MJ Melendez, in fact, was not the only cause of the Royals offensive ineptus at the start of the season.
First of all, let’s highlight a few good days that we saw on the plate today. Remember that we judge on a curve.
Winners
India Jonathan Had a three -stroke match, including a double in mind in the eighth round. He was blocked or withdrawn via the choice of field each time he reached the base, but it can hardly be blamed for him. He raised his bad operations a little .603. It was also the first time he had played consecutive matches on the field since he was injured in the leg running a field ball last weekend.
Drew Waters Has managed a pair of walks (and also a withdrawal) one day when the Royals had given him a little vote of confidence by demoting Melendez instead of him and giving him the start in the left field. Its operations are now at .422, but it’s better than Melendez or Hunter Renfroe. SO.
Freddy Fermin Had a pair of sure, including the only race trained or marked the day. Good for Freddy.
Seth Lugo has no pain in it today; He won a start of quality! But he did a ground that hurt him, an average separator at Spencer Torkelson who destroyed him for a three -point bomb, all the races that the tigers should overcome the offensive of the pitiful royals. By the way, Torkelson now has seven circuits. The whole Royals team has only 11.
When the road trip started, many writers have tried to define expectations and suggested that a 3-7 trip would not be the end of the world, a 4-6 trip would represent a very good effort of the boys in blue. The Royals, even if they somehow succeed in defeating Tarik Skubal, the winner of Cy Young, behind Michael Wacha, will only have a 2-8 trip. 1-9 feels more likely. The team that reached the playoffs last year largely due to its ability to avoid long sequences of defeats, has now dropped six in a row. If the Twins beat Atlanta, the Royals will fall back in fourth place in the division.
Things quickly become uncontrollable.
I have spent a lot of time in the past two seasons praising alternately and defending the manager Matt Quatraro as a guy who keeps his team concentrated and makes reasonable tactical decisions. The tactical decisions of this season have been suspect and if the Royals do not discover something soon in attack, he could quickly find himself from Snobed for the manager of the year in 2024 to sit on an uncomfortable hot seat at the beginning of 2025.
The game of tomorrow starts at 12:40 p.m. CDT, if someone dares to watch it.
