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After going to the World Series in 2014 and winning it in 2015, the KC Royals disappointed in 2016. But in May, a rookie gave the club his finest moment.
The 2016 baseball season began with promise for the defending World Champion KC Royals. The club was coming off two straight trips to the World Series and looking for a third. Hopes were high. But the Royals disappointed (some say underachieved) with an 81-81 record and missed the postseason.
Even disappointing seasons have their good moments, however, and one such moment came early in the campaign from an unlikely source.