Royals' Billy Burns: Pushing for center field job this spring

Burns is competing with Paulo Orlando for the Royals' starting center field job this spring, the Kansas City Star reports.

The switch-hitting Burns collected just six plate appearances at the big-league level in 2017, and he's never looked capable of matching this production from his run as a regular in Oakland when he hit .294/.334/.392 with 26 steals in 125 games. If the Royals opt to platoon the duo, the Burns could end up with the larger share of the playing time as the right-handed hitting Orlando has been more productive against southpaws over parts of three seasons in Kansas City.