http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/sports/baseball/kansas-city-royals-pass-on-billy-butler.html 2014-11-02 05:51:23 Kansas City Royals Pass on Billy Butler The Royals declined their option for next season on Butler, their designated hitter, making him a free agent for the first time in his eight-year career. === The ■ First baseman Adam Lind was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers from the Toronto Blue Jays for the right-hander Marco Estrada. ■ The Los Angeles Dodgers declined a $14 million option on pitcher Chad Billingsley and bought out his contract for $3 million. Billingsley, 30, did not pitch last season after surgery on a partly torn flexor tendon. ■ The Colorado Rockies declined the left-handed starter Brett Anderson’s $12 million option for 2015.