Weekend Rumblings - News for April 7, 2018
Sam Mellinger tries to understand why Paulo Orlando has been playing.
If the goal is to be ready to win by 2020 or 2021, it’s hard to see how a 34- or 35-year-old outfielder without much of a track record should tack precedence over a guy who is now 26 and possesses the most raw power of any hitter Dayton Moore has had in Kansas City.
These are the types of decisions the Royals have chosen to constantly battle. They’re in a bit of a halfway mode here, still, not yet completely rebuilding and not still completely trying to win.