The Kansas City Royals are fighting to stay alive in the playoff mix after making it to October last season and are now reportedly willing to trade assets.

By calling up Rich Hill for Tuesday's showdown with the Chicago Cubs, the Kansas City Royals put the 45-year-old left-hander in position to make history.

No one older has ever pitched for the Kansas City Royals. Rich Hill set the new record on Tuesday night when he took the mound for Kansas City against the Cubs. He broke a mark previously held by Gaylord Perry, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs.

Kansas City is 25-26 in road games and 49-52 overall. Royals pitchers have a collective 3.50 ERA, which ranks second in MLB play. The teams play Tuesday for the second time this season.

It hasn't been the season the Kansas City Royals would have hoped for, and time is running out to change their fortunes before the trade deadline. Monday night

The Royals television crew will get a couple of days off this week. The Cleveland Guardians are coming to Kauffman Stadium for a weekend series against the Royals and two of the games will air on national TV.

The 26-year-old has been at Triple-A Omaha all season and has now lost his place on the 40-man roster. Gentry went 0-for-5 over three games in his first taste of the majors last season and struggled to a .642 OPS in 249 plate appearances this year at Triple-A.

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It's called ABS, or the automatic balls and strikes challenge system, and it creates a 2D adjustable strike zone.