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The Kansas City Royals<\/a> have four veterans in front of second-year hurler Noah Cameron<\/a> in the starting rotation, and his lack of experience has shown thus far. The southpaw is 2-2 with a 5.40 ERA over six starts after Thursday’s 6-3 loss to the Athletics<\/a>, which is the worst ERA in the Royals’ rotation right now.<\/p>\n Cameron allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits over 5.1 innings to go with five strikeouts against two walks on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder coughed up all five runs across the first two innings, and Kansas City<\/a>‘s offense couldn’t match that output.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Cameron has not been the same player he was as a rookie last year. The Missouri native went 9-7 with a 2.99 ERA over 24 starts, which showed why he was the organization’s No. 5 prospect<\/a>, per MLB Pipeline.<\/p>\n Cameron has had flashes of his rookie production this year, as he started this season with two one-run outings, with the first one lasting five innings and the second 5.2. The 2021 seventh-round draft pick also allowed three runs over 6.1 frames in a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> on April 24, but he’s given up four-plus earned runs in each of his other three starts.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, fellow starting pitchers Michael Wacha<\/a> (2-2, 3.13 ERA), Seth Lugo<\/a> (1-1, 2.63 ERA), and Kris Bubic<\/a> (2-1, 3.74 ERA) have all been more reliable The only other one who has struggled similarly to Cameron is southpaw Cole Ragans<\/a> (1-4, 5.00 ERA).<\/p>\n There’s plenty of time for Cameron to turn it around, but he’s partly why the Royals are last in the AL Central at 12-19.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n