With the July 31 Trade Deadline coming up, this week marked an important one for the Royals. If they wanted to pave their way out of being sellers at the Deadline, the team needed to take care of business against the Cubs to begin the week.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Rich Hill became the oldest active player in Major League Baseball when he made his season debut against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday,

The Royals won the series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field and knocked Chicago out of first place in the NL Central.

The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago.

The Royals will be Rich Hill's 14th team in the majors in 21 years after he takes the mound for Kansas City on Tuesday against the Cubs.

Hill became the oldest player to start a major league game since May 27, 2012, when lefty Jamie Moyer tossed his final game with Colorado at age 49.

Rich Hill made his Major League Baseball debut at Wrigley Field on Jun. 15, 2005, pitching a single inning for the hometown Chicago Cubs. More than 20 years lat

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is July 31, which means we're eight days away and the ticking of the clock is starting to become audible. We've seen very little movement thus far, but there's still some sorting out to be done in the standings and we've got over a week.