The Kansas City Royals declined their 2020 option on Alex Gordon, but it wasn't a goodbye. Gordon, who turns 36 on Feb. 10, seemed destined to return to Kansas City even after his $23 million mutual option for the upcoming season was declined. Gordon is coming off a season in which he hit .266 with 13 home runs and 76 RBIs over 150 games, his most since 2014 when the Royals lost the World Series to the San Francisco Giants.