There are several dates that the Kansas City Royals have or will have circled in their calendar this winter, but none of them may carry as much weight as the non-tender deadline could.
On Friday evening, teams will need to make crucial roster decisions on determining whether or not they should take the arbitraton route with certain players or simply cut ties with them and let them walk on the free agent market.
For the Royals, they entered the offseason with no shortage of names that were all but no-brainers to be on the chopping block Nov.