The Royals are solid this year.
The
royals pitching has been surprisingly good this year, however, their batting is right on par with Detroit. It seems like the only pitchers they can hit are Tigers pitchers. To give justice where justice is due, Verlander didn't pitch that bad. Normally holding a team to 2 runs is enough for this high powered offense. It's just that the high powered offense has disappeared and it doesn't look good for a return soon. Their percentage with runners in scoring position has to be about the lowest in baseball. When you consistently leave runners at 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 outs your not going to win ball games. A lot of people are blaming the pitching, a lot are blaming the hitting, and a lot are blaming Leyland. I don't think it is any one factor. It seems to me we have a team full of all stars and potential superstars, but we don't have a "team". Until these guys begin to gel and work together, we are going to see them continue to struggle. And you're going to continue to here me cry. The Tigers have been and will continue to be my team no matter how bad it hurts. I'm just beginning to wonder how much pain us fans can endure.
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