Kansas City @ Pittsburgh
These two teams seem a bit like polar opposites. Kansas City came into the year as a trendy
pick to challenge the White Sox Tigers for the A.L. Central. Pitching was supposed to be an issue for the
Royals but the narrative seemed to hint at a maturation of the offense into a formidable
force. For KC, the pitching has been an issue but so has their
offense which has scored the second fewest runs in the American League.
Speaking of not scoring runs, the Pirates came into the
season seemingly battling Houston to avoid relegation (woops… too much futbol). However, Pittsburgh is only two behind
Cincinnati in the N.L. Central hot off taking two of three from the Reds in
Cincinnati. They have been riding an
unexpected wave of incredible pitching.
They Pirates have allowed the second fewest runs this season at 201
(second to Washington at 182).
For no particular reason other than to create my own
shitty narrative, it seems like this will be the start of some better baseball
for Kansas City. Playing one of the N.L.
Central’s lesser teams seems like a good enough reason for me. It also seems like the Pirates might be about
to face a “coming back to earth” (or a “back to giving up runs because we have
friggin’ Pedro Alvarez paying 3B”).
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