Lucas Erceg is having a moment

Kansas City has a decent history of dominant closers over the past 20 seasons. Since 2005, a relief pitcher who pitched at least 60 innings has logged an ERA of 1.60 or lower 54 times. Six of those seasons have been by Royals closers - good for 11 percent.

From Joakim Soria to Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera, Kansas City had it good for a long time. However, since Davis’ dominant 2016 campaign, the Royals haven’t had a cyborg in the back of the bullpen. Scott Barlow had some good years, and even Ian Kennedy was serviceable, but nothing special.

In fact, since 2018, only the Toronto Blue Jays have had less production from their relief pitchers in the American League. Needing…