Royals pitchers and catchers will assemble in Arizona tomorrow to officially report to spring training. The team is flying high after improving by 30 games last year and making their first playoff appearance in nine years, but they’ll have to prove their performance was no fluke. The team retained free agent pitchers Michael Wacha and Michael Lorenzen, signed reliever Carlos Estévez, and made a bold trade for on-base machine Jonathan India to improve the offense, giving hope they can return to October baseball for a deeper run.
But there are still several questions to be answered by the team this spring as they prepare for the season.