It's the last stop on the last road trip of the season.
I genuinely thought Kansas City might make a run, and threaten Seattle for the last Wild Card. This is why I never make predictions. (Nobody knows anything. Hey, at least I know that.) But after a 31-20 stretch got the Royals within striking distance, they've lost 10 of 16 since the calendar turned to September and fallen out of contention.
The Royals are a team that has been carried entirely by their pitching, and it's that which has faltered these last few weeks. All along, they've had the lowest scoring offense in the league - they have three really good hitters and not a whole lot besides. Bobby Witt Jr remains awesome, surely one of the ten best players on the planet. Sal Perez has had a really nice career, and he's still pretty dangerous - he's also a 35 year old catcher lugging about 260 pounds and a .282 OnBase wherever he goes. "Really good" probably flatters Vinnie Pasquantino, and Maikel Garcia has never hit anything close to this well before. But the Royals can still shut down the other team's offense pretty much any day of the week, September troubles notwithstanding.
Matchups
Fri 19 Sep - Scherzer (5-3, 4.31) VS Lorenzen (5-11, 4.91)
Sat 20 Sep - Bieber (1-1, 3.72) VS Cameron (8-7, 2.98)
Sun 21 Sep - Yesavage (0-0, 1.80) VS Wacha (9-12, 3.79)
I genuinely thought Kansas City might make a run, and threaten Seattle for the last Wild Card. This is why I never make predictions. (Nobody knows anything. Hey, at least I know that.) But after a 31-20 stretch got the Royals within striking distance, they've lost 10 of 16 since the calendar turned to September and fallen out of contention.
The Royals are a team that has been carried entirely by their pitching, and it's that which has faltered these last few weeks. All along, they've had the lowest scoring offense in the league - they have three really good hitters and not a whole lot besides. Bobby Witt Jr remains awesome, surely one of the ten best players on the planet. Sal Perez has had a really nice career, and he's still pretty dangerous - he's also a 35 year old catcher lugging about 260 pounds and a .282 OnBase wherever he goes. "Really good" probably flatters Vinnie Pasquantino, and Maikel Garcia has never hit anything close to this well before. But the Royals can still shut down the other team's offense pretty much any day of the week, September troubles notwithstanding.
Matchups
Fri 19 Sep - Scherzer (5-3, 4.31) VS Lorenzen (5-11, 4.91)
Sat 20 Sep - Bieber (1-1, 3.72) VS Cameron (8-7, 2.98)
Sun 21 Sep - Yesavage (0-0, 1.80) VS Wacha (9-12, 3.79)
