KC Royals: Way too early 2019 All-Star representative predictions

Per Major League Baseball rules, each team has to have at least one representative in the All-Star Game each summer. Who will represent the KC Royals in the 2019 midsummer classic?

The 2019 season hasn’t been kind to the Kansas City Royals, but someone will still wear a Royals hat at the All-Star Game this summer in Cleveland. The game is taking place on July 9th and as we know, each team has to have someone wearing their cap for the exhibition game. Voting began this week.

No longer does the winner of the All-Star Game get home field advantage in the World Series, but the event is still a fun time for baseball fans. It wasn’t long ago when the KC Royals had pretty much their entire starting lineup in the midsummer classic.

We’re long past those days now, but per the rules, someone will be representing the boys in blue. Who will be the representative for the Kansas City Royals in the 2019 All-Star Game? Let’s take a look at the options.

NUMBER SIX – DANNY DUFFY

This one is unlikely mainly because Danny Duffy missed the first month of the season, but he’s done well in limited work for the Royals so far.

Duffy has started six games and thrown 34.2 innings, good for a 3.12 ERA and a 3-1 record. Next to the injuries, the biggest problem with Duffy throughout his career has been that he can’t eat innings. That hasn’t been the case this year.

Duffy has thrown at least six innings in four of his six outings this season. He threw six innings against the Yankees last weekend and surrendered just one run against a team that had previously had his number in seasons past.

Fans don’t vote on the pitchers for the All-Star game and even though Duffy has been top notch in his six starts, him missing the first month of the season will probably result in him not taking the trip to Cleveland.