Royals Rumblings - News for May 6, 2022
Alec Lewis brings some early thoughts on the pitching staff, including the great start by Brad Keller.
The combination is inducing a 52.3 percent groundball rate, good for 12th in the big leagues. Because the Royals’ infield defense is so good, those groundballs turn into outs at a rate that helps explain his 1.74 ERA over five starts. It also hasn’t hurt that Keller has thrown more changeups (7.14 percent of his arsenal) than at any other point in his career. This type of production earned him an 8.