Look, I know that those of you who comment on game threads don’t always read what I write in the story itself. That’s ok! But I wanted to quote myself for something I said because it was pretty on the nose here:
The thing about Jordan Lyles is not that he is bad, which he is, but he is so consistently bad that the Royals offense is under immense pressure every time he steps to the mound. Lyles has started 14 games for the team this year, and he has allowed fewer than four runs only twice.