"So what's left this week for the Royals as the baseball industry gathers over the next four days at the spacious Hilton Anatole hotel for its annual winter meetings? After all … .

General manager Dayton Moore and his staff arrive having already fleshed out the club's rotation — the top offseason priority — by acquiring left-hander Jonathan Sanchez from San Francisco and retaining free-agent lefty Bruce Chen.

The Royals believe they further aided that rotation in beefing up their bullpen by signing former All-Star closer Jonathan Broxton to serve as a setup reliever for Joakim Soria."