Richard Durrett has a collection of comments and links on the Royals' situation, in advance of this weekend's series, with the main focus being the Royals' bullpen and their emphasis on getting relievers who can miss bats.
The Royals' pen is leading in the A.L. in K rate and K/BB ratio (the Ranger pen is 6th and 12th in those categories, respectively), and Durrett says the poster child for the Royals' missing bats movement is Juan Cruz.
Insert your own snarky can't afford Juan Cruz or compete with big budget teams like the Royals comment here.