We recently learned that the Kansas City Royals’ young left-handed reliever, Richard Lovelady, has undergone successful knee surgery and will be out 6-8 weeks. He should be more than ready by the time Spring Training rolls around. And, assuming he is, we need to use him more this year.
I know it may seem counterintuitive to claim we need to pitch a young man more when his WHIP was 1.9 and he gave up enough hits (more than 13 per 9 innings) to make Glenn Sparkman or Jorge Lopez blush.