The Royals will open their 50th spring training Wednesday under the desert sun here in Arizona. The camp theme will be one of change. A new pitching coach will guide an overhauled staff and a rebuilt bullpen. And this is just the first day. The first full-squad workout is scheduled for Monday.
But for every question, for every rebuilding piece and development method, there are a number certainties. So perhaps that’s the place to start.
“You guys know I’d be lying if I said every position is open,” said Cal Eldred, the Royals’ first-year pitching coach. “That’s not true.