Kansas City's Pitching Woes: Is Cole Ragan's Okay?

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00:00 And I said in the beginning of the season that Kansas City really only had one pitcher.

00:07 I don't believe in the Seth Lugos and the Michael Walkers and the Brady Singers of the

00:10 world.

00:11 They just don't.

00:12 But if this next guy isn't towing the line, it's not going to matter who pitches after

00:16 him.

00:17 What's going on with Cole Reagans in Kansas City?

00:18 Well, look, Cole Reagans had one really bad start earlier this week.

00:22 And where should I say last Sunday, and everybody's been panicking ever since.

00:25 If you look at the numbers recently, obviously a bit of a problem.

00:28 But I think it's a bad start.

00:30 You chalk it up, you kind of throw it out the door a little bit.

00:33 However, it is of note that in that most recent start on the 25th, he only gave up one earned

00:40 run, but all of a sudden that strikeout rate was down too.

00:43 So eight strikeouts in his last two games, that's not where he was.

00:48 He was a guy striking out eight guys in one game.

00:50 So let's just watch it closely.

00:52 I'm not saying he's not healthy.

00:54 All I know is something's a little off there.

00:57 So let's just monitor it.

00:58 I would still be starting him this week, but if it doesn't go well for him, it's something

01:02 to just continue to monitor and just hope that it's not a health issue because God knows

01:09 we've had a lot of health issues so far in this baseball season.

01:12 Also down, this guy was on the up list just a week ago.

01:16 What a difference a week makes.

01:17 Michael Bush hitting home runs everywhere.

01:19 Well, what comes up must come down.

01:21 And Michael Bush has come down no homers, 11 strikeouts this week.

01:25 If you sold high on Michael Bush, you probably did pretty well.

01:28 A 105 batting average and a 205 OPS over the week.

01:31 But Michael Bush will be fine.

01:33 It stinks that Cody Belanger is going to be out of that lineup for a while.

01:35 But again, what are you going to do?

01:38 Injuries are just a part of baseball.

01:39 And then Mitch Hanegar, tough week for him.

01:42 Unfortunately, he even faced Andrew Heaney, who he's got three home runs in his career

01:46 against and he put up an offer.

01:49 If you can't even hit the guy you dominate the most, Mitch Hanegar, what are we doing

01:52 here?

01:53 10 strikeouts in his last 21 at bats.

01:55 It's not been good for him.

01:56 But again, the Cole Reagans thing, Matt, I mean, would you be concerned there's an injury?

02:00 I don't know.

02:01 Real quick.

02:02 I know we're at the break here.

02:03 You're good at assessing that.

02:04 My only other thought, and I mentioned that, he could be pitching to contact.

02:07 But beyond that, yeah, there's definitely something to watch.

02:10 A definite dominant outing would go a long way this week for those people who manage

02:15 Cole Reagan.

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02:18 (bells chiming)

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