***Official Let's Beat the Damn Twins (v. Royals) 4-13***

[Jenson71]

The Royals turn to Brian Bannister (2-0) today to try to put a halt to a three-game losing streak and avoid being swept by the Twins.

[chubychecker]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

i wish people would stop saying "banny." that sounds extremely gay.

Don't piss off Go Chiefs.

[wazu]

Too bad Guillen robbed Bannister of a shutout with his ERR.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Did the Royals get a new pitching coach this year?? Whatever hes doin, its working!

Nope, same guy we had last year. He is an excellent coach.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by SCTrojan

Banny's slowly becoming the stopper on this team. Meche looked ragged in his last outing.

Yeah I am not sure what is up, but Meche has not been able to throw strikes early in the count.. Fridays game, he pitched well kind of but would not throw back to back strikes for nothing.. Always a even count or 2-2, 3-2.. Someone needs to remind him that it is okay to jump the count to 0-2 and then work your magic in getting the batter to swing at a bad ball..

[OmahaChief]

Meche has always had the same problem. He tries to pitch to the corners so much and induce strike outs. He had never trusted his fielders enough to just use his great stuff and pitch like Bannister is doing. That was his problem in Seattle and appears to be what his MO is here in KC

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

So what does fockin' ESPN do,they cover the comeback of Liriana in the game highlights,not one word about Banny's start to the season only that he won.

The guy gets no respect. I'm not sure why. Everyone in the national media seems to think last season was smoke and mirrors, and now here he is... 3-0 after three starts, on a weak offensive team... and still, nothin'.

[SCTrojan]

Originally Posted by Valiant

Yeah I am not sure what is up, but Meche has not been able to throw strikes early in the count.. Fridays game, he pitched well kind of but would not throw back to back strikes for nothing.. Always a even count or 2-2, 3-2.. Someone needs to remind him that it is okay to jump the count to 0-2 and then work your magic in getting the batter to swing at a bad ball..

Yeah, Meche seems to have problems with command in the early going, something he had no issues with last year. He was merciless in the strike zone last year and was very successful, IMO. Now, it looks like he's trying to be too fine - probably, in part, because he hasn't received a lot of run support in his time here.