All you need to know about the Royals' pitching
is in three basic stats. First, the bright side: Our top five rookie relievers, who have been worked hard already. Here's hoping they don't break down. Crow 27.0 IP, 1.33 ERA, 1.04 WHIP Collins 31.0, 2.61, 1.35 Wood 22.2, 2.78, 1.24 Coleman 17.1, 3.12, 1.27 Adcock 28.2, 3.77, 1.43 Those five guys have put up 125 damn good innings pitched this year. Now for the dark side: Our bottom six pitchers in ERA this year. Hochevar 78.0 IP, 4.96 ERA, 1.26 WHIP Soria 24.0, 6.00, 1.54 Tejeda 7.1, 6.14, 2.05 O'Sullivan 53.1, 6.92, 1.78 Davies 41.0, 7.46, 1.80 Mazzaro 6.1, 22.74, 3.79 Luke's not having a great year because of all the home runs. Tejeda's already gone. Mazzaro is pitching decently in AAA and may deserve another shot later in the year. Davies needs to be DFAed now. He and SOS have already put up 90 very unfortunate innings. SOS needs to go down to Double-A and start over again, since what he's doing ain't working. Y Soria. Soria fría, Soria pura, cabeza de Extremadura. Let's just hope he makes a comeback. Stranger things have happened.



