ARLINGTON, Texas
On Sunday here at Globe Life Park, Dillon Gee will make his seventh start of the season. You could say the decision is a curious one, and you would perhaps be right. Gee has posted a 6.43 ERA in his six previous starts. He allowed five runs in his last outing on Tuesday. Opponents are now hitting .358 against him when he begins a game on the mound. But the Royals lack a suitable alternative, so Gee it is, taking the mound just 45 miles or so from where he grew up in Cleburne, Texas.
Some of the starting pitching issues are obvious, of course.