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The Royals obviously had a very rough month of April, finishing 12-19. They\u2019re still only 3.5 games back of their division leader, though, so if April showers bring May Flowers and the Royals\u2019 talent that many expected would carry them to a competitive season started blossoming, now would be a great time for that to start. Believe it or not, it was a road trip to Seattle<\/a> at the start of July last year that got them going on their significantly improved second half. They lost the first game on April 30, but won two of the next three in Seattle to split the series before going 15-9 in July. Now, this isn\u2019t July, but it is a road trip to Seattle. So let\u2019s do some positive thinking.<\/p>\n Cole Ragans gets the start in this one for the Royals, and he had one of his most impressive starts ever his last time out, striking out 11 and walking none in a win over the Angels. Now the Angels are a worse team than the Mariners<\/a>, and they have a worse run differential, but they\u2019ve scored more runs than their Pacific Northwest rivals. So it\u2019s not out of the realm of possibility that he could somewhat duplicate his efforts. Though, like most of his teammates, he\u2019s been significantly<\/em> worse on the road than at home this year. But maybe that\u2019s just because he still wasn\u2019t completely right in Detroit<\/a> and New York after getting hit by a comebacker in Cleveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n He has started against Cleveland twice in his career, once was a 6-inning, 9-strikeout performance in 2024, and the other was during his return-to-the-big-leagues party late last season. That was his first game back from the IL, and he struck out 4 and walked 2 in a 3.2-inning start against Seattle\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n The Mariners will send out Bryan Woo<\/a>. Woo was one of the 20 best starters in MLB last year, but he seems to have forgotten how to strike people out this year. He\u2019s also giving up a lot more contact in the air and not stranding as many runners. He\u2019s as vulnerable as he\u2019s ever been, meaning that both he and the Royals offense are looking at this like a get-right opportunity.<\/p>\n The bottom of the Mariners\u2019 order is unlikely to scare anyone, but that could be said about practically the entire Royals lineup, I guess.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a> makes his return to the lineup after missing the last two games with back tightness. He was taking some really good at-bats before he left Tuesday night\u2019s game, so hopefully he\u2019ll be able to continue that. Jac Caglianone<\/a> has been promoted above both Isaac Collins<\/a> and Michael Massey<\/a> for the night. It might be really fun to watch him and Carter Jensen<\/a> batting back-to-back, especially if they take some better at-bats than they did in the Athletics<\/a> series.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget that tonight\u2019s game is an Apple.TV Friday Night game, so you won\u2019t be able to watch it without a subscription. There are tons of free trial offers out there, so pick one and then cancel it after the game. But while it\u2019s active, I recommend you give Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Schmigadoon, Slow Horses, and\/or The Silo a try. I promise no one is paying me to say that, it really does have a lot of high-quality TV shows!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Royals obviously had a very rough month of April, finishing 12-19. 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