I’m mad online. I did the adult thing and slept on the concept that brought me here to see how I’d feel in the morning. I am still big mad.
Why is Lucas Duda here? A left handed power bat? Sure. I get that. He had a 118 wRC+ in 2018 vs. LHP. That’s useful. The Royals’ lineup was pretty right-handed batter heavy and Ned loves to alternate the batting order. The injury to Salvy took a fair amount of power out of the lineup and Duda had a .213 ISO vs. LHP last year.
Also Duda is theoretically taking Brian Goodwin’s spot on the roster and he wasn’t exactly earning the spot in spring training.