KANSAS CITY -- As the Royals made their final road trip of 2016 through Cleveland and Detroit, a contingent of the team's front office, led by general manager Dayton Moore, made the trip as well, huddling for the final regular-season organizational meetings. No doubt those meetings involved discussions of what went wrong in 2016, as well as what could go right in '17. The Royals, after two straight pennants and a World Series championship, were unable to return to the postseason this year. But there is room for optimism: The core of this championship team remains intact for 2017. "There's no reason to think we can't make a strong run in 2017," first baseman Eric Hosmer...
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