The Royals wished everyone a Happy Hanukkah as the festival started yesterday:
For The Star, Jaylon Thompson writes about the end of the Winter Meetings:
“I think we’ve seen some markers in the starting pitching, but then there’s a big gap between what potentially could happen at the top in the market and what’s happened so far,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “A lot of the players we have interest in (are in) that gap. So that’s what we’re still trying to establish.”
Meanwhile, Sam McDowell looks at the flaws in the lottery system (much like Max did):
On the heels of a season in which they lost 106 times, as many as any other in team franchise history, the Royals took their biggest loss of the year on a random weekday in early December.