Via a flurry of phone calls, messages and late-night musings, the Royals sought to put an end to the franchise’s bleeding.
The one that changed the course of the Royals’ restoration came in the late evening hours Friday night, when general manager Dayton Moore woke manager Ned Yost to inform him Mike Moustakas was being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Yost would have outfielder Brett Phillips at his disposal the next afternoon and right-handed pitcher Jorge Lopez just one step away at Class AAA Omaha. Major-league ready reinforcements were on their way.
This was how the Royals would start to remake their future.