Yost leaves Royals’ decision on Heimlich to GM but says ‘I believe in second chances’

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June 25, 2018 - 11:00 PM

Major League Baseball: Kansas City Royals

As Royals general manager Dayton Moore explores the possibility of signing Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich, he won’t receive any pushback from his manager.

The final determination on the potential pursuit of Heimlich, who as a 15-year-old in 2012 pleaded guilty to a felony charge of molesting his 6-year-old niece, will fall to Moore and his front office. Royals manager Ned Yost referred to himself as something of an outsider to the vetting process that Moore will conduct in the coming days and weeks.

Yost’s reaction to the possibility, therefore, was in a more general sense.

“I don’t have thoughts on it. I mean, I believe in second chances, but in terms of what’s going on there, I don’t really have any idea,” Yost said. “But I think it’s important that you go through the process, like Dayton’s going through the process, where you get all your facts straight on exactly what’s going on (and) exactly what happened. Before you get all your facts straight, it’s hard to make a decision or give an educated opinion on anything without doing it.

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