Between the height of awards season and the offseason rumor mill really taking off last week, there were plenty of major headlines to that grabbed the attention of the Royals faithful along with the entirety of the baseball world last week.
And this week will surely be just newsworthy, with the Rule 5 Draft protection deadline and the non-tender deadline among the top events on the offseason calendar to take place before the clock strikes midnight on Friday.
However, putting those items aside, there's already been several notable storylines that have arose to kick off the week that Royals fans ought to know.