What are the chances Will Smith takes the 5th spot from Mendoza? Good era, good K/9. Thoughts?

Since he got sent back down to the minors, zero. At least this week.

I think Mendoza has proven plenty that he deserves to be our fifth starter. His good games are really good but his bad games are never really that terrible.

I figured as much. Sorry, I didn't specify a timeframe, but I was thinking along the lines of the next month.

I think Mendoza needs a few more starts before giving up on him.

If I'm Detroit I think I would push the DH to Aug. and hope the Royal's bullpen is more taxed than it is now (of course the Tiger's pen may be taxed then too). But IMO the Royals' bullpen is rested enough to withstand another DH this week if it had to whereas the Tigers pen went through a blowout loss and a 13 inning game this past weekend in Anaheim.

Take it with a grain of salt, but the Royals think they know what is wrong with Moose. He's drifting forward too early and too much when he steps into his swing, which results in weak popups.

He took extensive batting practice today to learn how to stay back.

Bring on another DH. We will take that too.

So, he's lunging at the ball, similar to what Hosmer was doing.

I'm home on Thursday...lets play two!

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I'm not sure I like this. At some point you have to give Mendoza some work.

Well, that explains things.

Yeah, but I'd rather see him out there against a struggling team like the Indians than the one team that we need to beat to win the division.