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It wasn't a monster year except from a catching standpoint being so offensively challenged. Very few Sox fans would say he was a better hitter than Robert or even Anderson (last year). Now obviously Robert only played 68 games so you can say he's not eligible.

Please score some runs so we don't have to use Hendriks or bring him into some crazy situation. Hopefully not scoring with all those runners on base has dampened their spirits. Especially the Kelly inning. Almost no team recovers from that later in the same game.

See Semien, Marcus. Pollock was a 3 fWAR guy and looking like he's going to struggle just to get to 0.0 anytime soon.

Umm. High fWAR but not the best hitter. Best hitters don't tend to have more walks than hits and under well .200 for the majority of the season.

Let's hope that gets Kelly going. He now has to pitch nine more scoreless innings to get down to a 4.5 ERA.

No choice. Perez was hurt. But both those veterans struggling. Just not quite as much as Semien...haha. I mean it's inconceivable he still hasn't hit one home run after 42 last year.

Well Melendez led the minors in homers last year with 41 but struggling like almost all rookies to debut this year.

Perez left thumb strain. Probably means rookie AJ Melendez will have a devil of a time catching both ends with Carlos Santana the only remaining emergency option on roster.

Garrett good stuff terrible control.

Yet another blown AB with RISP, third time for OHearn. Can't get away with that against Murderers Row in the Bronx.

Because he was out. Royals' announcers didn't make an attempt to argue after watching just one replay.

Probably would have been caught by Engel.

Out.

First ground ball out of the entire game against Cease.

Great play by Anderson.

Hopefully can get at least two more innings out of Cease. Pretty hot there but not the unbearable July/August weather.

Why in God's name is Pollock hitting second when he hasn't come close to earning it?

Well that's call the run scoring for today. Go get em Dylan. He's striking out too many getting his pitch count too elevated lol.

Ron?

Fine 1/18 SF. However you slice it...it's hardly success against a 13th round draft pick struggling mightily with his control. Especially missing an untold number of hittable pitches.

Just missed that one too.

1/19 with bases loaded.

Of course Vaughn not playing. Can't let young guys play too much.

1/18 with bases loaded this year. Vaughn the ONLY hit in that situation. Yikes.

Royals third base coach desperate with Royals 0/9 with RISP before that send. Same mistake Ewing has made a number of times this season...trying to force things a bit too much.