The tell comes on the off-speed pitches, the breaking pitches and change-ups that so often give Kendrys Morales problems. When Morales is going good, Royals manager Ned Yost says, when he is locked in at the plate and regularly crushing baseballs, he is laying off the off-speed pitches low in the zone. When he is going good, he will put those change-ups in the fountains.
So it was on Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, in the Royals’ 10-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. One day after Kansas City ended a five-game losing streak, Morales finished 3 for 5 with a two-run homer and four RBIs, feasting on a litany of off-speed pitches.