By now, Nathan Karns has this part down. A new town. A new organization. Another first impression after an offseason baseball trade.
In the last four years, Karns has been dealt three times, a trend that continued on Jan. 6, when the Royals acquired the right-handed pitcher from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for outfielder Jarrod Dyson. Karns has mostly taken the transitions in stride, he says. Baseball is a business. Each stop offered a fresh opportunity. Choose a cliche from the ballplayer handbook. But as the 29-year-old Karns donned a Royals jersey for the first time on Friday at the club’s annual FanFest event, he conceded that some consistency and continuity would be welcome at some point.