KANSAS CITY -- The Royals stressed throughout the offseason that the second-base job was up for grabs this spring.
Omar Infante, the incumbent, was coming off a dreadful offensive year -- .220 with a .234 on-base percentage. Christian Colon, the challenger, was a postseason hero in 2014 and '15.
But the competition, if there was one, never intensified. Or even get off the ground.
Infante came into camp healthy after having surgery in November to shave a painful bone spur in his right elbow. Infante said he returned to weight lifting for the first time in three years.