Category: Kansas City Royals
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AJ Minter activated from IL
April 5, 2019 Atlanta Braves — Believed by many to be the team’s best reliever, AJ Minter has been activated from the injured list and was quickly thrust into a medium-leverage situation Thursday. With the Braves leading 9-0 in the ninth, Chad Sobotka allowed back-to-back dingers to make it 9-3. He then allowed another hit…
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Anthony Swarzak secures save in Seattle debut
April 3, 2019 Seattle Mariners – Anthony Swarzak was activated off the IL prior to Tuesday’s game. Scott Servais said that he expected Swarzak to get an inning of work in that contest, but what might not have been expected was the type of work Swarzak would get. After starter Marco Gonzales went 8.1 innings,…
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Strickland hits the IL while Parker and Kennedy move to the top of their committees
March 31, 2019 Seattle Mariners — Hunter Strickland went on the IL yesterday and manager Scott Servais said that it could be a number of guys who get the ninth in his absence. Zak Rosscup started the ninth yesterday with the Mariners up four but couldn’t finish off the win. That left Nick Rumbelow to…
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Taylor Rogers records first save for volatile Twins bullpen
March 29, 2019 Minnesota Twins — We begin with perhaps the most volatile bullpen situation in the big leagues. Game one of 162 proved just that, with lefty Taylor Rogers nailing down the final four outs for the first Twins save. We expected Rogers to content for some late-inning holds, but speculatively, we have to…
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Two saves in two days for Hunter Strickland
March 21, 2019 Seattle Mariners — With a long fly ball that fell to earth one foot from the left field fence in the Tokyo Dome a few minutes ago, Hunter Strickland picked up his second save in two days. Anthony Swarzak is on the injured list, so it was lefty Zac Rosscup setting up…