NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Aside from possible roster improvements the Royals may make here at the Winter Meetings, manager Ned Yost believes recovery time itself could help his team the most this offseason.
Fatigue from two World Series runs in 2014 and '15 may have hurt the Royals as much as anything last season.
"I always say to myself that you don't want to make excuses," Yost said, "but the fact of the matter was, yeah, we missed three months of recovery and conditioning time over the last two years, which is vitally important.
"For me, it had a big impact on guys like Chris Young, who is so diligent and dedicated in his offseason conditioning program, and that was cut short.