Yet another meaningless series in a slew of meaningless series.
Game times and pitching matchups are as follows:
White Socks at Royals pitching matchups
Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Game 1 Lucas Giolito 28 152.1 114 16.9 79 11.7 5.85 5.45 5.49 5.32 0.0 -0.6 Jakob Junis 26 154.0 145 22.0 40 6.1 4.32 4.62 4.19 3.99 1.1 1.2 Game 2 Not Michael Kopech - - - - - - - - - - - - Not Danny Duffy - - - - - - - - - - - - Game 3 Carlos Rodón (L) 16 104.1 79 18.5 43 10.1 3.11 4.76 5.22 4.95 0.8 3.1 Brad Keller 38 120.1 81 16.2 44 8.8 3.14 3.71 4.32 4.60 1.8 3.0 Despite having once been able to count himself amongst the games most…
