Patience, we know, can be a virtue, and it’s been pivotal to the Royals’ revival in the last decade.
Even if it took longer than anyone wanted, giving general manager Dayton Moore time to do a gut rehab of a crumbled franchise begot allowing Ned Yost the rope to develop young players and evolve as a manager.
It also accounts for the organization being able to navigate considerable growing pains in the likes of Alcides Escobar, Danny Duffy, Alex Gordon, Luke Hochevar, Mike Moustakas and others.
But there remains a blurry line between patience and hoping, between conviction and sheer stubbornness.