The KC Royals have suffered through a 4-9 start to September, led by a bullpen collapse fueled by a 6.40 ERA (28th in major-league baseball).
The Kansas City Royals once-vaunted pen has blown multiple September leads, highlighted by a 10-run implosion on September 11 against the Orioles, which turned a 6-4 eighth inning lead into a 14-6 deficit and included two grand slams.
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While the starting pitching has been even worse than the bullpen with a 6.50 ERA in September, it is the bullpen’s collapse that has to be the greatest concern to KC Royals manager Ned Yost with a little more than two weeks before the playoffs begin.