The Royals have put faith in young players like Hunter Dozier, who’s development will largely decide how quickly the club can climb back to the right side of .500. The Royals need to start to see their faith rewarded sooner rather than later.
The lumps endured during a 104-loss season fade away much easier when soothed by tangible progress and improvement from young prospects like Dozier, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound corner infielder once ranked among the organization’s best prospects by Baseball America.
General manager Dayton Moore and his staff made decisions on making offseason acquisitions or standing pat based in large part on what they thought they had in house and on the strides they hoped to see this coming season.