Less than a week remains for the Royals front office personnel and coaching staff to make their final roster decisions. By the season opener, 12 more players needed to be trimmed from the group of 37 in major-league camp at the start of Thursday.
On Wednesday in his office, Royals manager Ned Yost barked at most questions — several before they were asked — regarding specific players and the club’s likely 25-man roster for the opener.
“I’m not going to give you my team today,” Yost said. “What we’re going to do is we’re going to go down to Omaha, probably, and look at all our options and make a decision on the guys that are borderline guys.