The world’s best baseball player stepped to the plate earlier this month against the Royals, and Kansas City manager Ned Yost was keen on seeing what would unfold.
But first, Yost glanced back into the Royals dugout.
“There would be times when we would be playing and Mike Trout was up and I’d turn and look and we’d have five or six young guys sitting on the bench,” Yost said. “How can you sit on the bench when Mike Trout’s up and you’re a young guy? Then there is Nicky Lopez and he’s watching and taking in every pitch of the at-bat.