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The Royals have lost 4 in a row and 8 of their last 9, they are the worst team in all of the Major Leagues. If you told me that on March 25th, I thought you were crazy. Yes, they have a lot of key players hurt currently, but they weren\u2019t that good when they were fully healthy.<\/p>\n

JJ Picollo seems to be blaming this disastrous season on injuries, and no changes seem like they are going to be made now or in the offseason. Again, to a certain extent, he is right, but we saw what the fully healthy team looked like most of April.<\/p>\n

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Luinder Avila will try and stop the bleeding today. He has been up and down as a starter, with him being downright bad at home. His home stats are as follows: 6 appearances, 2 starts. 12.2 innings pitched, 24 hits allowed, 18 runs, 11 walks, 11 strikeouts. A 12.79 ERA in 12.2 innings. Personally, I think Avila should be getting closer reps for next season, but I\u2019ll have an article out on that for a deeper dive soon.<\/p>\n

Here are the Royals starters behind Avila for this afternoon\u2019s contest. And yes, Josh Rojas<\/a> is still on the team! I almost forgot he was. Oh, and Salvador Perez<\/a> is back in there.<\/p>\n

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The Phillies<\/a> got off to a horrendous start and fired their manager and now they are 11 games over .500. (Hm, interesting!) The back-to-back NL East champs are employing almost a carbon copy of last night\u2019s winning lineup. Only the starting catcher is the difference.<\/p>\n

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Righty Aaron Nola<\/a> will start for Philly. Nola has been bad this season, with a 6.04 ERA in 85 innings over 17 starts. He has been better on the road, but that doesn\u2019t say a whole lot, with his road ERA still being at 5.40.<\/p>\n

Here is the starting lineup for Philly behind Nola.<\/p>\n

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First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed on Peacock, as part of a special MLB thing.<\/p>\n

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Shoutout John Wathan for his pregame introduction into the Royals Hall of Fame. Hopefully they bring home a W for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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