Julio Urias pitched about like I thought he would play in his first game back from the IL. He was rusty and gave up a lot of soft contact in the first inning. The Royals got just one extra-base hit, but Julio was not sharp. That was to be expected. He was using all his pitches but did not have command of them – kind of like what you would expect for the first game back after a long layoff! His fastball had life and was at 93.6 MPH frequently.
So many knee-jerk reactions yesterday, but one voice of sanity stood out, and that was Bluto:
“What can you do?