KANSAS CITY — There will come a time — perhaps in a week or two — when manager Scott Servais stares down at the blank lineup card on his desk and is able to quickly scribble in the names of the nine players he envisioned as his every day starting lineup coming into the 2018 season.
It hasn’t happened once this season and won’t for at least the next week to 10 days thanks to injuries and disabled list stints for four of those expected every-day players — Ben Gamel (oblique strain), Mike Zunino (oblique strain), Nelson Cruz (right ankle sprain) and Ryon Healy (right ankle sprain).