Programming Note: This is my last real rumblings of the year. Next Friday is Christmas and the week after that is New Year’s so they’re going to be some light OT threads and I may or may not have already written them.
Both Lynn Worthy and Jeffrey Flanagan had stories about Mike Matheny’s Zoom call Thursday. MLB.com won the toss so we’ll start with their story:
The Royals are entering 2021 with a simple mindset: The rebuild is over, and they are ready to compete again for the playoffs... Royals manager Mike Matheny, now in his second year as the skipper, isn’t conceding the American League Central race.