If you are a Kansas City Royals homer, doomsday has arrived. On Thursday, Lorenzo Cain became the first prominent Royals free agent to sign elsewhere. The Milwaukee Brewers inked the 32-year-old outfielder to a five-year, $80 million contract.
Well, here we are. Thursday was a day that has lived in a sort of folklore ever since the turn of the decade. Once Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas and the gang ascended into October prominence, the year 2017 seemed distant and unreal. They were destined to go off to New York, Boston, or Los Angeles, but not for a while.