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The Royals brought in a lot of pitching help, but a Singer rebound might be the best help they have

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I don’t think there’s much debate that baseball players today are better than they were 50 or 100 years ago. For one thing, MLB is now integrated. It’s truly an international sport. The second thing is players at nearly all levels now play and work out year-round. With AAU and traveling teams, pre-teen ballplayers probably play more games in a summer than I played in the five years I played ball. At higher levels, players have access to trainers and dieticians, as well as cutting-edge technology. Читать дальше...

Monday is Eclipse Day | Set Number: X161331 TK1

Anne Rogers with a pair of stories about injuries. The first is about Frank Mozzicato’s injury last season:

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Seth Lugo looked pretty good again, too

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The Royals are back at home

The Royals have had worse starts to seasons.

After struggling to field a Major League rotation in recent years, Kansas City responded by bringing in Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha to join Cole Ragans and Brady Singer. Thus far, only four teams have more fWAR from their starters than the Royals while Houston is the only team in baseball with a better ERA from their starters.

Their position players have been average compared to their peers... Читать дальше...