I can’t tell you how happy I was to learn the details of Whit Merrifield’s new contract with the Kansas City Royals. Upon reading the news about an “extension,” I was a bit terrified. Whit was on a cheap, controllable deal for four years, why did he need “extended.” Thankfully the details were released rather quickly and we find that the Royals got one heck of a deal on their late-blooming star.
So Whit Merrifield has a new four-year contract and he’ll be the Royals second baseman for the foreseeable future, right? Well, I’m not so sure.
Something has to give.