In the past week, the Royals made a trade, sending Joakim Soria and Scott Alexander out and acquiring minor leaguers Trevor Oaks and Erick Mejia. We discuss.

We also revisit the re-signing of Alex Gordon, just a short two years ago. It's...not that uplifiting, I'm afraid.

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