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- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — There has been some speculation that the Royals would be the team rocking this year’s Winter Meetings with a blockbuster trade that would include perhaps closer Wade Davis or possibly center fielder Lorenzo Cain or maybe even third baseman Mike Moustakas.
But on Tuesday, the deal that shook the Winter Meetings came from the American League Central-rival White Sox, who dealt superstar left-hander Chris Sale to the Red Sox for top prospects.
“Good baseball deal for everybody,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said from his suite at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. “I think that deal made [the White Sox] good for next year, too.”
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But that Sale trade will not speed up the urgency in Moore’s mind to make a deal here.
“What we have to offer, what we have in our talent pool is what it is,” Moore said. “[The Sale trade] doesn’t change our strategy. We have to focus on who we are and what we do. We can’t make decisions or moves that are reactionary.
“With where we are payroll-wise, with where we are with the control of our players, with this …
