At last, Mike Moustakas on Monday at Surprise Stadium trotted out to third base in a game for the first time since he suffered a freak torn ACL on May 22, 2016.
As he’s done since the 2015 death of his mother, Connie, he scratched her initials in the dirt at the back of the infield.
Wearing a wristband honoring late teammate Yordano Ventura, who died Jan. 22 in an automobile wreck in the Dominican Republic, he scrawled “Ace” alongside as the Royals prepared to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in what would become a 4-1 loss.