Welcome to Kings of Kauffman’s 12 days of Kansas City Royals Christmas series. Every day leading up to Dec. 25, the team here will take turns coming up with their wish lists for the hometown squad. Today, let’s focus on the center field position.
2019 was a rough year for the Royals’ two main players out in center. After trading speedster Billy Hamilton midseason to the Atlanta Braves, the door was opened for longtime prospect Bubba Starling and the exciting Brett Phillips to show what they had to offer. In 86 combined games, though, the results weren’t very pretty.