Royals manager Ned Yost sat behind his desk at the team’s spring-training complex on Wednesday afternoon and huffed.
Some 18 hours earlier, rumors had bubbled up on social media suggesting that outfielder Alex Gordon might start the season in the minor leagues. They were derived from an in-game interview Yost gave on Fox Sports Kansas City during Tuesday’s 10-1 win over the Giants, in which Yost said Gordon could benefit from minor-league action to break out of his current 0 for 33 slump.
But Yost never said Gordon, who has struck out 15 times since his last hit on March 3, faced a demotion.