Summer camp not exactly anything to write home about for Royals
Ready or not, and it looked like “not” this week, the Royals open their season Friday.
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Show Notes
The Royals played three exhibition games (“Summer Camp”) to tune up for Friday’s Opening Day against the Cleveland Indians, and there wasn’t much encouraging about those contests against the Astros and Cardinals. The Royals led for one inning in those three games, with pitchers having a difficult time commanding the strike zone.
But those were exhibitions, their first games played since mid-March, and perhaps the Royals worked out the kinks. The 60-game season begins with Danny Duffy on the mound. He’s making his third career Opening Day start. Brady Singer, who pitched well last year in his first full minor-league season, gets the starting assignment in KC’s second game.
Beat writer Lynn Worthy previews the 2020 Royalsin this episode of The Star’s daily SportsBeat KC podcast with host Blair Kerkhoff. After a break, you’ll hear from Duffy, the team’s most experienced starting pitcher.
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