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Two KC Royals offseason transactions made a pair of recent moves certain
Monday’s news that the KC Royals had optioned promising prospects Nick Heath and Kelvin Gutierrez to the minors should surprise no one. Two of the club’s more surprising winter moves preordained the transactions.
Although the Heath and Gutierrez options made the bigger splash, headed to Triple-A Omaha with them is switch-hitting infielder Lucius Fox, acquired in last August’s trade that sent Brett Phillips to Tampa Bay. Fox was the least likely of the three to make the Opening Day roster; Heath and Gutierrez seemed to have decent chances to make the 2021 club when the 2020 season ended.