There has been a lot of frustration with the state of the Royals bullpen, this year. This is understandable, to a degree. According to Baseball Reference, only one bullpen in all of major league baseball has given up more runs per game than the Royals’ 5.45. That dubious distinction, of course, belongs to the Baltimore Orioles who just squeak out ahead of the Royals at 5.47 bullpen-runs-allowed-per-game. Most of the ire has been, rightfully by the stats, directed at Justin Grimm, Blaine Boyer, and Brandon Maurer.
Blaine Boyer never made a lot of sense to have on the roster.