CLEVELAND
The nickname is still inscribed on the outside of Edinson Volquez’s Rawlings glove, the white stitching popping against the Royal blue leather. Volquez ordered the special inscription earlier this season, in the final weeks of June, and in those moments, the name still made some sense.
Here, inside the Royals’ clubhouse, they called him “Steady Eddie” for a number of reasons. Maybe it was the performance. Maybe it was his jovial presence. Maybe it was just that it rhymed and sounded kind of cool.
But there was more to it than that. For a time in Kansas City, Volquez was a dependable innings eater and a easy-going presence in the clubhouse.