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SportsBeat KC: How will the Royals fit baseball’s new parameters? Let’s talk about it

Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore has a different set of challenges this year.
Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore has a different set of challenges this year. Associated Press file photo

Baseball didn’t settle its labor issues, but that’s a story for another time. The game is returning with a 60-game sprint to the postseason. Several other changes will mark the most unusual season in the game’s history, and we talk about them with Royals beat writer Lynn Worthy columnist Sam Mellinger on this episode of The Star’s daily SportsBeat KC podcast.

Are the Royals in position to take advantage of the changes? Players like catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Adalberto Mondesi have used their additional down-time to recover from surgery. What else is there to like about the Royals in a 2020 pennant burst?

Story links:

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Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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