Gordon declines option with KC

Last year, while working on a story, I asked Matt Besler, Sporting Kansas City’s star defender and a Kansas City native, whether Sporting’s success – and lack thereof for the Chiefs and Royals – had a hand in its city-wide popularity. The first years of Gordon’s career were mostly below expectations, but since 2011 he has emerged as a strong option for the Royals and a reliable one in the outfield.

“Scouting and player development and growing our own players will always be our method of operation”, Moore said.

Now deGrom and Syndergaard will have to deal with a shortened offseason, having played deeper into the fall than ever before.

Fragel has a collection of Royals memorabilia including a pennant from the 1985 series, autographed baseballs, bobblehead Royals player figures, Sports Illustrated covers and clippings from magazines and newspapers. An understandable proposition when most are already outside of where they grew up. He can sign with any team starting Friday as a free agent.

Gordon could be doing a similar thing with the Royals. October baseball features the best teams and the best players.

Steve Templeton, of suburban Lee’s Summit, said the championship brought the city together.

Davis, 30, will earn $8 million in 2016. Harvey is the oldest of them all at 26 years old.

Afterward, general manager Sandy Alderson vehemently denied any trade and accused that “social media got ahead of the facts”.

Gordon would have made $14 million next season had he exercised his option, but instead he will be one of the most attractive free agents on the open market in this hot stove season. Perez, the World Series MVP, looped a leadoff single in the 12th off losing pitcher Addison Reed, and pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson stole second.

Even if the talented Yoenis Cespedes and his prima donna attitude leave Queens for more money (as is expected) than the Mets might wisely be willing to spend on him, Juan Lagares showed down the stretch of 2015 and in the postseason that his bat is improving. He ended up waiting until the Cavs signed back a lot of his teammates that he wanted on the team, and then re-signed back with the team.

Upon his return, Gordon looked creakier than usual in the field.

The one positive about Gordon is that with his exceptional work ethic and discipline, he is in line to be that exception. For the World Series, bolts descending on the Kansas City skyline. With the window of opportunity potentially closing, Moore will need to be creative to keep the Royals on a championship level. What are these two individuals worth not only to the club but to the entire community?

So who will be the main bidders for Alex Gordon’s services? Both are younger than Gordon and just as much a part of the Royals’ core.

Yet Moore indicated he would not attempt to play on Gordon’s sentimentality in search of a team-friendly deal.

While Mets fans had every right to be disappointed with the outcome, especially in the manner in which the team lost, the Mets pulled off an incredible run. More often than not it isn’t.

“It’s unbelievable what those guys did”, Gomes said, emphatically. The game went to extra innings, the second time in the series and just the 10th time a World Series has had two games go into extra innings.