I type this from the Kauffman Stadium press box.
Earlier, I was in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse. Everything seems more real today. I walked in to see Salvador Perez and Joakim Soria engaging in a furious game of ping pong. Joel Goldberg and Danny Duffy were having a quiet conversation by his locker.
Today is the second-to-last game of the Royals’ 2017 season, and functionally is the second-to-last game of the Royals’ Second Golden Age. In two days, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Lorenzo Cain, Jason Vargas, and Alcides Escobar will all be free agents at once.