{"id":622228,"date":"2026-03-13T20:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/622228\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:27:26","slug":"royals-reacts-results-who-should-start-in-left-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/622228\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Reacts Results: Who should start in left field?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/0DWS6R\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Earlier this week, we asked Royals fans who they wanted to be the Opening Day left fielder with a bevy of options after the guy most of us have assumed would be the guy heading into Spring Training. It turns out, Royals fans haven\u2019t changed their minds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Isaac Collins &#8211; who probably will be the Opening Day left fielder &#8211; got 57% of the vote. On retrospect, I guess that\u2019s a pretty obvious call. Royals fans are smart enough not to put too much stock into Spring Training stats, and if Isaac Collins can\u2019t be the guy, the Royals will be starting the year behind the eight ball in the outfield for at least the third season in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What\u2019s perhaps more interesting is how the rest of the results came in. I can understand Lane Thomas is probably better suited to center field instead of Kyle Isbel against the projected starter, a tough lefty in Chris Sale. But Starling Marte could still really hit last year, and while his defense didn\u2019t rate well, the Royals really need a solid bat more than a glove out there. But Royals fans preferred the field of \u201csomeone else\u201d rather than Marte. Who are you all putting out there instead of him? Nick Loftin has had a really nice spring, so maybe he would make some sense. I still think I\u2019d take Marte, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Regardless, Collins is who Royals fans want and almost certainly who they\u2019ll get. Only two weeks to go to find out if it\u2019s going to work!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">These survey results are sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. 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