It’s draft time! And, oh yeah, the Kansas City Royals are playing baseball still! Tonight, the Royals will host the reigning World Series champions the Boston Red Sox.
While the Royals are really bad, the Red Sox might be bad in a worse way. Eh, maybe not. Rephrase: while the Royals are really bad, the Red Sox might be more disappointing. After winning the 2018 World Series, the Red Sox have been flirting with a losing record. They currently stand at a precipitous 30-29. They’re 8.5 games out from the New York Yankees in the AL East—but only one game out from the second Wild Card spot. For a young team that nevertheless also sports a huge payroll, that’s somewhat astounding.
Tonight is the first match between the Red Sox and Royals this year. The Royals will send Glenn Sparkman to the mound with this lineup:
Squaring off with the Red Sox to get the homestand started.#AlwaysRoyal pic.twitter.com/nBVBoValzK
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) June 4, 2019
The Red Sox will counter with this lineup, featuring professional bowler Mookie Betts leading off and Eduardo Escobar starting:
.@eduardorod5 makes his 100th career start tonight in KC.
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) June 4, 2019
Your @ParkWhiz Lineup: pic.twitter.com/cYubGD9uH8
The third day of the 2019 MLB draft is tomorrow, regardless of what happens tonight at Kauffman Stadium.