The Kansas City Royals are getting much-needed pitching reinforcements this week in Cole Ragans and Michael Wacha. That's the good news. The bad news is that their return to the rotation in the series against the Seattle Mariners could be the very definition of too little, too late.
Ragans has been out for most of the season with a rotator cuff strain; however, since being cleared to start on the road back, he's been as good as advertised. It's also a bonus to see that he can return at all this season, considering when fans hear about a pitcher having rotator cuff issues, the mind tends to think it's the kiss of death.