It was a disaster all around yesterday for the Royals, but some speculation states that the Guardians might’ve been stealing signs from the Royals.
Cleveland broke open the game when Ángel Martínez hit a grand slam in the eighth inning off Steven Cruz. Rocchio was on second base and seemed to steal the Royals’ signs. At least that’s what X user G-Men Man believed, and you can see why in this video.
The game had a scary moment, when Cole Ragans took a comebacker off his throwing thumb, Anne Rogers of MLB.com said he avoided anything serious.
The day ended with position player Tyler Tolbert on the mound in the Royals’ 10-2 loss and worry about Ragans’ left hand, which was hit by a 92.4 mph comebacker off the bat of José Ramírez in the bottom of the first inning. It led to Ragans’ exit after just two-thirds of an inning and 18 pitches.
The good news: It sounds like Ragans avoided the worst, diagnosed with a left thumb contusion and not suffering any fractures. He and the Royals are confident he’ll be OK moving forward.
“Just a little stiff, obviously, wore it directly off the hand,” Ragans said. “But, you know, should be good to go.”
It’s been a really tough start for the Royals bullpen; Kevin O’Brien of Royals Keep talked about the worry level.
Through 11 games, the Royals rank 26th in bullpen ERA (6.17) and are tied for 25th in reliever fWAR (-0.5). In terms of the former, the Nationals, Diamondbacks, Astros, and Rays have been worse in reliever ERA. Regarding the latter, they are tied with the Rays and Cardinals.
Across the state, Jordan Walker of the Cardinals has homered for the 4th time in 5 games, as the cleanup hitter.
Jared Greenspan talked about every team’s best promotional giveaway of this season.
24-year-old Shane Panzini was listed as a potential impact callup for the Royals.
Lefty reliever Tyler Samaniego of the Red Sox had a pretty cool MLB debut.
Shohei Ohtani made more history.
Chiefs fan favorite Jawaan Taylor found a new team.
Today’s song of the day is Upside Down by Jack Johnson
