I don’t want to start my tenure here being the proverbial turd in the punch bowl, but just how did things come to this for the KC Royals?
In winning a World Series just 19 short months ago, the Kansas City Royals rode the arms of a trio of bullpen heroes—Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera and yes, Luke Hochevar has to count for what he did that October—to a title. It was the spirit animal to Cleveland’s
It was the spirit animal to Cleveland’s Andrew Miller, only instead of one super-human arm that could go multiple innings at a time, day after day, in big spots, it was two super-human arms (and Luke Hochevar), an inning-plus at a time, day after day in big spots.