The Kansas City Royals hit two grand slams in a 12-2 beatdown of the Houston Astros Tuesday night. Losses like this happen sporadically throughout an MLB season. The bigger concern for the Astros is what’s going on with Collin McHugh?
Through his first four starts, McHugh was arguably the club’s best starter. In his last four, he’s been the worst.
Geoff Blum mentioned McHugh’s fastball command seemed to elude him in tonight’s contest, which makes sense given McHugh walked three batters, equaling a season-high, in just 3+ innings.
McHugh’s fastball has a negative pitch value (-3.