KANSAS CITY -- The way that Kansas City Royals players describe how their teammate, Kendrys Morales, prepares to face an opposing pitcher sounds like a staff of math professors talking about a colleague who locks himself in a room and obsesses over a troublesome theorem.
They're not sure how he sees what he sees, and they're not sure if they can see what he sees, because his observations are next-level. What they do know is that Morales descends into some sort of mental cave, armed with videotape, and emerges with detailed answers. Lots of them.