If there is a spring training feel-good story in the making for the KC Royals, it may be Greg Holland‘s effort to win a job with his old team. His quest to make the Opening Day roster, four full seasons after he threw his last pitch for the club, has all the ingredients of a happy ending.
From 2013 until a torn UCL sidelined him late in the 2015 campaign and ruled him out for the postseason, Holland was money at the back end of the Royals’ bullpen. His 125 saves during that span helped return the club to contention and the World Series.