MIAMI
The day was July 31, the hours after the Royals placed closer Wade Davis on the disabled list. Manager Ned Yost sat inside an office at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on a Sunday morning and sifted through the damage.
In the span of 48 hours, his club had lost reliever Luke Hochevar for the season — a rare case of thoracic outlet syndrome — and Davis for an undetermined length of time. On the field, the news was not much better.
Reliever Joakim Soria, one of the marquee signings of the offseason, was turning into a human propane tank.