KANSAS CITY -- As the Royals drifted to 10 games under .500 a week ago, the popular narrative among the team's fan base and parts of the national media was that the Royals were primed to launch their fire sale.
In fact, a New York Post story stated earlier this week that the Royals were the "early favorite to sell," and also quoted an anonymous American League executive as saying, "The Royals are dying to declare."
General manager Dayton Moore reacted sharply to that insinuation.
"Any AL executive who says that the Royals can't wait to blow it up just lacks integrity," Moore told MLB.