TV games, the WBC, and a big retirement

Fans eager and able to see the KC Royals in action should enjoy tonight.

Kansas City, atop the Cactus League at 10-2 half-way via the 2nd whole week of exhibition games, did not play Tuesday. But they’re going to be back again at it this night when they consider on the White Sox in a televised contest.

Recreation time is slated for 7:05 p.m. CT on Bally Sports Kansas Metropolis.

Brad Keller, striving to return to the rotation after ending very last season in the bullpen, will get the start versus the Sox, who are now managed by former Kansas Town bench mentor Pedro Grifol and boast 5 former Royals on their roster. Keller has six strikeouts in 4.2 innings he is surrendered three operates, but two of those people came all through a shaky inning in his first outing.

The Royals will be without the need of the expert services of Bobby Witt Jr. and Brady Singer, both of whom have still left camp to engage in for Staff United states in the Globe Baseball Vintage. That does not necessarily mean you are unable to see them tonight, though—the U.S. plays the San Francisco Giants in a televised exhibition video game on MLB Network starting off at 8 p.m. CT.

Lovers wanting a glimpse at Robbie Glendinning, one particular of the Royals’ best hitters this spring, can tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 9 p.m. CT when his Australian team usually takes on Korea in the opening sport for both of those golf equipment.

MLB Community has the telecast when MJ Melendez and Group Puerto Rico perform the Crimson Sox in a pre-WBC exhibition tilt at 10 p.m. CT.

And for all those who genuinely never head missing some snooze, MLB Network has Venezuela, showcasing Salvador Perez, Carlos Hernández, Max Castillo and Ángel Zerpa, vs. defending Planet Collection winner Houston setting up at 2 a.m. CT.

Kansas City followers realized this moment was coming, but Wednesday’s news that Lorenzo Cain is retiring is without a doubt bittersweet.

Some discuss of a Royal reunion with Cain, who worked so significantly magic in middle subject and slashed .289/.342/.421 in 7 Kansas City seasons, surfaced virtually immediately right after Milwaukee DFA’d and then unveiled him last June. Nothing at all at any time arrived of the chatter, even though, and Cain, who’ll transform 37 subsequent month, now heads for a nicely-deserved retirement with 13 big league seasons guiding him.

Cain arrived to the Royals through the 2010 trade that sent Zack Greinke, winner of the 2009 American League Cy Younger award, and Yuniesky Betancourt to the Brewers for him, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi. Fairly controversial at the time, the offer turned out to be a person of the very best at any time created by Kansas Metropolis. Cain’s subsequent KC occupation was stellar.

He returned to Milwaukee as a totally free agent in 2018 and gained his 1st (and curiously only) Gold Glove a yr later on. Cain hit .270 with a .344 OBP following rejoining the Brewers.

He’ll also be inducted into the Missouri Sporting activities Corridor of Fame following month.