS+, +5 DEF, 1.3 WAR
2B/3B/SS- Matt Duffy .276/.346/.373, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 92 OPS+. -2 Def, 1.0 WAR
1B- Frank Schwindel .267/.305/.474, 22 HR, 72 RBI, 103 OPS+, 0 Def, 1.2 WAR
OF- *BJ Boyd .258/.303/.404, 91 OPS+, 12 HR, 50 RBI, +7 DEF, 1.2 WAR



Rest of guys:
C- Jamie Ritchie .253/.336/.355 4 HR, 26 RBI, 85 OPS+, +1 DEF, 1.1 WAR
RP- Pedro Baez 3-2, 4.10 ERA, 106 ERA+. 0.2 WAR
SP- Paul Richan 4-5, 4.56 ERA(4.39 FIP), 93 ERA+, 0.6 WAR
Pick #87 - Cody Morisette
Pick #140 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand
2B- Cameron Cannon
3B- Victor Quezada
SP- Ryan Garcia
RP- Braxton Roxby
SS- Jheremey Vargas
RP- Durbin Feltman
OF- Ryan Ward
1B- Joe Davis

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