I was on Twitter when the news broke. A player had been so severely injured in batting practice in Des Moines that the players left the field. Jason Adam suffered a gruesome ankle injury, and missed an extended period of time. He made it back before the end of the season, not only to Triple-A, but to Wrigley. His comeback was very impressive. However, when assessing roster moves, the future is the key, not the past. Here’s my 40-man coin-flip for Jason Adam.
A fifth-round draft selection by the Royals out of Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas in 2010, Adam has been traded, sold, released twice, and styled a 5.