KC Royals: Managerial decisions to watch in ’17

Last season Kansas City went 23-25 in one-run games, good for the ninth-best mark out of 15 teams in the American League. Not great, but not horrible.

As we all know, though, the Royals can’t afford to be slightly below average in tight games. They don’t have the talent or the payroll to overcome small miscues that are the difference in a 2-1 or 3-2 ballgame.

We’ve focused on key plotlines for the offense and the rotation in previous articles this month, now we’re looking at three managerial moves or philosophies we’ll be looking at could be key to the Royals’ postseason hopes.