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Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2016

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By Max Rieper@maxrieper Jun 6, 2016, 8:00am EDT

Royals Rumblings - News for June 6, 2016

Lee Judge looks at the mechanics of Edinson Volquez last weekend.

Spend some time learning about pitching mechanics, and it’s amazing anyone ever throws a strike ... so much can go wrong.

A pitcher can get the ball out of the glove late or take too big a stride or over-rotate or under-rotate or fail to get on top of the ball; that’s just a sampling of the stuff that can derail a person throwing a baseball.

So a pitcher has to do a whole bunch of stuff right to make the ball go where he wants it to go, and he needs to do all that stuff right without thinking about it.

Friday night, against the Cleveland Indians, Edinson Volquez’ mechanics were out of whack; the Royals' starting pitcher was "flying open" for about three innings.

Ned Yost isn't concerned about a rough patch from his starting pitchers.

But while the team has lost three straight, there aren't signs of panic coming from within. Kennedy talked about how well the Indians had been playing and how the Royals need to step up, while Yost said the skid was simply about not capitalizing on opportunities.

"Most teams in our division have been a little streaky," Yost said. "It's baseball."

Sean Thornton wants to see the real Danny Duffy.

In fact, Duffy’s soft hit percentage his increased this year(up to 26%) while both the medium and hard hit percentages have gone down (48% and 26% respectively). Hitters are just not hitting the ball as hard off of him this year which has helped turn him from a pitcher with potential to be a solid mid-rotation starter to one who could actually achieve that status if he keeps it up.

Brett Eibner is making progress on his ankle injury.

Whit Merrifield is taking his whole family along for his big league journey.

Kyle Zimmer officially goes on the disabled list.