KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Given the choice, Didi Gregorius wouldn’t have been tethered to the bench Sunday for the second straight game. However, the easy-going and slumping shortstop understood the situation.
“I am not the one who makes the lineup, I can’t be disappointed,’’ Gregorius said when asked if he was disappointed about not being in the lineup for a second consecutive game in which the Royals started a left-hander. “I do want to play, but there is not much we can do about it. We talked about it [Saturday].’’
If Gregorius did fill out the lineup card, he might have thought twice about writing his name in because of a 1-for-45 slump he believes is a product of hard-hit balls finding leather instead of holes.