Sometimes, something just clicks for a player after a couple of years in the minor leagues. It takes some time to adapt to playing baseball professionally, to have one’s entire life centered around the game. For the Kansas City Royals Cody Reed, it seems like that may have happened this season.
Heading into this season, the Royals second round draft pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft had hardly performed like the player they had hoped for. In his 34 games prior to this season, including 25 starts, Reed had a 3-10 record with a 5.