Kansas City Royals Week Two Review: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not

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2. Jason Vargas

Sometimes, a pitcher just does not have anything when they go to the mound. That was the case for Jason Vargas in his second start of the season against the Twins on Thursday.

What had been an essentially dormant Minnesota offense came to life against Vargas in the Kansas City Royals 8-5 loss. In his three innings of work, Vargas allowed five runs on ten hits and a walk. It actually could have been much worse, as Vargas left the game with the bases loaded in the fourth without recording an out, but Jason Frasor escaped further trouble.

This outing was definitely not the norm for Jason Vargas last season, when he slid perfectly in to the Royals rotation after signing as a free agent. As the season goes on, we should once again see the solid middle of the rotation starter that Vargas is, eating innings and saving the Royals bullpen. Unfortunately, this outing is also magnified as it began a streak of four rough, or short, outings for the rotation.

Yet, as bad of an outing as Vargas had, he still did not have the worst performance of the week as far as the Kansas City Royals were concerned.

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