If there’s one word that the current, August version of the 2022 Kansas City Royals have embodied, that word is “fun.” Every night, six or seven rookies are penciled into the starting lineup. Three fifths of the rotation is manned by homegrown Royals starters. The clubhouse is a blast. Though Kansas City isn’t a good team, they are a fun and interesting team, and everyone keeps calling them as such.
But after winning the American League Player of the Week Award, Royals rookie Vinnie Pasquantino had something very interesting to say about his take on that description: we’d rather be winners than be called fun.