All face cards in the outfield is what this is. It's "Will and Kate" times eight. It rarely happens, but we have seen more than a few crown-heavy defenses along the way.
The obvious problem here is that the Royals are helpless against everything except aces. They're too high above what's happening between the lowly two-, three- and four-spot footmen. Collective sigh.
A Job For Braveheart
Since you've got essentially no useable defense with a Royal Outfield, you'll need a cunning pitcher with nerves of steel to keep hitting to minimum. If there are any dinks or dunks, the pitcher may have to put those out on his own as well.
Normally a pitcher likes having an Ace in his quiver to quickly dispatch a batter when the moment is right, but ... if all there is in the outfield is eight bewildered faces, a pitcher's Ace must be held to stop a home run. In this kind of scenario, Braveheart only has two cards to work with. He's not entirely unlike the knight with severed limbs in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Some Suggestions
As long as there is an Ace somewhere on the defense, consider using the intentional walk to get rid of a scary batter and draw a fresh card. With great skill and luck, you can do this three times without giving up a run.
If the pitcher has a face card, throw it on strike three. Batters usually hold back an Ace until the third pitch, so if they swing the Ace at a face, one of your Royal fielders can make the out and get some much-needed lower-class blood in the game.
Keep calm, and carry on. If you reveal your predicament, the offense will launch a "death by a thousand cuts" strategy as the Royal Court looks on helplessly from afar.
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