Before he played a game in the Majors, Dick Drago was selected by the Royals in the expansion draft and as such probably entered a starting rotation a little earlier than he would have had he stayed in Motown.

With one of the greatest names in Baseball, Cookie Rojas was a four-time All-Star for the Kansas City Royals.  Rojas had four straight .260 seasons with 120 Hits, which included a .300 Batting Average season in 1971.  Rojas would receive MVP votes in two different years (1971 & 1973) and was certainly one of the more popular figures in the team’s history.

Danny Duffy played 12 years in the Majors, all of which have been for the Kansas City Royals.  Duffy has been used primarily as a Starting Pitcher, his highlight being the 2016 season where he went 12-3 with 188 Strikeouts.  He was the Royals’ Opening Day Pitcher in both 2016 & 2017 and prior to that in a relief role he helped KC win the 2015 World Series.

A reliever for his entire career with the Kansas City Royals Kelvin Herrera worked his way through the bullpen and by 2014 he established himself as the seventh inning Pitcher for the team.  Herrera excelled in this role and was gold as a setup man for the team and his contribution to the organizations back-to-back World Series appearances cannot be discounted.  Herrera’s post-season record for Kansas City was 2-0 with a 1.26 ERA and he was a two-time All-Star for the team.  He would later be named the closer and he recorded 57 Saves for KC.