This column happened by accident. The conversation was about speed. Specifically, about a pursuit of speed so complete that the Royals might now have the fastest team in recent baseball history. But that will be a later column.
For our purposes today, the moment that turned was a question to Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield about whether this is smart business. You know, buy up an undervalued skill and see if it plays.
Baseball’s reigning stolen bases leader was not in the mood to talk about what’s undervalued.
“No, I believe in spending money,” he said.