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Originally Posted by Lathum
Royals look like they have the starting pitching to stay in games and I love their closer. If Gordon takes a big step forward ala Longoria they can give teams tips.
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Problem: Royals only have 3 starters to "stay in games". I'll take the Zack/Gil combo against most in the league. Davies looks like he's turned the corner and is a good #3 (last night, he didn't have good stuff but still battled and had them in a position to win; last week, he was unhittable).
This afternoon, we get the excitement of Sir Sidney again. Someone on Royals Review posted something to the effect of "we'd better keep going 5-1 with the top 3 in our rotation because that will help offset the 0-2 we'll put up from Sidracio Ramson every week". Our best #4 starter is sitting in Omaha right now and he should be up within the month. That still only puts us 4 deep but that's better than right now. We need that considering how anemic our lineup is.
Oh, and the bullpen shapes up nicely. Soria is a beast. Cruz is a great setup guy. Farnsworth is... Farnsworth, but hopefully exiled to the 6th and 7th as a righty specialist. Mahay is a good loogy. Tejeda is showing a lot and could work into that 7th/8th spot (7K, 3BB in 3 IP after 41/19 3.20 ERA in 39.1 last year)
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