“It was tough, man,” Thomas said. “I had three separate [injured list] stints. … Not that that’s the reason I struggled, I don’t mean that, but it’s definitely hard to get in a rhythm when you’re fighting yourself instead of trying to ‘fight’ against the other team.”
Thomas expects to be fully ready at the beginning of Spring Training, as he’s now participating in all baseball activity outside of full-on sprints. The physical he passed cleared any lingering concern the Royals might have had, which was fairly minimal, Picollo said, because of the communication with Thomas and his agent throughout the process.