Spring training remains in its early stages and position players don’t have to report until Monday, but there’s already a good natured and entertaining professional-wrestling style to-and-fro budding between the speedsters in the Royals’ clubhouse.
Whether you call it a friendly rivalry or an outright battle for supremacy, speed will be the overarching characteristic of this year’s Royals team. One of the most discussed and dissected topics will be the daily jockeying to prove who is the fastest of the fast.
“It’s going to be a fun competition that I’m looking forward to,” said center fielder Billy Hamilton, a free-agent acquisition this offseason.