KC Royals general manger Dayton Moore got back to business one day after celebrating the team’s 2015 World Series win with a parade in Kansas City. He declined options on starting pitchers Jeremy Guthrie and Alex Rios on Wednesday, making both free agents.
While this news coming before Kansas City has cleaned up from the World Series parade seems a bit cold, the league year starts immediately after the World Series ends with free agency opening November 9. Presumably, Rios’ and Guthrie’s contracts demand that the KC Royals decide whether or not to pick up the team’s half of their mutual options options before free agency begins.