Opening Day is nearly here, with all the pomp and circumstance that comes along with it. Starting on Opening Day is a great honor, usually given to those the team expects to rely on for that season. But sometimes fate steps in and causes an unlikely character to fill in for the first game of the year. Here are the unlikeliest Opening Day starters in Royals history.
Catcher - Hector Ortiz, 2001
Salvador Pérez has started the most Opening Days at catcher with six, but perhaps the most unlikely starter was Hector Ortiz, a journeyman minor leaguer.