Kansas City Royals' Winter Roster Questions

Pretty much lost at the end of yesterday's KC Star article in which Dayton Moore proclaimed the Royals 'might be done' this off-season was a paragraph on the current 40 man roster setup.   Although the team has just 39 players on its 40-man roster right now, they have to activate from the 60-day disabled list five additional players no later than November 14th.   By November 20th, the winter roster must be finalized in preparation for the Rule 5 draft.   What's that mean?  Well... Let's start with the five players currently on the 60 day DL:  Ryan Braun, Luke Hochevar, Luke Hudson, Carlos Rosa and Shane Costa.   Without question, the Royals will activate and keep on their 40-man both Hochevar and Rosa.   Although that puts them one over the limit, that is not really a problem as the current 40-man roster has the likes of Jeff Fulchino and Josh Newman on it.   Luke Hudson is surely going to be cut loose and likely will make ... (link)