With the 2018 season in the book (for the Royals at least), everything went as expected. The Royals lost 104 games, Whit Merrifield put up 5-wins, and Adalberto Mondesi was worth almost 3-wins himself. Wait...okay, none of that was expected, maybe Mondesi’s output the least expected.
After looking miserable at the plate in 2016 and 2017, Mondesi got the call again in 2018 and put together a very strong performance after the Royals decided to move on from Alcides Escobar 1,800 plate appearances too late. Mondesi posted 2.