Wilson ends it on a K. I'm sure Maddon figured this was a low-pressure situation with a 12-run lead, and might be a low-stress inning to rebuild some confidence.
br, you note, "I'm still skeptical that he'll hit enough against RHP to be in the lineup every day," and that's reasonable. We'll see. But somebody's got to play center field against RHP. Until/unless Happ gets things turned around, not sure Almora's going to need to hit all that much to stay in the lineup pretty often. Jacob Hanneman isn't putting on any pressure down at Iowa. (He's hitting .138).
The Royals are 3-14; they may become willing to sell pretty early. If Happ doesn't get things going at some point, the bench is too short to ideally have anybody who's an automatic out and who you're unwilling to use. May not be that unrealistic at some point to trade for somebody like John Jay: wouldn't exactly cost a star prospect, but could give you professional AB's. But hopefully Happ gets into a better place and can start to produce good AB's at some point.