Will the Royals bring back Michael Lorenzen?
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Michael Wacha
I don’t need to tell you who or what Wacha is. It sure seems like the Royals want him back and he’d like to come back. He’s likely going to opt out of his $16 million player option for 2025, which makes sense after the season he had. I’m not sure it’ll take much more than that in terms of AAV, but maybe a two year deal for $32 million makes sense. He might want to get what Miles Mikolas did and go three years and $54 million or so. I could see something in that range. I believe it is the preference of the Royals that they bring Wacha back, and if I had to guess, I’d say it happens. I still think they need another starter in addition to him, so this list isn’t worthless if they do bring him back.
Kevin O’Brien at Royals Reporter considers whether the Royals should bring back Michael Lorenzen.
As solid as Lorenzen was with the Royals, he doesn’t have the kind of upside that Wacha does. Wacha is a No. 3 starter who could ascend to the No. 2 role if something should happen to Lugo or Ragans. Lorenzen is likely a No. 5 starter who may have to switch to long relief if certain pitchers in the Royals system take another step forward development-wise.
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