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Imagine spending a cool September evening at Kauffman Stadium, a baseball night made promising for the KC Royals by the presence of two keys to the franchise’s future.
See in your mind’s eye Bobby Witt Jr. and Nick Pratto making their major league debuts when the club gets to enlarge its active roster to 28 players (from 26) next Wednesday.
Watching Witt and Pratto help wind down the 2021 campaign would indeed be special. But what fans yearn to see, and what’s best for Witt, Pratto, and the Royals aren’t necessarily the same thing.