Royals are a tough case. They are terrible a drafting at the top of the draft. They are really good in the middle to low rounds. As it stands right now, they will field the worst team in baseball next year. They best position player is Whit Merrifield, great story and a decent ball player but not going to win you many games. They almost have to do something to sustain some level of success. They also need to have some value as their historically terrible TV deal is about to expire and they need not be terrible when that hits.

I think you have to give one or both long terms with opt outs so if they have big years, they can go find greener pastures.