Starting with spring training, the Royals have been woefully weak up the middle. Catcher hurt, 2B (Gio) didn't even make it out of Spring Training on the big club roster, 2B by committee since (Getz/Gio/Yuni) and CF by committee after Cain got hurt (Cain/Dyson/Meier/Frenchy). Melky in CF would have been much better, but Royals get raped on trades all the time, no big surprise there.
Perez getting hurt really torpedoed this whole season. We miss his defense more than his bat.
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