That leaves Travis Snider, Whit Merrifield, Reymond Fuentes and Terrance Gore to battle for one or two backup-outfielder spots behind Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain and Paulo Orlando (likely the right-field starter).
Fuentes seems likely to be the fourth outfielder, and Merrifield is inching close to perhaps being the club's 25th man because of his versatility. Merrifield can play infield and outfield.
The Royals reassigned pitchers Christian Binford, Jonathan Dziedzic, Aroni Nina, Brooks Pounders and Sam Selman to Minor League camp, along with infielders Hunter Dozier and Balbino Fuenmayor and catchers Zane Evans and Cam Gallagher.