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The Kansas City Royals have made a trade to acquire A’s utilityman Ben Zobrist. The news was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
This trade will mark the second rental piece acquired by Kansas City with Johnny Cueto being the first. After trading three pitchers to acquire the former Reds ace, KC has depleted their farm system even more after sending Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea to Oakland. Manaea was the 4th ranked prospect in Kansas City’s system according to MLB.com. The Royals are really going for it in 2015 and could risk losing both Cueto and Zobrist to free agency next season.
Zobrist, 34, could
The A’s had to make this move as the team was unlikely to keep Zobrist in