DETROIT -- Of the many changes that the Royals have undertaken since last season, one of the most noticeable has been their acceptance to using overshifts on their infield alignment.
For years, Royals manager Ned Yost resisted the temptation to overshift.
Yost's explanation?
"I just didn't believe we needed it since we won a World [Series] championship without it," Yost said. "It didn't make any sense, but this is a different group. And there's enough data out there to support using it."
Yost also believed that his former teams -- the two World Series teams in 2014 and '15 -- were athletic enough that over-shifting wasn't necessary.