Gamethread L - Royals at Twins

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports “Why?” is the only question anyone can ask right nowThe stars seemed aligned for the Royals to call up another of their touted 2018 pitching prospects, today, but it won’t happen. Jackson Kowar has a 1.01 ERA and has struck out 36 of the 104 batters he has faced in five starts for AAA Omaha. Still, it was time to call up Daniel Lynch a few weeks ago with a fatal flaw in his mechanics but still too early to call Kowar up today. Instead, the Royals will have 38-year-old swingman Ervin Santana start the game for them, today.

The biggest problem with starting Santana would seem to be the fact that he isn’t really very stretched out. He’s unlikely to be able to…