Even the most Royals-blue-glasses-wearing Royals fans couldn’t have expected the team to take the first two of this four-game series against the Guardians. Those of you who listen to the Royals Rundown podcast know that I was basically begging them to split the series. They’ve already done that and there are still two games to go, and those two games are with the Royals’ two best - out of an excellent batch - starting pitchers.
There are no guarantees tonight as Cole Ragans takes the mound. After all, Tanner Bibee has been no slouch himself and will pitch for the Guardians.