Michael Wacha was sharp in Friday’s loss, writes Paige Leckie at MLB.com.
“He was excellent,” supervisor Matt Quatraro stated. “His command was nice. Stuff seemed actually good. Pitched in, pitched out, moved the ball round very well. Moving into the seventh inning with out permitting a run towards that lineup is fairly spectacular.”
Bobby Witt’s hitting streak ends at a career-high 22 video games.
Jaylon Thompson writes that Michael Massey lastly obtained his bat going.
It was Massey’s first extra-base hit since April 6. He had been 11-for-67 in his earlier 20 video games. “Simply making an attempt to be flatter by the (strike) zone,” Massey stated of his changes.
“And, I’m going again and look, I feel the barrel angle in April was a bit tipped and was in all probability inflicting extra of a crazy swing to the zone and lacking a few of these fastballs up. I’ve simply obtained to maintain working and maintain going.”
He additionally writes about Salvador Perez’s hip damage.
“Hopefully we will steer clear of him for a pair days catching-wise,” Quatraro stated.
Quatraro didn’t rule out Perez’s availability off the bench. He may probably pinch-hit, however permitting him to relaxation would be the emphasis.
“I feel he was conscious of how sore he was leaving the sport yesterday,” Quatraro stated. “And he was very comfortable issues weren’t worse when he obtained the MRI. Once more, it’s rather a lot as a result of it’s Salvy, nevertheless it’s day-to-day and it’s actually not that massive of a deal.”
David Schoenfield at ESPN fingers out first-month grades to every workforce.
Kansas Metropolis Royals: C
Exterior of Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia, they haven’t actually hit in any respect, with a complete host of batters — Vinnie Pasquantino, Michael Massey, MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe — all struggling. That’s speculated to be the center of the KC lineup and all 4 of these guys are hitting below .200. Welcome to baseball in 2025, the place it appears each lineup has 4 gamers hitting below .200. The bullpen has pitched a lot better than final season and the rotation has as soon as once more been a energy. Ace Cole Ragans is 1-1 with a 4.40 ERA, the worst ERA of the starters, however his peripherals stay excellent, so he’ll begin successful some video games — if the Royals can rating some runs behind him.
Kyle Wright labored 4 innings in a rehab begin for Northwest Arkansas.
“I’ve been in a position to work on a number of issues that’ve made me really feel good in video games,” Wright stated. “I really feel like I’m on the market competing, I don’t take into consideration my shoulder in any respect, and I haven’t been ready to do this in a very long time. Moving into the sport and throwing extra intense pitches, I feel it’ll be good for me [to] see how my shoulder bounces again from that.
“To this point, we’ve achieved a very nice job of that, and this will likely be one other good take a look at for it. Hopefully we simply maintain entering into the suitable course.”
Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic earn April honors from the Royals.
Congratulations to our March and April Participant and Pitcher of the Month Award-winners, Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic! pic.twitter.com/MEyuRVg1Yd
— Kansas Metropolis Royals (@Royals) Might 2, 2025
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