Home runs? Speed? What about getting on base?

The Royals are winding down the year, but with the young kids impressing down the stretch, the team and fans are thinking about how next year’s team might look. With an infusion of talent, the club is thinking they might try to get back to their roots, according to a recent article from Sam McDowell at the Kansas City Star. Rather than empasize power, the Royals will go back to a combination of speed and defense, the formula that was credited for their success in 2014-2015.

“Every park should be a home-field advantage to the home team,” Yost said. “So it was a home-field advantage for us in ’14 and ’15 when we had speed and athleticism and we could steal bases, we could manufacture runs, we…