Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, where team executives gather each December to talk and make trades, court and sign free agents, and discuss the state of the game, convened Sunday and are proceeding at full throttle. Rumors about the Kansas City Royals have centered on Whit Merrifield, the versatile star coveted by many, while chances of the club signing any major free agents or swinging any momentous trades remain low.
On Wednesday, however, word surfaced that surely turned a few heads. Jeffrey Flanagan, the Kansas City beat writer for mlb.com, reported on Twitter than KC General Manager Dayton Moore is “open” to considering bringing home former closer Greg Holland, saying:
Also, I asked Dayton Moore about Greg Holland, a free-agent, and Dayton said he would be open to exploring a reunion.