For four-plus seasons, filling out a lineup card was a relatively easy chore for Royals manager Ned Yost. There was a consistency to the nine names, even if they occasionally changed order.
That has slowly evaporated in 2018. The players, the order and their defensive positioning are defined more by flux, and Yost has no plans to provide more regularity to it.
In fact, if there will be one consistency over the final six weeks of the season, it will be this: The young guys will play. And they will be shuffled around the diamond.
“We try to win every night, but I try to win every night with my young guys,” Yost said.