Throughout the last two seasons, Royals third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert would sit in the dugout near Mike Moustakas and pick his brain.
Cuthbert would ask questions — of any of the experienced players in the clubhouse, really — and soak up knowledge. Moustakas would offer situational advice, especially when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in 2016 and missed the last four months of the season. Cuthbert would catalogue every tip.
He brought those lessons with him when he joined the Royals in camp last month, ready to attempt to fill Moustakas’ shoes and be the next starting third baseman.