Kansas City Royals starter Brad Keller talks about his quick rise, catcher Martin Maldonado and opening day nerves on March 27, 2019. By
The scouting story that pushed life into the Royals’ rebuild began on a cool day in Mississippi almost exactly two years ago.
One day that spring, 1,002 people sat watching a Class AA baseball game in Jackson. Among them was a former big-leaguer who was scouting for the Royals, and the impression left with him would change the team for which he worked.
“I just saw him the one time,” Mitch Webster said.