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Inbox: What’s on deck for Burns, Dyson?
- Updated: September 26, 2016
KANSAS CITY — The defending World Series champions are on the brink of elimination from the postseason, but they aren’t going out quietly.
The Royals had a five-run rally in the ninth on Saturday to win 7-4, and then took the series against the Tigers with a win on Sunday, striking a damaging blow to Detroit’s postseason aspirations.
Kansas City (79-77) can still finish above .500, which would be its fourth straight year of doing so, and that hasn’t happened since the 1975-80 Royals finished with winning records.
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@FlannyMLB what’s the future for Burns and Dyson? Seems like Dyson has quietly had a pretty good year.
– Eric Wieberg (@ewieberg) September 25, 2016
@FlannyMLB what’s the future for Burns and Dyson? Seems like Dyson has quietly had a pretty good year.
Interesting question. The Royals went into 2016 thinking Jarrod Dyson could be their starting right fielder. Dyson got hurt and got off to a slow start, and eventually manager Ned Yost had no choice but to play Paulo Orlando, who was hitting .350 or so in May and June. But Dyson had a strong September, and he’ll be in the mix for the right fielder job in 2016. Billy Burns has impressed Yost and the coaching staff with his speed and peskiness at the plate, so he’ll get a look in Spring Training as well. You know how the Royals love speed, and Burns can fly. Plus, Burns is a switch-hitter.
@FlannyMLB Any Jose Fernandez stories? Any royals particularly close with him?
– Kansas City (@RoyalDadKC) September 25, 2016
@FlannyMLB Any Jose Fernandez stories? Any royals particularly close with him?
Eric Hosmer got to know Jose Fernandez a bit at the All-Star Game in San Diego. And he told me they went to several functions there and got to know each other. They’re both Florida guys, so Hosmer took the news of Fernandez’s death hard. And actually, the Royals’ entire clubhouse …
