Just after Kansas City Royals general manger Dayton Moore commented that the team wasn’t close to a deal, the rumor mill started to heat up.
The first shot came from Yahoo.com’s Jeff Passan:
Source: Cubs closing in on a deal for closer Wade Davis from Kansas City.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 7, 2016
Soon after, Passan said there was a problem with the deal:
There could be a snag in the Wade Davis-to-the-Cubs deal, according to a source. Never was done and far from a certain thing at this point.