Nine pitches into Tuesday night’s game against the Royals, Kyle Gibson. the Twins starting pitcher, was down 4-0 and Minnesota had another pitcher warming up in the bullpen.
So what happened? Gibson came into the game 9-9 with a 3.84 ERA ... how did he get blown up so fast?
After the game I asked Ned Yost if the Royals had planned on "ambushing" Gibson, but Ned said no; the Royals did not have a meeting and decide to swing at the first fastball they saw, even though that’s what happened with three of the first four Kansas City hitters.