KC Royals: Should Slow Spring Start Concern KC Fans?

The KC Royals have stumbled to a 1-4 start to spring training. Is there any rational reason for Kansas City Royals fans to be concerned about their poor early performance?

Of course, conventional wisdom suggests that I should dismissively answer “no” while proclaiming that “spring training results don’t count”. And, yes, usually that’s true. Even minimal research will show that numerous future World Series winners had awful records during spring training.

The only reason why I’m giving even a little credence to this question is that last spring the KC Royals reeled off six straight wins to open spring training. Aside from the results, last season I went to Surprise to see many early workouts…