The end of December is always a strange time of the baseball offseason. Teams are coming off the high of the Winter Meetings and the immediate aftermath afterwards. But then it suddenly drops off as the holiday season takes center stage when everyone sort of takes a festive break.
Before the pause button was hit though, there were a few rumors and reports that may've slid under the radar while the baseball world had their mind on holiday celebrations.
One of those rumors came on Christmas Eve from Jon Heyman of MLB Network and the New York Post, who reported that the Royals were among the teams interested in veteran free agent Austin Hays.