The Kansas City Royals have a four-way battle for the starting second base job this spring. Manager Ned Yost also said that he could end up alternating players at the position rather than settle on one regular player. The plot thickened when former Reds GM and current ESPN.com pundit Jim Bowden tweeted on Sunday:
That interest will surprise any fan who remembers Brett Lawrie’s multiple run-ins with the KC Royals in 2015 after he spiked shortstop Alcides Escobar while sliding into second base. Of course, rivalries like that tend to get forgotten once players shuffle teams.