The Kansas City Royals are looking to rebound from a slow start to reach the playoffs for the second straight season. Kansas City added Mike Yastrzemski in a surprise deal with the San Francisco Giants at the trade deadline to help with the second-half push.

The veteran outfielder had spent his entire career with San Francisco, only overlapping with Rafael Devers briefly. But Devers made an impression and Yastrzemski wanted to set the record straight about the much-maligned third baseman.

“He was the best man. Awesome teammate… I think he just got thrown into a weird circumstance,” Yastrzemski said of Devers, per Foul Territory. “Sometimes as players you have to stick up for yourself and I think that’s what he tried to do. And I think the wording of it was delivered poorly. Bec

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