Remember when Scott Barlow was good? Remember the last three weeks when we thought Jake Diekman might be good? Ah, fun times. Once again, the Kansas City Royals bullpen blew the game, tonight’s meltdown leading to at least eight unanswered runs and a loss to the Boston Red Sox. Final score TBD.
Not everything was terrible. It seemed that way this week when the 27-year-old breakout star Hunter Dozier went to the IL. During his injury, the Royals turned to Cheslor Cuthbert to pick up the slack, and to his credit he really has done so. After Alex Gordon poked a line drive through the right side of the shift for a double, Cuthbert yanked a cutter on the inside corner of the plate to left field for a pretty homer.