Kansas City Royals Ranked Second Best In MLB

The Kansas City Royals haven’t backed down after so much has occurred this season, and they’ve leapfrogged to the second spot in Fansided.com’s weekly MLB power rankings. Kyle Franzoni of Fansided.com had the Royals at number four last week, but he bumped them up due to the amazing bullpen.

"Baseball’s best bullpen just got better with the return of Greg Holland. It was perfect timing too, with Kelvin Herrera serving his six-game suspension. The way the Royals come out of this stretch of suspensions will cement their standing as a new power in the game. Ideally, you’d like to see the Royals getting some better contributions from its rotation, but when you can shorten the game with that bullpen, it may not even be a necessity."

Yeah, the bullpen is great, we all know that. The starting rotation, however, is worrisome and has certainly hurt the Royals in the past few weeks. Yordano Ventura doesn’t look like an ace at all, and Danny Duffy has been pathetic in his last two starts. Not to mention Jason Vargas hit the disabled list shortly after pitching his best game of the season.

Franzoni is right though. This bullpen is great. Sadly they’ve been used a lot more frequently than fans would like though due to the struggles of the starting rotation. Hopefully the starters can get their command back because otherwise it will be a long season for the Royals.

The state of Missouri holds the top two spots in the power rankings, as the St. Louis Cardinals were put at number one. The Cardinals have terrific pitching all around and their bats have been heating up, but they are facing one of the easiest schedules at the moment.

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