J.J. Piccolo

We have looked at that a lot.

What I will say, you know, we tend to focus just on our team, but recently

There were seven teams that had 14 players or more participating in WBC.

It was us, the Mets, the Phillies, the Red Sox, the Mariners.

The five of us had gotten off to slow starts.

Pirates had a good start.

They were one of them.

And the Brewers were a little bit above 500 now, but when I was looking at it, they were right at 500.

So I don't think that's a Kansas City Royals issue.

I think there's a lot to be said of not having your group of players together through spring training because that's the time to bond and build camaraderie.

You miss out on that, especially it tends to be your better players.

Then you get into the adrenaline rush that they're in.

They're in a playoff atmosphere, and then they come back to opening day, and opening day –

But honestly, he's a little bit of a letdown from playing high-energy, very impactful games.

But it's not independent to the Kansas City Royals.

I think the industry has seen that happen across the board.

We didn't get off to a good start, and now I feel like we're starting to click a little bit better, and you're starting to see a little bit more chemistry.

And I'm not talking about clubhouse chemistry.

I'm just talking about on the field.

There's more rhythm to the game.