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Zimmer focused on mechanics, not results

"I'm fine with what happened today," Zimmer said. "Better results are always nice, but this time of year it's, 'Who cares?'"

Zimmer -- ranked by MLBPipeline.com as the Royals' No. 9 prospect -- was more focused on improving his mechanics and arm slot, and just getting that first start out of the way.

"I thought it was all right," he said. "I wasn't really going into it worried about results. I thought I made some good pitches. I made some bad pitches, too. That 0-2 pitch I left up. But that's going to happen this time of year.