KANSAS CITY -- It's go time for the Royals now.
The club has been awaiting and planning for the moment a large number of their core group hits free agency, and that moment has arrived.
Royals general manager Dayton Moore has indicated several times that they will "feel out the market" in terms of what free agents they might be able to bring back. But finances will be tight: The Royals based their payroll the past two seasons on deep runs into the postseason. It didn't happen either season, meaning owner David Glass had to subsidize the losses, according to Moore.