It's been mentioned a few times that the Royals were surprised by Maier's progress in Spring Training, and even that they wouldn't have signed Ankiel had they known Meier was going to progress like that.
The guy didn't exactly show much last year... certainly not enough to expect even the modest hitting performance he's putting up this season.
All that aside... He's a decent fourth outfielder, really. I certainly hope they have a better option than him as the starting CF next year.
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