As the ugly outings piled up and his ERA spiked toward the stratosphere, Royals reliever Peter Moylan headed for a fact-finding mission in the club’s video room on Thursday afternoon. In 20 appearances this season, Moylan, a 38-year-old side-armer, had posted a 9.20 ERA, the kind of number that could cause a pitcher to question his job security. Yet the overall results did not seem to match up with his overall performance, nor did it resemble what he saw while inspecting video clips from his season.
It’s been an odd season, Moylan conceded, the kind where one can be optimistic about a monstrous ERA.