***KC at Baltimore***6/30

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkerman2001

Also, think of this. throughout highschool and college and little leagues, pitchers are never groomed to be closers. It really isnt until the MLB level that the closer is ever utilized, so the likeliness of finding and grooming a closer would be most likely harder than finding an elite starter.

It takes a hell of a person to come into the game with a 1 run lead and shut a team down night after night. Sure Mac and Burgos had flashes and some good nights but night after night they couldn't produce.


With Soria it's not will he produce its how sick will he make the hitter look?

[bkkcoh]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

When fans know it's an 8-inning game from the start, that's pretty darn good reason to hope.

What's even better is the fact there have been stretches in which Royal's games have been 7 innings depending on who the set-up man has been and his degree of effectivness. That makes it even better with the quality of starts our pitchers have had recently, it makes it a real short game.

Originally Posted by petegz28

It takes a hell of a person to come into the game with a 1 run lead and shut a team down night after night. Sure Mac and Burgos had flashes and some good nights but night after night they couldn't produce.


With Soria it's not will he produce its how sick will he make the hitter look?

Not since Monty, the Quiz or the mad hungarian have the Royals have a dependable closer.